Toyota Altezza Casting Reference | Loose Hot Wheels
Toyota Altezza
The "Toyota Altezza" or "HKS Altezza" is based on the real HKS Altezza car. It is a custom 1st gen Toyota Altezza modified in collaboration with HKS back in 2001 with two main goals; to be eye catching popular within car community, and to break the time record at the Tsukuba circuit in Japan, which it did. Hot Wheels wanted to recreate this iconic Tuner car and originally created a realistic version of the vehicle. Somewhere within the process, the original model was cancelled for a more 'Tooned approach; the HKS…
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Toyota Altezza first appears in 2003 Mainline. The current catalog tracks it across 2003 (Tooled). Designer credit is listed as Dave Martis. Check Description, See Also before trusting a vague seller title.
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