Leap Year Models

A leap year (also known as an intercalary year or a bissextile year) is a year containing one additional day added to keep the calendar year synchronized with the astronomical or seasonal year. Because seasons and astronomical events do not repeat in a whole number of days, calendars that have the same number of days in each year drift over time with respect to the event that the year is supposed to track. By inserting (also called intercalating) an additional day into the year, the drift can be corrected. A year that is not a leap year is called a common year. In the Gregorian calendar, each leap year has 366 days instead of the usual 365, by extending February to 29 days rather than the common 28. This page lists the Leap Year models made by Hot Wheels.

2008 Leap Year

The '52 Chevy Truck was the 2008 Leap Year Car, a Wal-Mart exclusive.

Col #	Year	Series	Color	Tampo	Base Color	Window Color	Interior Color	Wheel Type	Toy #	Country	Notes	Photo
-	2008	2008 Leap Year Car	Red	Orange, Dark Yellow, and Blue flames on sides, "29" on door	Chrome Plastic	Black	N/A	5SP	N1132	Thailand	Wal-Mart Exclusive

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2016 Leap Year

The '67 Chevelle SS 396 was the 2016 Leap Year Car. The model was world-wide available.

Col #	Year	Series	Color	Tampo	Base Color	Window Color	Interior Color	Wheel Type	Toy #	Country	Notes	Photo
092 / 250	2016	HW Flames	Grey	Black & Red stripes on sides & hood, Red flames, '2/29/16' on sides & roof, 'Leap Year' & race deco on sides, '366' & race deco on hood, Hot Wheels logo & 'Leap Year' on trunk	Chrome / Plastic	Clear	Red	Dark Grey 5SP	DHX38	Malaysia	Base code(s): H48, H50