Chevrolet Camaro Hot Wheels Edition Convertible

By Ganesh

Updated: Monday, February 3, 2014, 15:47 [IST]

While cars are regularly reproduced in the form of toys or die cast replica models, not so common is for a real car to be developed based on a toy. This here is a Chevy Camaro convertible that is based on a toy, which in turn is based on the real thing.

The Chevrolet Camaro convertible Hot Wheels Edition will be this year's Indianapolis 500's "festival car". Last year, the same was featured, but in coupe form. 33 convertible models based on the toys have been built, which will be driven by directors of the 500 festival.

Here is what sets apart a Hot Wheels Edition Camaro convertible from a regular one. Shiny metallic paint, resembling the sheen that is found in toy cars, red line alloys, Hot Wheels front grille, body graphics, Hot Wheels logo on the front grille and decklid and lastly, Hot Wheels Edition sill plates.

The Hot Wheels Edition Camaro convertibles will come in 2LT and 2SS variants. The 2LT comes with a 3.6 liter V6 engine, that generates 323 HP. This variant is available in both manual and automatic transmission, while the latter, six speed automatic even gets an optional dual mode exhaust system.

The 2SS variants get a 6.2 liter V8 unit, which is offered as the L99 on automatic models, with 400 HP and 410 lb-ft of torque. The manual transmission LS3 models generate 426 HP and 420 lb-ft of torque.