Life sized
Hot Wheels™ 
at SEMA 2018

Mattel had several of its full-size Hot Wheels™ cars on display at the 2018 SEMA show in Las Vegas as art of their promotion of the Hot Wheels™ line of car care products.

 

Deora II


The original Deora was a real custom built by the Alexander Brothers from a Harry Bradley design that  used a Dodge D-100 pickup and the back hatch of a 1960 Ford station wagon. The 1/64th scale Hot Wheels™ Deora was one of the original 16 cars in the 1968 Hot Wheels™ collection   

The Deora II was first produced as a Hot Wheels™ die-cast in 2000 from a design by Nathan Proch which used styling cues from - continuing the concept of the original -  the rear window of the 1996 Ford Taurus station wagon. This full-size version of Deora II debuted at the 2003 SEMA show.

 

The Bone Shaker

The Bone Shaker which debuted as a Hot Wheels™ die-cast in 2006. The legendary Mattel  designer Larry Woods at first threw out his original drawing. Thank goodness, as the Bone Shaker is one of the most popular Hot Wheels™ cars.

All photos by the author