REINVENTING THE WHEEL

MacTalk
with Mac Ragan

QUESTION
Some of your cars look like they have tires that are too big. The Cutlass and some of the Mustangs have this problem. But other cars, like the 2006 Charger and ’61 Corvette look right. Why do some cars have that 4x4 look? Other than that, I like your cars a lot. Keep up the good work!

Andrew B.
Montgomery, Alabama

ANSWER
You bring up a very important question, Andrew. Thanks for writing!

The GreenLight Design Team recognized this problem some time ago, and we’re already in the process of creating a new, smaller tire. The problem was that a number of rims were designed to fit the bigger tire, and it’s been the only choice for quite some time.

1970 Olds 442: Pace Cars 2

The new tire will be more in scale with the real rubber seen on classic musclecars. That means they’ll have a smaller diameter and width, eliminating any Baja 500 look!

1970 Hemi ‘Cuda: Barrett-Jackson 1

A new tire, which costs thousands of dollars to develop, isn’t very much help if there aren’t rims for it. We’re simultaneously working on those, and you’ll start to see them this summer. A new rim costs about the same to make as a new tire, so you can see how the cost will multiply given the number of rims we re-make, and how many completely new wheel-styles we develop.

1961 Corvette: Corvette Collection 2

With time, however, there should be rims and tires of the proper size for every GreenLight car. This, we hope, will give new life to older models, and more realism to our newest castings!

To view the previous MacTalk topics, click below: 

Playing with Numbers: How GreenLight Serializes Green Machine Cars 

How to Become a GreenLight Model 

Greenlight in Europe

Black Bandits and Green Machine Packaging  

Rear Spoilers

Green Machine Characteristics