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| Car of the Day : July 16, 2014; High Speed '04 BMW 530i | |
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| juantoo3 | Jul 15 2014, 10:07 PM Post #1 |
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Car of the Day for July 16, 2014 is the High Speed 2002 BMW 530i![]()
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![]() For more info see: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BMW_5_Series ![]() In my ongoing hunt to find 1/64 scale High Speed castings before they disappear, I stumbled on this nice example of a contemporary BMW. Not my usual cuppa tea, but I gotta give credit where credit is due...it is a nice model for the scale and price. Too bad High Speed is now a memory. ![]() |
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| 250 TR | Jul 16 2014, 12:28 AM Post #2 |
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This generation 5 series, for better or worse, truly revolutionized modern automotive styling. The shape of the trunk and headlights were ahead of it's time, and those elements have trickled into just about every other modern sedan. I remember when this came out, people vilified Chris Bangle (anyone remember the term, Bangle Butt?), but I think this car has only gotten better with age. If you see one driving on the road, it still looks like a new car, and most people would still assume it was a current BMW. This looks like a very well done model, and one that I wish Greenlight would have carried over when they took over the High Speed line. |
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| ivantt | Jul 17 2014, 12:46 AM Post #3 |
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New casting? Quick! Take it apart!
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The actual car does nothing for me, but I'd definitely pick up this one if I saw it on a peg! |
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| ky72x | Jul 18 2014, 03:25 AM Post #4 |
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It took me a while to obtain one of these, but I finally found a silver one earlier in the year. Since it had no grille tampo, I had to detail it with a Sharpie, so I someday hope to find one like this with the proper detailing. Excellent casting, and indeed a shame that Greenlight didn't carry it over (same goes for the Audi A6/Q7). Edited by ky72x, Jul 18 2014, 03:25 AM.
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| juantoo3 | Jul 18 2014, 08:32 AM Post #5 |
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That actually raises some questions I have as well. The High Speed tooling was far too good to see go to waste. I understand Greenlight got some of them, but not fully sure what all they did get. (The old R.D. issues minus the Tbird, and the VWs, but did they get anything else?) High Speed had such a wide variety of well detailed if somewhat simplistic cars from around the world, not only America...Euro, Asian, Eastern Europe. And they covered everything from mundane everyday cars to exotics, light trucks and ambulances...in 1/64ish scale. Including the 1/43 and 1/87 scales they made an even broader variety still! Many of their models spanned all three scales. I have not been so impressed by the wide breadth and depth of any other diecast maker (bar none!). High Speed did an amazing job of truly being a world wide and world class automotive diecast maker...and it would be a shame to learn the tooling has been destroyed or scrapped. I really, really hope some other diecast makers picked up whatever tooling is suitable to their lines to keep these models alive...or the out chance that maybe Greenlight has them and doesn't know what to do with them yet, leaving the hope alive that some of these may yet see the light of day again. |
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