Almost Real has given some insight of what fans of their brand are expected to see in production form for 2018. There is a lot to see here but based on history we do believe the bitten off more than they can chew. The list contains 1:43 and 1:18 scale. I hope the team proves us wrong!
Scale 1:43:
410211 – Land Rover Defender 90 “CAMEL TROPHY” Edition
410305 – Land Rover Defender 110 “CAMEL TROPHY” Edition
450301 – Pagani Huayra Roadster – Metal Red 2017
450302 – Pagani Huayra Roadster – Pearl White 2017
450303 – Pagani Huayra Roadster – Carbon Blue 2017
Scale 1:18:
810101 – Range Rover – Tuscan Blue 1970
810102 – Range Rover – White 1970
810103 – Range Rover – Bahama Gold 1970
810105 – Range Rover – Lincoln Green 1970
810203 – Land Rover Defender 90 Autobiography Edition 2015
810211 – Land Rover Defender 90 “CAMEL TROPHY” Edition
810214 – Land Rover Defender 90 “PAUL SMITH” Edition 2015
810301 – Land Rover Defender 110 Adventure Edition 2015
810309 – Land Rover Defender 110 “CAMEL TROPHY” Dirty Version
810604 – Jaguar C-X75 Firesand Metallic 2015
820101 – Mercedes-Maybach S-class 2016 – Diamond White
820102 – Mercedes-Maybach S-Class 2016 Obsidian Black
820103 – Mercedes-Maybach S-class 2016 – Iridium Silver
820201 – Mercedes Benz G500 4×4² Electric Beam Yellow
820203 – Mercedes-Benz G500 4X4² – Polar White
820204 – Mercedes-Benz G500 4X4² – Iridium Silver
820701 – Mercedes-AMG GT R -Matt Green
830101 – Bentley Mulsanne Speed – 2017 Julep
830501 – Bentley Mulsanne-2017 – Light Emerald Over Midnight Emerald
830601 – Bentley Mulsanne Grand Limousine by Mulliner Silver Forst and Moroccan Blue
840101 – McLaren P1 GTR Pebble Beach California Design Concept 2015
840102 – McLaren P1 GTR Geneve Autoshow – 2015
840108 – McLaren P1 GTR – James Hunt 40th Anniversary
850302 – Pagani Huayra Roadster – Pearl White 2017
850303 – Pagani Huayra Roadster – Carbon Blue 2017
850401 – Pagani Zonda F 2005
860101 – Brabus 900 Mercedes-Maybach S600 – Diamond White
860102 – Brabus 900 Mercedes-Maybach S600 – Obsidian Black
860302 – Brabus Adventure 500 Mercedes G500 4×4 – Silver
860303 – Brabus 500 Mercedes G500 4×4 – Obsidian Black
Product# See above
RELEASE THE MODELS!!!!!
I agree: So far it´s much ado about nothing, really. A dinosaur´s announcement footprint, a mouse´s release toeprint. If all these go on sale this year, I´ll eat my hat.
That is an extremely ambitious list.
Zonda please!!
Sorry guys but your criticism and scepticism is totally unjustified. AR have delivered on everything that they said they would, so far. They’ve released a large number of 1/43s already. Everything in 1/18 on that list is either released in another colour (Range Rover, G500, Maybach) or has been shown in a near-finished form. They also have a ton of experience making models for other brands, so will know better than anyone what is involved.
There’s no reason to doubt that AR will achieve these goals, unless you’re judging them on Autoart or TSM’s level of release date BS.
I’m going to bet that Karsten will need a new hat ;-)
Not if you read my post properly: Or do you really believe that all of these will be on sale within the next 7 months ??? Just look back at when the Mulsanne was announced and then look at when they have started to announce the Paganis. The newly announced models are years away from being on sale.
Yeah, I read it. AR have shown virtually all of those models in near-production form and have yet to miss any of their announced release dates as far as I can tell. None of those are new announcements, they were all mentioned before.
I stand by what I said. Lots of unjustified cynicism. Come back to this in December and I’ll gladly admit if I was wrong, but the scepticism (not just from you) is unfounded.
I have followed some of these closely from day one with anticipation and have a Mulsanne Grand Limousine on pre-order for over a year, joined by a Camel Trophy Land Rover, the AMG GTR and the Jaguar XF. Don´t get me wrong, I´d gladly be wrong with my scepticism, but we´ve been seeing models in near-production- form for a very long time without them being released. And the Bentaygas sadly seem to have vanished altogehter.
Objectively, here’s how the list breaks down:
– Range Rover (4 colours) – just a repaint, certain to be a 2018 release
– Land Rover Defender 90 (3 versions) – other versions already released, near certain to be a 2018 release
– Land Rover Defender 110 (2 versions) – other versions already released, near certain to be a 2018 release
– Jaguar C-X75 – shown in grey-ware at Nuremberg. Depends how far along the tooling is.
– Mercedes-Maybach S-class 2016 (3 colours) – already being listed on eBay, certain to be a 2018 release
– Mercedes Benz G500 4×4² (3 colours) – already released in China (red version), certain to be a 2018 release
– Mercedes-AMG GT R – already shown in near-production form
– Bentley Mulsanne Speed – already shown in near-production form
– Bentley Mulsanne – already shown in near-production form
– Bentley Mulsanne Grand Limousine – already shown in near-production form
– McLaren P1 GTR (3 colours) – already shown in near-production form
– Pagani Huayra Roadster (2 colours) – shown in grey-ware at Nuremberg. Depends how far along the tooling is.
– Pagani Zonda F – not yet seen, AFAIK
– Brabus 900 Mercedes-Maybach S600 (2 colours) – likely to use similar tooling to the non-Brabus, very likely to release in 2018
– Brabus Adventure 500 Mercedes G500 4×4 (2 colours) – likely to use similar tooling to the non-Brabus, very likely to release in 2018
For those Brabus models, AR may even be able to use tooling that allows them to produce both Brabus and standard versions by swapping inserts. From that entire list, the only ones in any doubt are the Zonda (least likely to come this year), the Huayra, and the C-X75. We’ll see at least 90% of that list this year.
DECEMBER and my hat´s absolutely safe. Only the S-Class, the Range Rover and the Land Rover Camel Trophy are released (not in Europe, though), none of the Mulsannes, no AMG, Brabus or McLaren. Was my scepticism unjustified or do I know AR well enough?
What a shame that the 1/18 McLaren P1’s and Jaguars are still not released yet. I’ll bet Almost Real still has no ETA on their releases