All styles of car modification have their fans and critics, but few styles are as divisive as the slammed or stanced car. With their wheels tilted out at an angle and their bodies only barely above ...

When Mattel introduced Hot Wheels back in 1968, the 1:64 die-cast cars were almost an instant hit. Using television to advertise the bright little cars with moving wheels to a wide audience likely ...

Kids are still playing with Hot Wheels, those gleaming toy Camaros, Cougars and Corvettes you got for Christmas or your birthday, years and years ago. But those kids, who are sending new and even ...

In 1968, the US toy company Mattel was looking to create a die-cast car range that would outperform the competition. Elliot Handler, together with his wife and company co-founder Ruth Handler, ...

I had a tough day as I had to part ways with something dear to me, but more about that in an upcoming story. And I wasn't very successful in chasing new Hot Wheels cars either. One chain in my area ...