Hot Wheels VW Brasilia

I do like the randoms that Hot Wheels produce. Not that I want them on display or stuff like that, just that they are different and non-standard. Everyone on the MCCH wants to see cars of yesteryear within the line-up or their wish list of Americana current or past.

Apart from Tomica producing all sorts of Japanese production vehicles, Hot Wheels - for some reason - also offer the obscure.

The Volkswagen Brasilia was a compact car made in Brazil between 1973 and 1982.
The Brasilia (named after Brazil's capital city) looked like a smaller version of the Volkswagen 412 Variant, but was in fact based on the Volkswagen Beetle. It was developed by Volkswagen do Brasil (Volkswagen of Brazil), which had at the time a unique and somewhat exotic line of cars, which spawned such rarities as the SP2. The Brasilia was equipped with the Volkswagen air cooled engine from the Beetle.

It is not a normal model, but I am very glad that the decision was made to produce it and it is welcome within the garage.