Hot Wheels has approached a number of celebrities or other notable individuals to design Hot Wheels cars. This article lists these individuals in an alphabetical order.
Arushi Garg[]
Arushi Garg is an American businesswoman based in Texas, working as a Brand Partnerships Manager for TikTok. She is the winner of the first season of Hot Wheels: Ultimate Challenge with her team, the Carpoolers. Garg also built and designed the Jaipur Jewel during the first season of Ultimate Challenge, making her advance to the final round and eventually won the season.
Designs[]
| Year | Casting Name | Debut Series | First Edition # | Collaboration With | Toy Number | Photo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Rally Resilience Nissan Skyline (R33) | Mattel Creations Collaboratory | - | Manson Cheung | HYH22 |  |
Chris Watson[]
Chris Watson is an New Zealand car builder. He is the winner of the 2023 Hot Wheels Legends Tour with his entrant, Chimera, a custom 1990 Mazda MX-5 Miata monster truck with significant Cyberpunk and Kaido Racer influence.
Designs[]
| Year | Casting Name | Debut Series | First Edition # | Collaboration With | Toy Number | Photo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Mazda MX-5 Miata | HW Dream Garage | 2/5 | Shawn Moghadam, Manson Cheung | HYW18 |  |
Craig Meaux[]
Craig Meaux is an American hot rod builder. He is the winner of the 2022 Hot Wheels Legends Tour with his entrant, Texas Toot, a custom 1992 Autozam Scrum monster truck with a 454 Chevrolet big block V8, large 30-inch wheels and train horns.
Designs[]
| Year | Casting Name | Debut Series | First Edition # | Collaboration With | Toy Number | Photo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Mazda Autozam | HW Dream Garage | 3/5 | Manson Cheung | HRY51 |  |
Dale Earnhardt Jr.[]
Ralph Dale Earnhardt Jr. (born 10 October 1974) is an American motorsports analyst and commentator, semi-retired professional stock car racing driver and team owner. The son of the late legendary stock car racing driver Dale Earnhardt Sr., Earnhardt raced from 1996 to 2017 full-time in various NASCAR series before calling time on his career. While Earnhardt has never been Cup Series Champion, he is a 15-time winner of NASCAR's Most Popular Driver award. He currently acts as an analyst and color commentator and competes in the NASCAR Xfinity Series on a part-time schedule for his own team, JR Motorsports.
Designs[]
| Year | Casting Name | Debut Series | First Edition # | Collaboration With | Toy Number | Photo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | "Hammerhead" | 2011 New Models | 49/50 | Jun Imai | T9719 |  |
Danica Patrick[]
Danica Sue Patrick (born 25 March 1982) is an American retired professional open-wheel and stock car racing driver. Having raced in various different disciplines, Patrick started out in open-wheel racing, working from junior formulae to the IndyCar series; her win at the 2008 Indy Japan 300 made her the only female driver to win an IndyCar race. Later in her career, she switched to NASCAR; this proved ill-fated, announcing that she would step away from racing full-time after 2017. She would make two more appearances at the 2018 Daytona 500 and 2018 Indianapolis 500 before retiring.
Designs[]
| Year | Casting Name | Debut Series | First Edition # | Collaboration With | Toy Number | Photo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | Danicar | 2011 New Models | 1/50 | Jun Imai | T9671 |  |
Daniel Arsham[]
Daniel Lambert Arsham (born 8 September 1980) is an American visual artist. Born in Cleveland, Ohio, Arsham is known for his "eroded" series of sculptures which depict people or objects with an "eroding" texture as they are being worn by the elements. He is based in New York City and has collaborated with numerous artists. Most of Arsham's works tend to feature white in them.
Designs[]
| Year | Casting Name | Debut Series | First Edition # | Collaboration With | Toy Number | Photo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Eroded Deora II | Hot Wheels x Daniel Arsham | - | Ethan Wood | HPJ34 |  |
| 2023 | Eroded Porsche 930 | Hot Wheels x Daniel Arsham | - | Ethan Wood | HPJ27 |  |
| 2023 | Eroded Rodger Dodger | Hot Wheels x Daniel Arsham | - | Ethan Wood | HPJ28 |  |
| 2024 | Eroded Ford Mustang | Hot Wheels x Daniel Arsham | - | Ethan Wood | HPJ33 |  |
| 2024 | Eroded Safari | Hot Wheels x Daniel Arsham | - | Ethan Wood | HPJ31 |  |
| 2024 | Eroded Twin Mill | Hot Wheels x Daniel Arsham | - | Ethan Wood | HPJ32 |  |
Del Everitt[]
Delmar Kenneth Everitt (23 October 1933 – 28 January 1990) was an American toy designer. He was noted for his collaborations with toy designer Eddy Goldfarb and is known for having invented the Farbs and Stompers alongside him as well as a number of other toys. Goldfarb described him as "a car nut", having worked in Detroit. He passed away in January 1990.
Designs[]
| Year | Casting Name | Debut Series | First Edition # | Collaboration With | Toy Number | Photo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1972 | Hot Rodney | Farbs | - | Eddy Goldfarb, Larry Wood, Bob Rosas | 5854 |  |
| 1972 | Hy Gear | Farbs | - | Eddy Goldfarb, Larry Wood, Bob Rosas | 5850 |  |
| 1972 | Myles Ahead | Farbs | - | Eddy Goldfarb, Larry Wood, Bob Rosas | 5851 |  |
| 1972 | Red CatchUp | Farbs | - | Eddy Goldfarb, Larry Wood, Bob Rosas | 5853 |  |
Eddy Goldfarb[]
Adolph Eddy Goldfarb (born 5 September 1921) is an American toy designer. The creator of over 800 toys, Goldfarb's better known creations include the Yakity-Yak Talking Teeth, KerPlunk, Stompers, Battling Tops and the Vac-U-Form. He was inducted into the Toy Industry Hall of Fame in 2003.
Designs[]
| Year | Casting Name | Debut Series | First Edition # | Collaboration With | Toy Number | Photo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1972 | Hot Rodney | Farbs | - | Del Everitt, Larry Wood, Bob Rosas | 5854 | |
| 1972 | Hy Gear | Farbs | - | Del Everitt, Larry Wood, Bob Rosas | 5850 | |
| 1972 | Myles Ahead | Farbs | - | Del Everitt, Larry Wood, Bob Rosas | 5851 | |
| 1972 | Red CatchUp | Farbs | - | Del Everitt, Larry Wood, Bob Rosas | 5853 | |
Felipe Massa[]
Felipe Massa (born 25 April 1981) is a Brazilian professional racing driver. Initially starting out in karting, Massa worked his way up the motorsports ladder, eventually reaching Formula One. In Formula One, Massa would spend 15 seasons in F1 from 2002 to 2017 (with a sabbatical in 2003), racing for Sauber, Ferrari and Williams; his high point was in 2008, where he finished second in the Formula One world championship to Lewis Hamilton. Massa later moved to Formula E after retiring from F1, spending two seasons with Venturi. He currently competes in the Stock Car Pro Series.
Designs[]
| Year | Casting Name | Debut Series | First Edition # | Collaboration With | Toy Number | Photo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | Eagle Massa | 2012 New Models | 46/50 | Alton Takeyasu | V5334 |  |
Greg Salzillo and Dave Ford[]
Greg Salzillo and Dave Ford are American hot rod builders. They are the winners of the 2019 Hot Wheels Legends Tour with their entrant, the Nashole, a custom Nash Metropolitan with a blown engine, whitewall tires and a bright two-tone paintjob.
Designs[]
| Year | Casting Name | Debut Series | First Edition # | Collaboration With | Toy Number | Photo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | The Nash | HW Dream Garage | 1/5 | Manson Cheung | GRX19 |  |
Jorge Lorenzo[]
Jorge Lorenzo Guerrero (born 4 May 1987) is a Spanish professional racing driver and retired motorcycle road racer. Making his professional motorcycle racing debut on his 15th birthday in 2002, Lorenzo would rise up to MotoGP with Yamaha in 2008 as the most successful Spanish rider in the intermediate class. With Yamaha, Lorenzo won three championships, in 2010, 2012 and 2015; he would switch to Ducati in 2017 and made an ill-fated move to Repsol Honda in 2019, retiring from active competition at the end of the season. He would move back to Yamaha as a test rider for 2020 before being replaced by Cal Crutchlow the next year. In retirement, Lorenzo races GT3 cars; initially racing in Porsche Carrera Cup Italia, he was signed by Lazarus Corse in 2024 to drive an Aston Martin Vantage GT3.
Designs[]
| Year | Casting Name | Debut Series | First Edition # | Collaboration With | Toy Number | Photo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | Imparable | 2012 New Models | 3/50 | Rob Matthes | V5291 |  |
Lee Johnstone[]
Lee Johnstone is a British hot rod builder and amateur drag racer. He is the winner of the 2021 Hot Wheels Legends Tour with his entrant, Ain't No Saint, a custom 1969 Volvo P1800 with a supercharged 454 Chevrolet big block V8 and a gasser-style appearance. He is the first winner of the Legends Tour from outside the United States.
Designs[]
| Year | Casting Name | Debut Series | First Edition # | Collaboration With | Toy Number | Photo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Volvo P1800 Gasser | HW Dream Garage | 1/5 | Manson Cheung | HKG27 |  |
Luis Rodriguez[]
Luis Rodriguez is an American hot rod builder. He is the winner of the 2018 Hot Wheels Legends Tour with his entrant, the 2JetZ, a Nissan 300ZX-based hot rod bearing some similarity to a jet fighter. He was a finalist for the 2020 Hot Wheels Legends Tour with his Scorp*Ion.
Designs[]
| Year | Casting Name | Debut Series | First Edition # | Collaboration With | Toy Number | Photo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 2 Jet Z | HW Dream Garage | 1/10 | Manson Cheung | GHB45 |  |
Marco Reus[]
Marco Reus (born 31 May 1989) is a German professional soccer player. He began to play soccer for his hometown club initially before joining the youth wing of Borussia Dortmund. After turning professional he would sign for Rot Weiss Ahlen, Borussia Mönchengladbach and finally Borussia Dortmund, his hometown team, where he played from 2012 to 2024 before joining MLS team LA Galaxy.
Designs[]
| Year | Casting Name | Debut Series | First Edition # | Collaboration With | Toy Number | Photo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | MR11 | HW City: HW Goal | 15/250 | Ryu Asada | BDD12 |  |
Miles Nurnberger[]
Miles Nurnberger (born 1976) is a British automotive designer who acts as the Director of Design of Aston Martin. Prior to working at Aston Martin Nurnberger was a designer for Citroën and Lincoln Mercury before joining Aston Martin in 2008; he left briefly in 2021 to become the head of design at Dacia before rejoining the company in 2022.
Designs[]
| Year | Casting Name | Debut Series | First Edition # | Collaboration With | Toy Number | Photo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Aston Martin DB4GT High-Speed Edition | Muscle Mania | 5/5 | Thomas Gilbert, Craig Callum | HRY86 |  |
MSCHF[]
MSCHF Product Studio Inc. (pronounced "mischief") is an American art collective founded in 2016 by Gabriel Whaley. Based in Brooklyn, New York, MSCHF announces its work through numbered "drops"; the company is said to run on "structured chaos".
Designs[]
| Year | Casting Name | Debut Series | First Edition # | Collaboration With | Toy Number | Photo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Not Wheels | Hot Wheels x MSCHF: HW Normal Cars | - | Alton Takeyasu, Ethan Wood | HWV25 |  |
Ollie Eaton[]
Oliver Eaton (born 2007 or 2008) is an American benefactor of the Make-A-Wish Foundation from Houston, Texas. He made a wish to design a Hot Wheels car when he was six years old, in 2015; this wish was fulfilled in the form of a Hot Wheels car named Ollie Rocket, resembling a rocket.
Designs[]
| Year | Casting Name | Debut Series | First Edition # | Collaboration With | Toy Number | Photo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | Ollie Rocket | HW City: HW Space Team | 41/250 | Ryu Asada, Manson Cheung | DHN92 |  |
Riley Stair[]
Riley Stair is an American custom car builder. He is the winner of the 2020 Hot Wheels Legends Tour with his entrant, a custom 1970 Pontiac Trans Am, a custom 1970 Pontiac Firebird with a custom body shell, 1000 BHP and a tubeframe chassis.
Designs[]
| Year | Casting Name | Debut Series | First Edition # | Collaboration With | Toy Number | Photo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 1970 Pontiac Firebird | HW Dream Garage | 1/5 | Brendon Vetuskey, Manson Cheung | HCT05 |  |
Sergio Pérez[]
Sergio Michel Pérez Mendoza (born 26 January 1990), nicknamed Checo, is a Mexican professional racing driver, currently competing in Formula One with Oracle Red Bull Racing. The first Mexican to race in Formula One since Hector Rébaque in 1981, Pérez was initially signed onto Sauber for the 2011 season as a member of the Ferrari Driver Academy; named the "Mexican Wunderkind" due to his strong performances, Pérez would later move on to McLaren and subsequently various iterations of the Force India race team. Having suddenly announced that he was out of contract at the end of 2020, Pérez put in strong performances and achieved his first win in 2020; these circumstances led him to be signed by Red Bull for 2021, where his strong performances continued, helping Red Bull to win their first Drivers' Championship since 2013.
Designs[]
| Year | Casting Name | Debut Series | First Edition # | Collaboration With | Toy Number | Photo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Speedy Pérez | Legends of Speed | 2/10 | Tyler Charest | DTW98 |  |
Shane Warne[]
Shane Keith Warne (13 September 1969 – 4 March 2022) was an Australian professional cricketer. Widely acknowledged to be one of the sport's greatest bowlers, Warne played as a right-armed spin bowler and a right-handed batsman for the Victoria Cricket Team, Hampshire County Cricket Club and the Australian national team. Warne was noted for revolutionizing cricket thinking with his mastery of leg spin, leading to his nickname of The King of Spin; after retirement, he worked as a commentator and analyst. He passed away from a heart attack while on vacation in Thailand, aged 52.
Designs[]
| Year | Casting Name | Debut Series | First Edition # | Collaboration With | Toy Number | Photo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | "Spin King" | 2012 New Models | 15/50 | Kevin Cao | V5303 |  |
Thomas Gilbert[]
Thomas Gilbert is a British automotive designer who acts as a Lead Exterior Designer of Aston Martin. Gilbert worked initially as an intern and a contract designer at Aston Martin before joining Rolls-Royce and Jaguar Land Rover, also on contracts; Gilbert joined Aston Martin full-time in 2019.
Designs[]
| Year | Casting Name | Debut Series | First Edition # | Collaboration With | Toy Number | Photo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Aston Martin DB4GT High-Speed Edition | Muscle Mania | 5/5 | Miles Nurnberger, Craig Callum | HRY86 | |
Tony Hawk[]
Anthony Frank Hawk (born 12 May 1968) is an American professional skateboarder and entrepreneur. Widely acknowledged to be one of the sport's most influential skateboarders, Hawk is noted as a pioneer in modern vertical skateboarding. In 1999, Hawk became the first skateboarder to land a 900; two-and-a-half mid-air rotations on a board. Hawk retired from professional competition in 2003 and now manages his company Birdhouse Skateboards as well as The Skatepark Foundation. From 2020 to 2022, Hawk developed a line of fingerboards with Mattel.
Designs[]
| Year | Casting Name | Debut Series | First Edition # | Collaboration With | Toy Number | Photo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Fingerboard | Hot Wheels Skate | - | Neal Smith, Ronald Wong | HGT47 |  |