Sun Star has booked a 1956 Lincoln Premiere Cabriolet for the fourth quarter, which makes three different 1:18 Lincolns announced by three different companies inside three days. Beyond that: a second Subaru Impreza 555 from Sun Star, two endurance Porsches from IXO dated for 11 September, a firm delivery window on Mini GT’s pre-orders — and a correction to run on yesterday’s Ford GT40 entry.
The Ferrari F1 156 Sharknose #4 Winner 1961 British GP Wolfgang Von Trips in 1:18 scale by WERK83 has arrived into stock. MSRP $129.95 USD
Figurine Neo from The Matrix in 1:18 scale by KK Diecast.
On Monday GLM announced the 1989 Town Car Signature Series. The same day KK-Scale announced the 1963 Continental Sedan. Sun Star has now added the 1956 Lincoln Premiere Cabriolet, reference 04658, quoted for the fourth quarter of 2026 and modelled with the hard top closed.
Three companies, three decades — 1956, 1963, 1989 — and all at 1:18, from a marque that went years without a single new tool at this scale. Add KK-Scale’s Continental convertibles already shipping and there are now more 1:18 Lincolns in the diary for this autumn than most collectors have had to choose from in a decade. Whether that is three firms reading the same demand signal or a coincidence of timing, nobody has said. It is worth watching whether the fourth quarter can absorb all of them.
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Sun Star: a second Impreza 555, and two more A8s
Alongside the Lincoln, Sun Star has listed five more references for the fourth quarter.
- 05602 — Subaru Impreza WRC 555 #3, winner of the Rally Carling of the Lakes 1994, Bertie Fisher and Rory Kennedy
- 04658 — Lincoln Premiere Cabriolet 1956, hard top closed
- DM18-01-01 and DM18-01-02 — Audi A8 (D3) 6.0 W12, 2008
- DM18-02-01 and DM18-02-02 — Audi A8 (D3) 4.2 TDI, 2008
The Impreza is the one to note. Sun Star announced 5603, the Liatti and Alessandrini Sanremo winner, on 31 August as a 999-piece edition; 05602 is a second car off the same tool, this time the Northern Irish pairing of Bertie Fisher and Rory Kennedy winning the Rally of the Lakes in 1994. Two cars in a week means the 555 tool is the start of a series rather than a one-off, which is the useful thing to know if you were treating the Sanremo car as a single chance.
The Audi A8 count is now four references. We reported a pair on 28 August; the D3 programme has doubled since. No edition sizes or prices were published for any of the six.
IXO: two endurance Porsches for 11 September
- IXOSP919-1816CB — Porsche 919 Hybrid #2, winner of the 24 Hours of Le Mans 2017, Timo Bernhard, Earl Bamber and Brendon Hartley
- LEGT18-44NUR25 — Porsche 911 (992) GT3 R #44, Falken Motorsports, Nürburgring 24 Hours 2025, Boccolacci, Heinemann, Marschall and Schuring
Both are 1:18 and both are dated for 11 September, the same day as the WERK83 batch covered yesterday. The 2017 Le Mans win is the one worth having — the race Porsche took from fourteenth place and 18 laps down after the leading car broke, and the last of the 919’s three straight victories. IXO published no price or edition size.
Ford GT40 is Shelby Collectibles, and there are two of them
Yesterday we ran the 1:18 Ford GT40 Mk IV, chassis J-9, as an ACME announcement. The manufacturer is Shelby Collectibles, and the announcement covers two cars rather than one:
- SC18011 — #6 1966 Ford GT40 MkII, “Outlaw”
- SC18009 — #9 1967 Ford GT40 Mk IV, “J9”
Suggested retail is $79.95 US on both, with delivery quoted for the fourth quarter of 2026. The price and the timing we published were right; the brand and the count were not. At that money these remain the accessible end of the 1:18 market, and the MkII gives the pairing a 1966 car to sit next to the 1967 one.
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Mini GT: early Q1 2027, and the drive-side split
The six references that opened for pre-order on 31 August now have a delivery window — early in the first quarter of 2027 — and the reference numbers have resolved into drive-side variants. The Aston Martin Valhalla Podium Green runs as MGT01373-L and MGT01373-R, and the Mercedes-AMG G 63 as MGT01375-L and MGT01375-R. The Lamborghini Huracán GT3 EVO2, the Cadillac V-Series.R, the Lotus 78 and the Volkswagen ID. Buzz are left-hand drive only. The Valhalla is still the only one flagged as new tooling.
Quick hits
- GT Spirit spent this morning teasing an Aston Martin — a close crop of a white car with a substantial rear wing, tagged 1:18, with followers invited to name it. No reference and no date. The company’s own January 2027 preview includes an Aston Martin Valiant, which is the obvious guess, but GT Spirit has not confirmed it.
- Nothing new in the last 24 hours from BBR, Spark, Tecnomodel, Stamp, ACME, GP Replicas or Minichamps. The GP Replicas Ferrari F1-87/88C greywear sample from 29 August still has had no follow-up.
- Today’s entries carried no published prices except the Shelby GT40s, and no edition sizes at all.
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