New releases from Minichamps this week include the 1:18 sport car from Maserati, the Mistral Coupe in Red.  There is also another Porsche 918 Spyder entering fold, the 1:18 Wesissach/Martini livery.  Car comes complete the removal roof.  More new models are presented below in both 1:18 and 1:43 scale.

1:18 – BMW 3.0 CSL (E9) COUPE – 1975 – GREEN METALLIC W/ STRIPES L.E. 504 pcs.
1:18 – BMW M1 PROCAR – GS SPORT – HANS-JOACHIM STUCK – PROCAR SERIES 1980
1:18 – BUICK WILDCAT 1 CONCEPT – 1953 – DARK BLUE
1:43 – MCLAREN MERCEDES MP4-29 – JENSON BUTTON – 2014 – MALAYSIAN GP

About the Maserati Mistral Coupe…  “The car was presented on the Torino car show, the name Mistral was officially used only from 1966 on wards. Responsible for this was the French Maserati distributor Colonel John Simone. The name derives from a wind in the valley of Rhône. This was the foundation of naming Maserati cars after winds until the 1990s.

The batch production started in spring of 1964 and ended in 1970. In 6 years 828 coupes were built. The production process was complicated. Maserati produced the engine and chassis, while the body parts were supplied by the Torino based Carrozzeria Maggiora. A truck carried the Chassis from Maserati to Maggiora were both were combined. Afterwards it was brought to Modena, where the paint work as well as the windows and electronics were assembled. Finally the car was transported back to Maserati where the suspension, brakes, transmission and engine were mounted.”