07 June 2017
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scalextric
May saw the annual UK Slot Car Festival held at the British Motor Museum in Gaydon, Warwickshire. One of the many highlights of the event was the display from Scalextric, celebrating its 60th anniversary this year.
May saw the annual UK Slot Car Festival held at the British Motor Museum in Gaydon, Warwickshire. One of the many highlights of the event was the display from Scalextric, celebrating its 60th anniversary this year.
To mark the milestone, Scalextric will be launching a new model every month between now and November, with each addition to the range being an iconic vehicle from each of the last six decades. The first model, released at the start of May and symbolic of the 2010s, was a model of the Bentley Continental GT3 racecar - one of the front-runners in international motorsport today. This will be followed in June by the Aston Martin DBR9 (2000s), in July by the BMW E30 M3 (1990s) and then the Audi Sport Quattro S1 in August (1980s). Scalextric is keeping the others a secret, and more information will be revealed in the coming weeks.
As we went to print both the Aston Martin DBR9 and the Bentley Continental GT had already sold out on the Scalextric website, so you had better move fast if you want a piece of the action!