1971 Buick Riviera

1971 Buick Riviera, i took another classic car.   It is based on the actual General Motors production vehicle.  It debuted as HW 2005 First Editions Realistix. 

Mine is a part of 2015 HW City - Performance.  It has green painted body, with a "Mr.Gasket Co." tampo at side.

Origins

The name Riviera, Latin for coastline, was chosen to evoke the allure and affluence of the French Riviera. It first entered the Buick line in 1949, as the designation for the new two-door pillarless hardtop, described in advertising as "stunningly smart". The Buick Roadmaster Riviera coupe (along with the Cadillac Coupe de Ville and Oldsmobile 98 Holiday coupe) constituted the first mass production use of this body style, which was to become extremely popular over the next 30 years. Buick added a two-door Riviera hardtop to the Super the following year, the Special in 1951 and the Century upon its return, after a 12-year absence, in 1954.

Real Life

The Buick Riviera is a personal luxury car produced by Buick from 1963 to 1999. The Riviera name has been given to concept cars displayed at auto shows in 2007 and 2013 in hopes of resurrecting the brand, but no plans to do so are currently in place.  GM's first entry into that prestige niche, the Riviera was highly praised by automotive journalists upon its high-profile debut. While early models stayed close to the original form, subsequent generations varied substantially over the Riviera's thirty-year lifespan. In all, 1,127,261 were produced.  

The Riviera was radically redesigned for the 1971 model year with flowing and dramatic "boat-tail" styling.  Designed under Bill Mitchell's direction, it was penned by Jerry Hirshberg, future head of design for Nissan, mating the two-piece vee-butted fastback rear window, inspired by the 1963 Corvette Sting Ray split window coupe, to the Riviera's platform.

The 455 engine had a lower compression ratio to meet EPA emissions requirements, reducing power to 255 hp (190 kW), with 265 hp (198 kW) in the Gran Sport. Performance remained reasonably brisk, with a 0–60 time of 8.1 seconds for the GS, but the Riviera's sporty image was rapidly fading.

In The Movie

It looks like 1971 Buick Riviera is a movie star. :)

1.  Herbie Rides Again (1974) => http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0071607/

2. Lethal Weapon 3 (1992) => http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0104714/

3. Scooby-Doo and The Alien Invaders (2000) => http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0253658/

4. Resident Evil (2002) => http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120804/

5. Death Race (2008) => http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0452608/

6. Death Race: Inferno (2013) => http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1988591/

7. American Gangster (2007) => http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0765429/

'70 Buick GSX

Next, it's another classic muscle car.  It's a '70 Buick GSX.  I can't resist this beauty beast.  :D

The '70 Buick GSX debuted in the 2009 New Models, by designer : Jun Imai.

Real Life.

The Gran Sport name has been used on several high-performance muscle cars built by Buick. As Buick was the luxury brand one level below Cadillac, which did not have performance models, Buick GS branded models were the most opulently equipped models from GM during this era.

GSX / GSX Stage1 was Buick's contribution to the Classic era American Muscle car list, based on the Skylark platform adding a high performance package available only on the GS 455 starting in 1970.   The GSX was Buick's very late entry into the Muscle Car market following less than spectacular sales late in the 1969 model year. The GSX was Buick's answer to Pontiac's GTO Judge, Oldsmobile's 4-4-2 W-30, and Plymouth's HemiCuda. Buick advertised it as "A Brand New Brand Of Buick" and "Another 'Light Your Fire' Car From Buick".

It came standard with a 455ci engine with or without the optional Stage 1 performance emgine upgrades during the first year of release.  Only 678 GSXs were produced in the second half of the 1970 model year beginning in March 1970. Just 278 were equipped with the standard 455, a further 400 purchasers selected the optional Stage 1 performance package. The performance of a GSX (or GS) Stage-1 is comparable to and possibly surpasses that of the HemiCuda, but in a much more luxurious car. The impressive performance is partly due to the light weight of the 455 which is roughly 150 lb (68 kg) less than the 426 Hemi or Chevrolet 454. At 510 lb-ft the Buick 455 produced the highest torque output of any American production performance car, a record held for 33 years until finally surpassed by the Series 2 V10 Viper in 2003. The 1970 Buick GSX has arguably the most extensive list of standard high performance features of any classic era muscle car.

In 1970, the GSX option was available in only two colors, Saturn Yellow and Apollo White (in 1971 and 1972 6 other colors were available for the GSX). Came with only full black interior. All GSXs had the distinctive full body length black stripe that crossed over the standard equipment rear spoiler and was outlined in red pin stripes. A large area of the hood was also black with a hood mounted tachometer (Buick engineers disliked the hood tachometer because it was a Pontiac part) and black front spoiler. Also standard equipment were black bucket seats, floor shifter, wide oval tires, quick ratio steering and anti-sway bars front and rear and quad-link suspension attached to a limited-slip rear differential . Some other options were automatic transmission or four speed manual, A/C or Non-A/C.

In The Movie

So far, 70 Buick GSX was used in the 

Transformers:Dark of The Moon (2011): http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1399103/

 

Fast Fish

Long time no write this blog.  :p

Now, it's the time for a fantasy car. It's Fast Fish.  I took it at a dept store, just because the gold accent on red painted body. :)

Fast Fish is a Hot Wheels contemporary muscle car casting designed by Fraser Campbell that debuted in the 2008 New Models.  

It was inspired by the 1970 Plymouth Barracuda, although the styling of the car is definitely 21st-century. This Hot Wheels version of a contemporary muscle car comes equipped with quad exhaust and a transparent hood bulge to show off the brute force of its 8-cylinder engine and let you know it's fast and fierce. The spoilers around the car, top and bottom, as well as the styling of headlights and other features give an impression of an American muscle-car take on laser precision, like a Lamborghini Veneno's various features. 

Since it's a fantasy car, there is no real car version of it.

Customized VW Drag Truck (HW Cool Classic Series 2 - #25 of 30)

Now, it's the time for a special edition of Hot Wheels.  It's a Customized VW Drag Truck.  :D  I've been waiting for a long time to have this Volkswagen.  I got it from a facebook shopping.  Mine is a part of 2006 HW Cool Classic Series 2.

The Volkswagen Drag Truck is a modified version of the Volkswagen Drag Bus. Unlike its much more valuable brother, this one has hit the pegs more than once.  It was debuted at 2004 First Editions #101, by Designer : Phil Riehlman.

I found none information about the real version of this Hot Wheels.  Besides that, i really love the special Blue painting on it.  :)

Aston Martin One-77 (HW Exotics 5-pack)

And now another car of HW Exotics 5-pack is Aston Martin One-77. It comes with yellow color, with black stripe tampo on it.

 

The Aston Martin One-77 debuted as 2011 New Models 31/50 with gray color, and it is continued until now.

Origins

The names, One-77, comes from the limited run of only 77 cars.

 

Real Life

The Aston Martin One-77 is a two-door coupé built by the British car manufacturer Aston Martin. It first appeared at the 2008 Paris Motor Show, although the car mostly (three quarters) covered by a grey pin-stripe fabric cover with only a glimpse of the front right side coyly peeping out throughout the show, before being fully revealed at the 2009 Geneva Motor Show, and deliveries from the beginning of 2011, and sold for £1,150,000.

The One-77 features a full carbon fibre monocoque chassis, a handcrafted aluminium body, and a naturally aspirated 7.3 litre (7312 cc) V12 engine with 750 hp (560 kW).  The car uses a strengthened version of the DB9's 6-speed automated manual transmission and height-adjustable pushrod suspension coupled with dynamic stability control.  It will feature Pirelli P Zero Corsa tyres (255/35 ZR20 front, 335/30 ZR20 rear) and Carbon Ceramic Matrix brakes.

The top speed was estimated to be 200 mph (320 km/h) but actual tests in December 2009 showed a figure of 220.007 mph (354.067 km/h), with a 0–60 mph time of approximately 3.5 seconds.  The engineering and build source of the carbon chassis and suspension system was contracted to Multimatic of Canada.  The projected weight was 1,500 kg (3,307 lb), but the production model was 1,630 kg (3,594 lb). The CO₂ emissions of the One-77 are rated at 572 g/km.

Performance:

• Compression ratio 10.9:1
• Max power 559 kW (750 bhp/760 PS)
• Max torque 750 Nm
• Acceleration 0 – 100 km/h (62 mph) in under 3.7 seconds
• Maximum speed over 354 km/h (220 mph)

 

In The Movie

This car is not yet being used in a movie.  I think, it would be a perfect car for Mr.Bond. :)

Porsche 918 Spyder (HW Exotics 5-pack)

The second car of the Exotics 5-pack is Porsche 918 Spyder.  Of course, i got it along with Aston Martin V8 Vantage. I really like the blue color on it.  It's one of my favorite. :)

The Porsche 918 Spyder debuted as 2013 HW Showroom - HW All Stars, and it continues until now.

Real Life.

The Porsche 918 Spyder is a mid-engined plug-in hybrid sports car designed by Porsche.  

Carrera GT + 930 Turbo = 918 Spyder.

The V-8 makes 608 horsepower, three more than in Porsche’s previous limited-edition flagship, the Carrera GT. But the 918 then adds roughly the output of another old flagship, the 930 Turbo, via two electric motors. One wedges in between the V-8 and seven-speed PDK transmission; the other sits aft of the front cargo hold. The battery pack sits low behind the passengers within the carbon-fiber monocoque. Total system output from the engine and motors sits at 887 horsepower and a maximum of 944 lb-ft of torque.  The 918 Spyder's 6.8 kWh lithium-ion battery pack delivers an all-electric range of 19 km (12 mi) under EPA's five-cycle tests. This car has a top speed of around 340 km/h (210 mph).

The 918 Spyder was first shown as a concept at the 80th Geneva Motor Show in March 2010. The production version was unveiled at the September 2013 Frankfurt Motor Show.  The 918 Spyder is a limited edition sports car, with 918 units manufactured and sold as a 2014 model year. Production began on September 18, 2013, with deliveries initially scheduled to begin in December 2013.  The starting price was US$847,000.  The 918 Spyder was the second plug-in hybrid car from Porsche, after the 2014 Panamera S E-Hybrid.  The 918 Spyder was sold out in December 2014. The country with the most orders was the United States with 297 units.  Production ended in June 2015.

Performance:
Top speed > 211 mph
purely electric    93 mph

Acceleration:
0-62 mph   2.8 s
0-60 mph   less than 2.8 s
0-62 mph (in electric mode)  7.0 s
 0-124 mph (0-200 km/h) 7.9 s
0-186 mph (0-300 km/h) 23.0 s

In The Movie

Sadly, i found none information of this car being used in the movie. :(