Motor City Muscle | The Race Case Chevy

The first Hot Wheels series to be co-branded with the Fast & Furious movie franchise came out in 2013 and the segment has continued every year since. In 2019, the Premium Series was introduced, featuring cars with metal bases, Real Rider wheels and extra detailing. The Premium Series was broken out into 5 different segments, such as Fast Imports and Furious Off-Road, with groupings of 5 different castings under each theme. The Premium Series continued in 2020, with 5 new segments of 5 cars each.

These two examples from the 2020 Fast & Furious Premium Series came in the recent shipment from my friend Brad. Both fall under the Motor City Muscle theme.

The Hot Wheels ’61 Impala was a new casting in 2012 and has since been released in about 10 variations, including a really sweet model from the 2013 Cool Classics series. In 2019, it was included in the Fast & Furious series, with different variations in an individual blister and in a 5-Pack.

As you can see in the photos, there really is a step up in the detailing in this premium line.

I’ve seen all of the Fast & Furious movies at least once, but I didn’t remember ever seeing a ’66 Nova in any of them. So I was surprised to see this casting included in the series. Well, a little bit of internet research unearthed a photo of a ’66 Nova parked next to Dom’s Charger in a scene from the Fast 5. (The movies are generally packed with eye candy, so I hope you can forgive me for missing that detail.)

The Hot Wheels ’66 Chevy Nova was first released in 2007 and has since been produced in about 30 different variations. Among the favorites of this casting in my collection are models from the 2014 HW Road Trippin’ series and the 2018 Stars & Stripes series.