Here are some pictures of the new cars I'll be testing in the coming weeks.  I recently went to the Northern Illinois Toy Show and picked up some high potential cars.  

Some SIKU's. The Jaguar, the heavy VW Transporter and the Passat.

2 Fast & Furious 1/55th Scale cars I don't have

Matchbox Laser Wheels and Superfast from the 80's. Hoping for improved times. Negotiated a good deal.

Some different vintage cars. The heavy Black Wall truck, an Ultra Hot, Mt Dew Stocker and a heavy Matchbox car

Various recent Hot Wheels and Matchbox cars. Have most of these castings, but hoping for an upgrade.

Some 2023 Hot Wheels and a couple of Forza release cars.

Some more modern cars and the Baby Ruth car, which I'm hoping to upgrade.

Results of recently tested cars (models did not already have)

Car/s	Result
​Siku Morgan Plus 8.  Bought this new in blister.	​Ran a respectable 2.554.  One of the slower Siku cars, but also very light at 38 grams.
​Purchased the premium 2023 Car Cultures: Speed Machines 5 car series.  Very excited about this series.  Metal/Metal with plastic tires.  All cars have nice weights.  Very cool cars.	Nice times.  I already had faster versions though of the Ford GT (from the Cool Classics series) and McLaren 720S (Factory 500 H.P).   Ford GT (51.7 grams) at 2.515 Lamborghini Veneno (54.7 grams) at 2.526 Porsche 911 GT5 (54.6 grams) at 2.526 McLaren 720S (50.3 grams) at 2.539 Pagini Zonda R (49.4 grams) at 2.584
​​Fast & Furious (1/55th scale) AMG Mercedes.  Site friend Jason tested this car and it was elite for him.  Very excited about this one.  Rare model.	​Another new 5-star entry.  2.489, tied for the 29th fastest car.  Wow.
​Fast & Furious (1/55th scale) 1996 Mitsubishi Eclipse.	​One of the lighter F&F cars at 42 grams.  The time was a decent 2.543, so a 3-star car, which is solid.
Siku Peugot 505 STI	New 5-star entry at 2.496
Siku Ferrari 288 GTO.  This was a gift from site friend Jason.	New 5-star entry at 2.497

Results of castings already tested, but hoping for a time improvement

Car/s	Result
2 of the '62 Corvettes (orange #11) from the 1980's Matchbox Superfast series.  My current Superfast and Laser Wheels versions are only 1-Stars.  Seem like they should be faster.	One of them ran a 2.539, large improvement.  3-star car.
Johnny Lightning Cadillac Escalade from the CLUE series.  Trying to upgrade my current version which ran a decent 2.542.	Improved slightly at 2.538.  Still not in my Top 50 JL's.
The Nissan 300ZX Gold Hot One (yellow version released in 1987).  Current version (white color from 1989) is at 2.525, hoping for something more elite.	Improved on the existing time with a strong 2.508.  Now a strong 4-star car.
​​Batmobile Faster Than Ever.  Current time at 2.545.  I have about 5 of these currently.  Keep thinking it can be improved upon.	​​2.571, no upgrade.  I have 6 of the Batmobile FTE's, I'm not buying anymore upgrades!
Siku Mercedes 208 (Police).  Large green bus.  Existing one was a 4-star car.	Upgraded to a great 2.489.  New 5-star entry.