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Last decade Cadillac made a revolutionary change by going for a new, edgy Art & Science theme for their vehicles by starting with the new rear-wheel drive CTS sedan in 2001 that adopted the same styling first show in the 1999 Evoq concept car (which would eventually become the XLR Roadster).  Even though there was a few rough edges to smooth out, the CTS became a popular car for Cadillac and along with the 2002 Escalade and CTS V-series sedan with a Corvette-sourced V8, helped Cadillac finally become a challenger to the German automakers so long overdue.  What else is long overdue is the new Cadillac styling in the Mattel brands Hot Wheels and Matchbox.  Well in 2010 the long wait for a CTS resulted in three different variations, so I decided to bring all three to join the resurrected CTS coupe for 2014. Click Here for Photo Gallery CTS, Take 2: Finally becoming a champion! While Cadillac's new Art & Science look was revolutionary, it had some ...

Previously I introduced one of my favorite Hot Wheels castings to collect variations: the 2007 Dodge Ram 1500 and the Mad Propz plane.  But nothing equates to my personal favorite for this casting ever since it first came out:  the 1987 Toyota Pickup. Click Here for Photo Gallery It's cool to me a mini truck! Toyota, along with Nissan/Datsun, Isuzu and Mazda, entered the US market with small cars, so it was only a matter of time when the small trucks appeared.  It wasn't until the gas crisis of the 1970's that import small trucks, along with US automakers looking to rebadge one as their own, increased the popularity of these vehicles, along with a custom cult that started in southern California creating Mini Trucks.  This fourth-generation Toyota Truck, from 1984-1987, has cult status for a few reasons: aggressive looks, live front and rear axles (1984-1985), and the adoption of a small SUV called the 4Runner.  Lest not forget the cool stat...

Here's a look at one awesome Jeep from Hot Wheels that surprisingly revived itself in 2009 and still continues to be made! Click Here for Photo Gallery The Jeep for hard-workers After doing it's hard work serving in World War II, the Jeep became a celebrity, being used from farming, adventure-seekers, mail delivery, utility companies, and the like.  Since then numerous variations have been spun off (with a few that were unique on their own), and one of those variations was abruptly late, but nevertheless came out in the early 1980's: The pickup version called Scrambler. Click Here for Photo Gallery Manufactured from 1981-1986 and built by AMC motors, the Scrambler is no relation to the 1968 AMC SCRambler!  Using a CJ-7 body stretched to a CJ-8 moniker, the Scrambler contains a large cargo area on average with short-bed pickups at the time, but incorporated the CJ-7's 4x4 part-time system with front and rear live axles and either an AMC I-6 producin...