The new Peugeot 308, finalist for the title of Car of the Year 2022, is available in 1/43 scale as well as in 3-inch format. Or bigger and sportier, a Renault 5 Turbo accompanied by a Renault 8 Gordini.
Failing to be able to afford the real ones, life-size, because too difficult to find before the December 25, 2021 or simply out of budget, fall back on scale models.
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Ready for the 50 years of the Renault 5!
Let’s start with the news, in 2022, the Renault 5 will celebrate its 50 years and even choose a version as much opt for the most spectacular of the lot, the Renault 5 Turbo. Solido offers a 1 / 18th scale box set with a beautiful Olympe blue copy tinted in perfect camaieu with that of the Renault 8 Gordini that accompanies it. Note that the grille with four headlights was not obligatory, on the contrary even the first models type R-1134 of 1964 had only two projectors. The box is available online for € 59 on the Carrefour Shopping website.
For lovers of the 4L, which is celebrating its 60th anniversary, Renault offers miniatures in several colors on its online store, as well as at L’Atelier Renault on the Champs-Elysées. The famous Clio Williams, launched in 1993, to celebrate the constructors’ titles of the Williams-Renault team in F1 is also one of the many reduced models on offer.
The Alpine A110 and its heritage colors
Other new products at Solido, the launch of three new liveries for the A110. The manufacturer offers the A110S Trackside Edition, the official “company car” of F1 team drivers Fernando Alonso and Esteban Ocon. The catalog is also enriched with two miniatures in a Heritage color. The new berlinetta is adorned with the Green Garden color associated with black rims or the Rose Bruyère color with gold rims. Replicas at 1/18e at € 39.95.
A new Peugeot for 5 €!
No anniversary but a novelty that has just arrived at the dealership, the third generation Peugeot 308 is available as a sedan as in Peugeot 308 SW station wagon in 1/43 scale as well as in 3 inch format (approximately a size of 6 cm). The “large” is offered at a price of 39 € in GT finish with a panoramic roof and a configuration corresponding to that of a plug-in hybrid engine. The sedan leaves the choice between an Olivine Green and Artense Gray shade while the station wagon is either Avatar Blue or Platinum Gray.
The “small” (3 inches) is billed at 5 €, it is an Allure finish. The color chart is as follows: Olivine Green, Vertigo Blue and Elixir Red for the sedan, and Avatar Blue, Pearl White and Elixir Red for the station wagon. These miniatures are available on the website boutique.peugeot.com
Another news for the Peugeot 308, it is among the finalists for the election of the car of the year 2022. Good luck to her!
TO READ. Car of the Year 2022. The seven finalists of the European election
The C5X and the Ami featured at Citroën
On the Citroën side, the new miniatures in the catalog all (or almost) celebrate their birthdays. There is the Ami 6, which has celebrated its 60th birthday, the quadricycle which has just completed its first year on the market, or the AX, whose 35th anniversary is being celebrated! The Citroën C5X, which will join dealerships in early 2022, is also in the spotlight. Miniatures to find on the lifestyle store of the builder with the rafters.
