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What Will 2006 Bring?
Scalextric, as I predicted, are going to
produce the sure fire seller the Aston Martin DBR9
which is due in May 2006.
New cars for F1 enthusiasts both current and vintage
- the BAR Honda is one that has been missing from
the starting grids for too long and should be with
us in October. Also two new classic F1 will be released
as a limited edition twin pack in the September
Goodwood Revival meeting. The cars are rumoured
to be the Ferrari 312 + McLaren M23 of Lauda and
Hunt and will not be available separately.
In October there will be updated 2006 liveries for
the Renault, Williams and Ferrari. Scalextric have
also secured the rights to produce the A1 grand
prix cars - a good coup especially as this series
gains popularity - the first four produced will
represent the UK, France, Netherlands and Brazil
and are due for release in digital format in July
with the standard edition awaiting release date
confirmation.
The biggest area of new cars is the endurance series.
A whole range from the Japanese GT series including
the race liveried version of the Nissan 350Z (due
in June) and two new cars the Honda NSX (due January!)
and Toyota Supra (due March) - these will make interesting
comparisons with the Ninco versions. Along with
these we will be getting the Nissan Skyline which
is due in February.
Also from the endurance world we will be getting
the Jaguar Trans Am in November which will make
a good partner to the Viper.
One announcement that will be extremely popular
is that of the Ford Escort mk1 - the start of a
classic rally series? Finally, in terms of new cars,
we will see in September the Seat Leon from the
world of touring cars.
Finally Scalextric will not be releasing their cars
as Sport versions first - this line will de dropped
with the Ferrari 330 P4 being the last. Get them
while you can as their collector value will only
rise because of this.
Carrera
German manufacturer are continuing with their very
successful American Muscle cars with street and
hot rod versions being produced of the:
• Camaro SS 396 1969
• Corvette Sting Ray
• '32 Hot Rod in "Hi Performance", "Supercharged"
or "Classic" formats
For the more up to date (>1975!) aficionados then
you can expect the following:
• Ford Mustang GT 2005
• Corvette C6
• Nissan 350Z
• Porsche 935/78
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