Hot Wheels and Ferrari are so well known in the automotive enthusiast community that it’s hard to believe it’s been more than 10 years since their last collaboration. Now the two iconic brands have joined forces once again to create a line of nine products, which starts with a boxed set of two limited-edition Hot Wheels Collector die-cast cars: the Ferrari 312 P and 499P Modificata.
Each of those two cars is significant in its own way. Hot Wheels chose the 312 P race car as a tribute to its first Ferrari model, which it released in 1970.
The 499P Modificata is an 857-horsepower twin-turbo V6-powered hybrid race car that Ferrari describes as “the highest-performance closed-wheel car that Ferrari has ever proposed for non-competitive use on the track derived from the 499P that triumphed at the 24 Hours of Le Mans.”
Both cars are finished in red Spectraflame paint, but they have different wheels: The 312 P rolls on a set of Neo-Classics Redline wheels while the 499P zooms around on 10-spoke Real Riders wheels. The pair retails for $100; as of right now, it’s sold out on the Mattel Creations site.
Also in the new line of products are several memorable modern street cars as well as racing machines form decades past. Later this year, you can get the Hot Wheels Premium version of the F50 from the 1990s or the 2010s LaFerrari hybrid hypercar for $6.49. At the $1.25 price level are the 365 GTB4 Competizione that raced in Le Mans and Daytona, and the 720-horsepower F40 Competizione. The Hot Wheels Premium Ferrari 250 GTO goes for $16.99, but it comes with its own Fiat 642 RN2 Bartoletti transporter so it can get to its next race across the bedroom carpet. To learn more about the full range of upcoming Hot Wheels Ferrari releases, check out the Mattel corporate website.
