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Hot Wheels is on a roll with the Ford Performance line for 2016: 2017 Raptor, 2016 GT350 Mustang,, the 2017 GT, and now the 2016 Focus RS.  This is not the first time that Hot Wheels has made the Focus, and this is also not the first time the Focus RS has been done either.  Time to see if the new Focus RS is better than the old. Click Here for Photo Gallery The RS is the performance version of the Focus line that has been around since 2002.  The RS uses some components that can be found on the WRC rally Focus as well as modifications for the street.  While the SVT Focus in the U.S. is similar, it does not employ the turbo I-4 that the RS has.  The second-generation really split between the US Focus and the world Focus: while the US version still carried the previous-generation lines the world Focus is completely new.  The new Focus shared platforms with the Mazda 3 and the Volvo S40 and had a more modern and a bit of a futuristic look t...

Matchbox made big news this year with the new 2015 Mazda MX-5 Miata.  I know because I just recently reviewed the casting and pitted it against the other Matchbox sports cars, the BMW 1M, Alfa Romeo 4C, and Porsche Cayman S, and it won.  The problem that I found on the casting was the suspension allowed more body roll and was focused more for the open road than on a racetrack.  To resolve that answer Hot Wheels introduces their own Miata, and unlike the Matchbox version this is Hot Wheels second Miata casting, so this brought me the opportunity to bring out some past Miata's against the new Hot Wheels version. Click Here for Photo Gallery Hot Wheels: 1990 vs. 2015 Hot Wheels was on the scene when the new Miata was introduced in 1989 as the 1990 version.  The idea started with Motor Trend editor Bob Hall reflected to engineer's at Japanese automaker Mazda about the joys of open-top driving in a classic British sports car.  When he ...