# 'Hot Wheels Hits the Road to Reach Its Fans' **URL:** \ **Category:** General Discussion\ **Created:** [May 21, 2018, 2:01pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/hot-wheels-hits-the-road-to-reach-its-fans/117751 "2018-05-21T14:01:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![RandomTroll](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/randomtroll/32/12184_2.png) [@RandomTroll](https://community.cartalk.com/u/RandomTroll)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2018, 2:01pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/hot-wheels-hits-the-road-to-reach-its-fans/117751/1 "2018-05-21T14:01:31Z")
> **[Hot Wheels Hits the Road to Reach Its Fans](https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/20/business/media/hot-wheels-legends-tour.html)** > > As part of an effort to stay connected with people in the digital age, Mattel is sponsoring a nationwide search for a custom vehicle that can be a model for a 50th anniversary Hot Wheels car. I nominate Nash Metropolitans ---
**Author:** ![George\_San\_Jose1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e5b9ba/32.png) [@George\_San\_Jose1](https://community.cartalk.com/u/George_San_Jose1)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2018, 2:29am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/hot-wheels-hits-the-road-to-reach-its-fans/117751/2 "2018-05-22T02:29:10Z")
The local flea market always has at least one booth that only sells Hot Wheels. It’s usually quite crowded, both with parents and kids. Still a very popular item it appears. It would never occur to me to sell Hot Wheels at a flea market. I guess that’s why I’m not making any income from doing so … lol … ---
**Author:** ![the\_same\_mountainbike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c89c15/32.png) [@the\_same\_mountainbike](https://community.cartalk.com/u/the_same_mountainbike)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2018, 8:54pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/hot-wheels-hits-the-road-to-reach-its-fans/117751/3 "2018-05-22T20:54:46Z")
> [@RandomTroll](#): > > I nominate Nash Metropolitans Nash Metropolitans aren’t custom cars. Hotwheels has long created Hotwheels cars out of unique custom cars. ---
**Author:** ![RandomTroll](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/randomtroll/32/12184_2.png) [@RandomTroll](https://community.cartalk.com/u/RandomTroll)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2018, 11:12pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/hot-wheels-hits-the-road-to-reach-its-fans/117751/4 "2018-05-22T23:12:38Z")
I can dream, can’t I? ---
**Author:** ![wolyrobb](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/wolyrobb/32/45497_2.png) [@wolyrobb](https://community.cartalk.com/u/wolyrobb)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2018, 1:53am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/hot-wheels-hits-the-road-to-reach-its-fans/117751/5 "2018-05-23T01:53:39Z")
They made one as a dragster starting about 18yrs ago. > **[Metrorail](http://hotwheels.wikia.com/wiki/Metrorail)** > > The Metrorail is an original Hot Wheels design based on a customized 1950's Nash Metropolitan, one of the first American "subcompact" cars. The Metropolitan was an American design built at Austin's Longbridge plant in England, and then exported to... ---
**Author:** ![RandomTroll](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/randomtroll/32/12184_2.png) [@RandomTroll](https://community.cartalk.com/u/RandomTroll)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2018, 3:21am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/hot-wheels-hits-the-road-to-reach-its-fans/117751/6 "2018-05-23T03:21:35Z")
Thanks! And I was joking… Is that a dragster? ---
**Author:** ![wolyrobb](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/wolyrobb/32/45497_2.png) [@wolyrobb](https://community.cartalk.com/u/wolyrobb)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2018, 4:09am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/hot-wheels-hits-the-road-to-reach-its-fans/117751/7 "2018-05-23T04:09:32Z")
Dragster was the idea, with wheelie bats out back and a v,8 with a supercharger under the elongated front end.