BBR has opened the Pagani Utopia in 1:18, seven finishes of the Zonda and Huayra’s successor, each with a plexiglass case. Also today: Minichamps puts most of the 2026 Formula One season into three scales, GP Replicas does Jean Alesi’s Montreal-winning Ferrari 412 T2 in 1:12, Spark has Fangio’s Cuban Grand Prix Maserati, and Otto Mobile takes the Beetle to 1:12.
Minichamps: the 2026 Formula One season
A large batch covering this year’s championship, all listed for the first quarter of 2027. Andrea Kimi Antonelli’s three wins are the centrepiece — Spa, Monza and Madrid — and Audi’s first season gets both cars. These are the 1:18 references; nearly every one is also being done in 1:43 and 1:64.
- 117261012 — Antonelli, Mercedes W17E, Spa GP winner, with figure and pitboard
- 117261312 — Antonelli, Monza GP winner, with figure, pitboard and trophy
- 117261412 — Antonelli, Madrid GP winner, with figure and pitboard
- 117261612 — Antonelli, second at the Bahrain GP held in Malaysia, Petronas livery
- 117261603 — Max Verstappen, Red Bull RB22, Bahrain GP winner, with two pitboards
- 117261703 — Verstappen, Singapore GP winner
- 117261705 — Gabriel Bortoleto, Audi R26, Singapore GP
- 117261727 — Nico Hülkenberg, Audi R26, eighth at Singapore
- 537262804 — Lando Norris, McLaren MCL40, Hungarian GP, with figure, pitboard and trophy
- 537262904 — Norris, Zandvoort winner, with figure, pitboard and trophy
Williams gets Alexander Albon and Carlos Sainz from Madrid in 1:43 and 1:64 only (417261423, 417261455, 640261423, 640261455), and there is a two-car 1:64 Mercedes set of Antonelli and George Russell from Bahrain (640261263).
One from the archive arrives on 30 October: 533081842, Lewis Hamilton’s McLaren MP4/23 from the 2008 Brazilian Grand Prix in 1:18, on rain tyres, the car he was champion in.
Minichamps again: a 993 family, and three of Rossi’s BMWs
Separate from the Formula One batch, Minichamps is filling out the 993 road cars and continuing Valentino Rossi’s BMW career in scale.
- 155061102 — Porsche 911 (993) coupé 1993, 1:18
- 155061132 — 911 (993) cabriolet 1994, 1:18, from 23 October
- 155061171 and 153061173 — 911 (993) Turbo coupé 1995, 1:18, two separate references
- 110252446 — BMW M4 GT3 EVO #46, WRT, Spa 24 Hours 2025, Rossi with René Rast and Kevin Magnussen
- 110252646 — M4 GT3 EVO #46, race one winner, GT World Challenge Misano 2025, Rossi and Raffaele Marciello
- 410232146 and 410232246 — the 2023 M4 GT3 in 1:43, sixth at the Bathurst 12 Hour and the test car
- 110256954 — Porsche 911 (992) GT3 R #54, Dinamic GT, third at the Nürburgring 24 Hours 2025
- 110024011 — BMW M3 Touring 2024, 1:18
- 640064130, 640064131, 640064132, 640064134 and 640064135 — Porsche 911 (992.2) Carrera GTS cabriolet 2025, five colours in 1:64
Sun Star: the MG Metro 6R4 in 1:18
Announced this morning with a walkaround video: the MG Metro 6R4 that won the Donegal International Rally in 1986, in 1:18. The 6R4 was Austin Rover’s Group B car, a mid-engined V6 that arrived just as Group B was abolished, which is why most of its wins came in national and Irish events rather than on the world championship.
GP Replicas: Alesi’s Montreal 412 T2 in 1:12
Four references, all the 1995 Ferrari 412 T2 at 1:12. The number 27 car is the Canadian Grand Prix, the only Grand Prix Jean Alesi ever won, on his thirty-first birthday. The other pair is Michael Schumacher testing at Estoril at the end of that year, before his first season with the team.
- GP1242A — #27 Jean Alesi, winner, Canadian GP, Montreal 1995
- GP1242AWD — the same car with driver figure
- GP1242B — Michael Schumacher, Estoril test 1995
- GP1242BWD — the same car with driver figure
Spark: Fangio in Cuba, and twelve more
Thirteen references for the first quarter of 2027, nearly all 1:43. Three of them are the Maserati 300S, including the car Juan Manuel Fangio won the Cuban Grand Prix with in 1957 — the race he would be kidnapped from a year later.
- US453 — Maserati 300S #2, winner, Cuban GP 1957, Fangio
- SF338 — Maserati 300S #1, winner, Paris 1000 km 1956, Jean Behra and Louis Rosier
- US452 — Maserati 300S #35, third, Sebring 12 Hours 1955, Bill Spear and Sherwood Johnston
- SF373 — Renault 5 Turbo #4, night version, Tour de France Automobile 1980, Jean Ragnotti
- SF353 — Renault 5 Alpine #35, Production 1600, 1980
- SF267 — Peugeot 505 #17, Hertz Production 1982
- SG1038 — Porsche 911 (964) Carrera 2 #7, Nürburgring 24 Hours 1992, with Walter Röhrl and Roland Kussmaul
- SB565 and SB567 — Porsche 911 (964) Carrera 2, Spa 24 Hours 1991 and 1992
- SB548 and SB553 — Alfa Romeo Alfetta GTV6, Jolly Club, Spa 24 Hours 1983 and 1985
- SG1039 — BMW 325i (E36) #184, Auto Budde Motorsport, Nürburgring 24 Hours 1992
- 18S1357 — Oreca 07 Gibson #24, Nielsen Racing, Le Mans 2026, in 1:18, with Jack Doohan
Otto Mobile: a 1:12 Beetle and Vatanen’s rally set
Seventeen references, six of them available now and the rest listed for the fourth quarter. Two stand out: the 1963 Beetle is Otto’s move to 1:12, and OT1280 is a full rally outfit rather than a single car — a Volkswagen LT35 van, a trailer and Ari Vatanen’s E30 M3 from the 1000 Lakes in 1988.
- G106 — Volkswagen Beetle 1963, 1:12
- OT1280 — the Vatanen rally set, 1:18
- OT1278 — Toyota Sprinter Trueno (AE86) 1986
- OT1253 — Alpine A310 1600VF, Gendarmerie, 1974
- OT1401 — Ford Puma S1600 #43, Rallye Monte Carlo 2004, Jari-Matti Latvala
- OT1263 — BMW M4 GT3 EVO #98, Schubert Motorsport, Pro-Am class winner, GT4 European Series round one at Paul Ricard 2026
- OT1234 — Audi S6 Plus (C4) Avant 1995; OT1396 — Audi RS 4 (B5) Avant 2005
- OT1394 — Renault Clio Williams Maxi 1995; OT1202 — Peugeot 308 GTi 16 Dimma Kompressor 1995
- OT1410 — BMW Z3 M Roadster 1999; OT1406 — Fiat Barchetta 1998; OT1418 — Mini John Cooper Works Victory Edition 2026
- Available now: OT1184 M635 CSi widebody, OT1241 E36 AMG (C124), OT1257 Peugeot 205 Khyzyl, OT1268 Renault Dauphine from SEMA 2024, OT1342 Volkswagen T6 California
IXO: Manthey’s Porsches, from the Grello to the DTM title
Seven new references arriving on 30 October, all the Porsche 911 (992) GT3 R and all Manthey cars.
- MG-M-911-DTM-25-1890 — 1:18, Manthey HEMA #90, 2025 DTM champion Ayhancan Güven
- MG-M-911-DTM-25-1891 — 1:18, #91, Thomas Preining, 2025 DTM
- MG-M-911-24H-24-4311 — 1:43, the Grello #911, second at the Nürburgring 24 Hours 2024
- MG-M-911-LM-24-4391 — 1:43, #91, LMGT3 class winner, Le Mans 2024
- MG-M-911-LM-24-4392 — 1:43, Pure Rxcing #92, Le Mans 2024
- MG-M-911-LM-24-4391-92 — 1:43, both Le Mans cars as a two-model set
- MG-M-911-DTM-CHA-23-4301 — 1:43, a two-car set of the 2023 DTM Mantheys of Preining and Dennis Olsen
ACME: a 1957 Bel Air that never was
A1807022 is a 1957 Chevrolet Bel Air Custom in 1:18 — black with silver scallops, 18-inch Rallye wheels, a plumbed and wired 283, and opening doors, hood and trunk. ACME describes it as what a 57 Chevy might have looked like had it been worked over in the 1960s. MSRP is $144.95, ETA the second quarter of 2027, and the estimated run is 357 pieces.
BBR: the Pagani Utopia in 1:18
Pre-orders opened this morning. The Utopia is the third car from San Cesario sul Panaro after the Zonda and the Huayra, and BBR has it in seven finishes, a display case included with each.
- BBR1231A — Grigio Rinascimento
- BBR1231CF — full carbon fibre
- BBR1231CHA — Chamaleon
- BBR1231G — Blu Midnight
- BBR1231H — Bianco Benny with carbon fibre and red accents
- BBR1231M — Giallo Ginevra
- BBR1231P — The Coyote
KK-Scale: the Quattroporte in two more colours
KK-Scale says its 1:18 Maserati Quattroporte I, the 1965 car, arrives at the end of October in two new finishes.
Autocult: a steam truck and a Ghia one-off
- ATC11021-1 and ATC11021-2 — Škoda Sentinel steam truck pick-up, Czechoslovakia 1924, 1:43
- ATC90363 — Ferrari 410 Superamerica by Ghia, chassis 0473SA, 1955, 1:43
Quick hits
- Cult Scale Models has the Aston Martin 2-Litre Sports of 1949 in 1:18, three versions — CML294-1, CML294-2 and CML294-3.
- Matrix has three 1:43 Bentley 4¼ Litre Vanden Plas drophead coupés, 1939 — MX50201-181, MX50201-182 and MX50201-183.
- Mini Helmet is doing James Hunt’s 1976 world championship Bell helmet at 1:2 as a fiftieth anniversary edition, 4100630, from 21 October.
- AUTOart has added a Verde Selvans Lamborghini SC18 Alston for December, alongside the Grigio Daytona car.
- Mini GT has a 1:64 Land Rover Defender 110 in Royal Hong Kong Police Tai Po District colours, a Hong Kong exclusive, open for pre-order.
Some images that just came in today:
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