Our 2014 Model Of The Year voting is now open! This year we bring together a fine collection of both diecast and resin based models. Actually we have a total of 19 models from 15 different manufacturers. I think that’s a record! The themes vary from street to race and everything in between. Voting will be open until the end of February. Good luck to all candidates!
To enter your vote, go to the MAIN page of the website, scroll down half way, see polling station on your right side, enter your vote! Simple as 1, 2, 3…
ACME 1970 Pontiac GTO Judge
AUTOart McLaren F1 LM Edition
AUTOart Pagani Huayra
BBR Corvette C7 – Street/Livery
CMC Alfa Romeo 8C 2900B LM Coupe
CMC Bugatti 57SC Corsica
Fronti-Art Koenigsegg ONE:1 Carbon
GT Spirit Audi RS4 Avant
GT Spirit Porsche 911 (997) Speedster
Hot Wheels Elie Ferrari LaFerrari
Kyosho Bentley Flying Spur W12
Minichamps Porsche 911 (991) Turbo S
Minichamps Porsche 918 Spyder (DE)
MR Collection LaFerrari
Norev Mercedes-Benz S-Klasse
OttO Audi Sport Quattro Rallye Monte Carlo
Schuco Schuco Cooper T53
Spark Lancia LC2
TrueScale Miniatures Lotus 78
Mclaren F1 LM wins for me!
AUTOart Pagani Huayra
Autoart Pagani Huayra. Nothing will ever come close to the level of detail achieved in that model. I do wish the wheels were black though.
Arguable, since both of the CMCs have comfortably 3-4 times the parts count ;)
The leading German model car magazine (paper) has voted Kyosho´s RollsRoyce Drophead Coupe “Model of the Year 2014”. This would have deserved to be on our list, too, (more than some others, in my humble opinion, as it surpasses them in quality). Of course, the Huayra is the far better piece of craftsmanship and therefore gets my vote. Undeniably, popularity of the original vehicle will always influence our choices, but let´s not forget that we vote for “MODEL of the Year”, not “CAR of the Year”.
Well, if that was the case, then CMC would win every time. Here we encourage voting for the model that gets you excited, whether it’s because you love the 1:1 it’s based on, or the detail.
As I said, popularity of the car will always influence the choice which is perfectly legitimate, I may add. That is why my personal preference was the Huayra over the CMCs and vintage car collectors will never vote for any of the modern cars. But if a badly or averagely crafted model which happens not to be built by any other manufacturer (e.g. the only diecast One 77 before the AUTOart arrived) was to win such a title over premium model makers, it would be kind of absurd. That the Roller did not even make it into being a contender is certainly not a matter of quality of the model, but lack of poularity as a car.
CMC Bugatti 57SC Corsica