40th Anniversary


Hot Wheels celebrating 40 years, planning tour of the U.S.

Thinking back to our formative years, there were three defining moments that began our automotive obsession. Our first exotic car poster (Countach FTW!), our first subscription to a buff book (in our own name) and countless hours spent on the carpet with our Hot Wheels collection doing imaginary power slides and performing gravity defying leaps over the abyss of our kitchen sink. Amazingly, Hot Wheels has been facilitating those memories for four decades since it began selling its die-cast toys back in 1968. For Hot Wheels' 40th anniversary, it ... Read more →

Japan gets Mazda RX-8 Rotary Engine 40th Anniversary edition Alex Nunez

Click image for photo gallery This year marks the 40th anniversary Mazda rotary power, and to celebrate, the automaker is building 200 RX-8 Rotary Engine 40th Anniversary edition cars for sale in ...

New York Auto Show: AMG CL65 40th Anniversary Edition Sam Abuelsamid

Click on the photo for a high-res gallery of the 40th anniversary CL65 Mercedes-Benz used its press conference at today's New York Auto Show to announce a special version of the new AMG CL65. 2007 ...

New York Preview: Mercedes-Benz CL65 AMG Alex Nunez

While most everything in the MB AMG stable (including the CL63 AMG) is getting or has already gotten AMG's monster 6.2L 500+ horsepower all-motor V8 crammed underhood, the big CL-class coupe is the ...

Shelby GT500 40th Anniversary Edition gets visual, power upgrades John Neff

Business at Shelby Automobiles is going like gangbusters thanks to its cooperation with Ford on the Shelby GT-H rent-a-car and Shelby GT Mustang. Business is so good that the company that Carroll ...

Hot Wheels celebrating 40 years, planning tour of the U.S. 1 year ago on Autoblog

Thinking back to our formative years, there were three defining moments that began our automotive obsession. Our first exotic car poster (Countach FTW!), our first subscription to a buff book (in our own name) and countless hours spent on the carpet with our Hot Wheels collection doing imaginary ...

Japan gets Mazda RX-8 Rotary Engine 40th Anniversary edition 2 years ago on Autoblog

Click image for photo gallery This year marks the 40th anniversary Mazda rotary power, and to celebrate, the automaker is building 200 RX-8 Rotary Engine 40th Anniversary edition cars for sale in Japan. Each is finished in Marble White, features special badging and some unique features like a ...

New York Auto Show: AMG CL65 40th Anniversary Edition 2 years ago on Autoblog

Click on the photo for a high-res gallery of the 40th anniversary CL65 Mercedes-Benz used its press conference at today's New York Auto Show to announce a special version of the new AMG CL65. 2007 marks the 40th anniversary of the first AMG Mercedes, and to celebrate the event they announced a 40th ...

New York Preview: Mercedes-Benz CL65 AMG 2 years ago on Autoblog

While most everything in the MB AMG stable (including the CL63 AMG) is getting or has already gotten AMG's monster 6.2L 500+ horsepower all-motor V8 crammed underhood, the big CL-class coupe is the beneficiary of a second AMG upgrade. The CL65 AMG, arriving fall '07, receives the 6.0L biturbo V12 ...

Shelby GT500 40th Anniversary Edition gets visual, power upgrades 3 years ago on Autoblog

Business at Shelby Automobiles is going like gangbusters thanks to its cooperation with Ford on the Shelby GT-H rent-a-car and Shelby GT Mustang. Business is so good that the company that Carroll built has opened a new Shelby Modification Center at its Las Vegas HQ where it plans to offer unique ...






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