Spark has opened thirteen Le Mans cars in 1:18, from the Porsche 956s of 1983 and 1984 to the Jaguar XJR-12 that won in 1990 and the Audi R8 that won in 2004. Also: GT Spirit announces twenty in three scales including four at 1:8, IXO opens four of its own at 1:8 led by the Martini Lancia 037, WERK83 does Jo Siffert’s Zeltweg-winning 917K in 1:12, BBR brings the Ferrari 296 Speciale and the 849 Testarossa Assetto Fiorano down to 1:43, and Mini GT has the new Corvette ZR1 and Honda Prelude.
Kyosho has opened the Porsche 911S in 1:18 — three colours of the car that gave the 911 its first performance variant, with United States pricing and a date worth watching. Also: Norev puts two Porsches into 1:12 and announces twenty-one more, BBR opens the Ferrari Mondial Quattrovalvole Cabriolet in six colours and the 356A in four, Matrix announces twenty coachbuilt 1:43s from a Voisin Aerosport to a Cadillac hearse, NZG does the AMG GT 63 Pro at 1:12, and GLM has five 1942 Lincoln Continentals.
The first two Diecast Zone auctions have closed, and whoever was watching did well — a mint Danbury Mint split-window Corvette at $65 and a Danbury Mint Deuce highboy at $25, with three of the opening five still running and a good deal more now on the board. Also: Top Marques takes the Ferrari 330 P3 into 1:12, BBR puts three Antonelli wins into limited luxury packs, Schuco opens thirty-six in 1:64 and 1:87, and IXO has the new Lancia Gamma.
BBR has opened the Pagani Utopia in 1:18 — seven finishes of the Zonda and Huayra’s successor, each with a display case. Also: Minichamps puts most of the 2026 Formula One season into three scales with Antonelli’s three wins at its centre, GP Replicas does Jean Alesi’s Montreal-winning Ferrari 412 T2 in 1:12, Spark has Fangio’s Cuban Grand Prix Maserati, Otto Mobile takes the Beetle to 1:12, and ACME has a 1957 Bel Air that never was.
The Diecast Zone auctions are running again — rebuilt software, proxy bidding, and five models the club put up to start things off, from a Danbury Mint split-window Corvette to a Dale Earnhardt set. Also: Sun Star announces a Boss 351 Mustang and two 1958 Fairlanes in 1:18, KK-Scale takes the R34 GT-R to 1:12, LookSmart has Leclerc’s Singapore Ferrari in three scales, and Autocult does a Daytona that was built once.
MR Collection has opened pre-orders on the Ferrari 12Cilindri Manuale in 1:18 — six colours of the gated-shift V12, two of them limited to twenty-five models each. Also: Kess opens nine in 1:43 including the one-off Meera S, Sun Star’s 1:12 Volkswagen Samba turns up in the flesh at a thousand pieces worldwide, and Kaido House has four more for Mini GT.
KK-Scale is doing the boattail Buick Riviera in 1:18 — the 1973 car, in at least three colours, due in November. Also: MCG opens eighteen references in 1:18 that run from an AMC Pacer to an NYPD Caprice, AUTOart lands five Porsche 930 Turbos on 14 October with a sixth colour behind them, BBR starts a Schumacher-era Ferrari series with the F2003 from Suzuka, and Norev has a new 300 SL Gullwing.
Tecnomodel is doing the March 707 Can-Am in 1:18, five versions of a car that has almost never been modelled, including Kelleners’ Nürburgring winner and Amon’s Laguna Seca car. Also: Maxima opens seven 1:18 resins led by a shark-nose Ferrari 330 GT 2+2, Sun Star adds two more 1960 Plymouth Furys, TSM and Top Speed put the Daytona-winning Porsche 963 into 1:12 and 1:18, and Esval builds a 1956 Chevrolet emergency fleet in 1:43.
AUTOart has announced twenty new 1:18 references in a week — fifteen Lamborghinis, including four colours of a car Squadra Corse built exactly once, and five versions of the 911 Carrera 2.7 RS. Also: BBR opens the Ferrari 288 GTO in ten colours and a Maserati GT2 Stradale limited to twenty, Spark brings the 2026 Formula One season to scale with Gasly’s Monza pole among fifteen references, and Mini GT is doing Mario Andretti’s Lotus 78 in 1:64.
MR Collection has opened pre-orders on the Ferrari Luce in 1:18 — Maranello’s first electric car, in seven colours with two 49-piece specials. Also: Top Marques lists twenty new 1:18 references including the Toyota TS010 and McRae’s Focus RS, four of them as weathered “dirty” versions; BBR announces the 296 GT Modificata four days after Ferrari revealed it; and Tecnomodel does the 1999 Ferrari F399.