Today's car of the day comes from Derby Driver 60's collection and is Maisto's 2010 Mercedes-Benz GLK 350.
The Mercedes-Benz GLK (codename X204; Geländewagen Luxus Kompaktklasse) is a compact luxury crossover released as a 2009 model elsewhere and as a 2010 model in North America after its public debut at the 2008 Beijing Auto Show alongside the competing Audi Q5.
The GLK-Class was launched in 2008 and is built in Bremen (Germany), the first Mercedes SUV to be built there. Its design is heavily influenced by the C-Class.
The GLK was presented for the first time in 2008 in Detroit under the form of the Mercedes-Benz Vision GLK Freeside concept.
MBUSA partnered with four tuners to develop custom designs for the newly released GLK for the 2008 SEMA show in Las Vegas. Boulevard Customs, Brabus, RENNtech and Legendary Motorcar Company were the four tuners that had this unique opportunity to design their vision.
The GLK-Class shares the C-Class (W204) platform, and production plans continued after the demise of the similar Smart Formore.
For more information and pictures of the real car please visit: Mercedes-Benz GLK 350
This is very nice. I really dislike the lack of interiors in current Maisto, but in this case the good shape and perfect tampo detailing almost compensate that.
ReplyDeleteAgreed 100%! This is the nicest Maisto casting in years, and I can't wait to track one down.
ReplyDeleteI got my son a similar Maisto diecast and I am really not impressed by the quality. Most of the major diecast brands have a lot more detail in this scale (like majorette, hot wheels, matchbox, siku...) and the maisto models are also very badly built and fall apart rather easily :( - I've written about the subject at Matchbox vs Hot Wheels vs Majorette Toy Cars and have photos
ReplyDeleteNOW, Maisto does make nearly indestructible 1:24 diecast cars, if you don't believe me just follow the link. They're the only 1/24 that my son was not able to break apart :D