Carrera Digital 132 Carrera Truck "Carrera Wrecker"
Item No. 30978
2018 was the year in which a vehicle type that had long been extinct at CARRERA saw the light of day: trucks!
The last trucks in the range of our beloved race track manufacturer were produced in 1990: no, that wasn't the Transpo-Benze, nor the Stichworth trucks for the Servo and the Universal, but the racing trucks for the Carrera Profi.
Then in 2017 the revolution:
CARRERA is launching a tow truck with a fantasy design, with references to the 1960s (cab), hot rods (wheels), and more. And since then, there's been something new every year based on this chassis. This year, it's another tow truck's turn, the third in the lineup.
What, the third one? That's not true, we only know the first one from 2017. That's correct, the car has the item number 30776. But in 2018, a visually identical vehicle with the item number 30867 came out, although it had a better circuit board with more sound effects.
And this year, the tow truck comes in bright yellow. After a large German automobile club apparently wasn't cooperative enough, perhaps even demanding too much in licensing fees, to have its logo on this vehicle, the car is now available in Carrera's own design!
On the side is the legendary lettering from the 1970s: Experts drive CARRERA. On the doors under the bumper is a cute little black and white logo: it depicts Captain Carrera with two hand controls. A logo that is certainly expandable. The license plate is a typical Leifer joke:
T-OW for towing, 132 for scale.
I like the car in this color much better than the original red one. And I'm pretty sure it will find plenty of fans who want to see the little yellow car on their track.
CoMod Lotus
Item No. 30978
2018 was the year in which a vehicle type that had long been extinct at CARRERA saw the light of day: trucks!
The last trucks in the range of our beloved race track manufacturer were produced in 1990: no, that wasn't the Transpo-Benze, nor the Stichworth trucks for the Servo and the Universal, but the racing trucks for the Carrera Profi.
Then in 2017 the revolution:
CARRERA is launching a tow truck with a fantasy design, with references to the 1960s (cab), hot rods (wheels), and more. And since then, there's been something new every year based on this chassis. This year, it's another tow truck's turn, the third in the lineup.
What, the third one? That's not true, we only know the first one from 2017. That's correct, the car has the item number 30776. But in 2018, a visually identical vehicle with the item number 30867 came out, although it had a better circuit board with more sound effects.
And this year, the tow truck comes in bright yellow. After a large German automobile club apparently wasn't cooperative enough, perhaps even demanding too much in licensing fees, to have its logo on this vehicle, the car is now available in Carrera's own design!
On the side is the legendary lettering from the 1970s: Experts drive CARRERA. On the doors under the bumper is a cute little black and white logo: it depicts Captain Carrera with two hand controls. A logo that is certainly expandable. The license plate is a typical Leifer joke:
T-OW for towing, 132 for scale.
I like the car in this color much better than the original red one. And I'm pretty sure it will find plenty of fans who want to see the little yellow car on their track.
CoMod Lotus
