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  • CARS YOU SHOULD KNOW: THE PORSCHE 916

    The idea was so simple, so perfect: take Porsche's most powerful street engine and drop it into their lightweight mid-engine platform. Dominate Ferrari. Make grown men swoon. That was the concept behind the Porsche 916, an extremely potent variation on the company's low-cost joint venture with... View Post
  • THIS JUST IN: MINICHAMPS' 1:43 PORSCHE 356C COUPE (AND THE SHORT VERSION OF MINICHAMPS HISTORY)

    Minichamps is one of the oldest, most respected names in the model car business, with a history reaching back to Germany's Danhausen trading company in the 1920s. Initially a sort of general store, Danhausen's focus narrowed over the decades to toys, eventually becoming an exclusive vendor of hi... View Post
  • WHERE PREMIUM QUALITY MEETS EXTREME VALUE: SPARK MODELS

    When I launched Model Citizen inΒ  2014, one of the overarching principles that would guide the business is that we would only stock model cars of superior quality...no junk allowed. Among the first manufacturers we considered was Spark, a leading producer of resin-bodied 1:18- and 1:43-scale car... View Post