Hotwheels notable models

Twin Mill

The Twin Mill was introduced in 1969 and was the first original Mattell design. All previous releases had been based upon actual 1:1 vehicles. The Twin Mill was designed by Ira Gilford, formerly of GM design. Many styling cues of GM design of the time, headed by Bill Mitchell, can be seen in the Twin Mill most notably the 1968 Corvette Stingray and various concept cars of the era. The original Twin ceased production in 1977. Original releases include the original 1969 redline in various colors, 1973 Shell promotional and 1976 and 1977 Flying Colors in chrome and orange. After 1977 the tooling is believed to have been destroyed. With new tooling the Twin Mill was reproduced in 1993 as part of the 25th Anniversary series. Since then the Twin Mill has been exclusively released in limited or other special upscale releases often including premium paint and wheel schemes. To date Mattell has refu

sed to release the Twin Mill in the mainline making 1977 the last year the Twin Mill was released in this fashion.

VW Drag Bus

The VW Drag Bus was first offered as a 1996 First Edition, and is the heaviest Hot Wheels model made to date. It has a flip up body, big engine, and is extremely popular with collectors. Speculation was that because of its higher cost and huge popularity, Mattel moved the VW Drag Bus from regular production to a limited edition only product.