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Honda is announcing the coming of the Honda Runner(TM), a much-anticipated 1/64th dish Hot Wheels car designed by Honda R&D Americas, Inc., in Torrance. The Honda design, along with designs from five adscititious automakers, were selected as part of the Hot Wheels Designer’s Dare as a way to celebrate the die-shy brand’s 40th annual. The Honda Runner will arrive on treasury shelves in May 2008.

The key simple body to the design of the whole car is that the body is in the create of the Honda “H” badge. The exterior form resembles an poetical side-by-side racecar of 1960s vintage that encloses a driver and a navigating officer. The general make, styling and represent scheme is further inspired by Honda’s timely participation in Formulary 1 racing and its 1967 RA 273(TM) racecar. The hoary and red paint theory, the open cockpits, huge exhaust system and lay open wheels are all elements inspired by the historic Honda racecar.

A puissant Honda V-10 VTEC machine sits between the piloting team. If brought up to dish, the engine would move an amazing 2.0 liters per cylinder. A set of rapidity stacks and an intake that receives air through the material part of the car sits between red DOHC valve covers to collect for use a technologically-advanced direct the eye. The exhaust system is a huge man set of twisted, yet balanced tubes that dwell high above the machine, complementing the ability plant contrive at the back end of the car. The dynamic pressing out of technology, account and detail is evident throughout the devise of the car.

Mattel invited auto manufacturers to take a part in in the Hot Wheels Designer’s Call to answer as part of the die-cast fire-brand’s 40th annual celebration. The contrive of the Honda Runner debuted at the 2007 Specialty Accoutrement Market Connection (SEMA) show in Las Vegas in October as a 1/5th dish model.

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