When Mattel introduced Hot Wheels back in 1968, the 1:64 die-cast cars were almost an instant hit. Using television to advertise the bright little cars with moving wheels to a wide audience likely ...

Hot Wheels are one of the most beloved and iconic toys. They’re one of the most reliably affordable, too. You can always count on Hot Wheels to meet you with a modest price tag — well, not always.

We're getting close to that halfway point between 2000 and 2050. I'll celebrate my 36th birthday while my grandmother turns 80. Those numbers can give you a new perspective on life, but they shouldn't ...

We're sure you're by now well aware that musty, dusty cases of 1960s and 1970s Hot Wheels moldering away in the attic may—or may not—have some treasure contained within. No, we don't mean treasure of ...

Readers, beware! The following story could be a trip down nostalgia lane, triggering a Hot Wheels Pop Culture hunt and some ...

Kids are still playing with Hot Wheels, those gleaming toy Camaros, Cougars and Corvettes you got for Christmas or your birthday, years and years ago. But those kids, who are sending new and even ...

Thomas has spent two years working in the auto journalism industry, contributing to a UK-based newspaper and writing for Euronewsweek. A full-time writer and lifelong engineering enthusiast, he now ...

As any collector will gladly tell you, there are too many Hot Wheels cars to count. Mattel has been making them since 1968 and cranks out 50 new models in 400 color and graphics packages every year, ...