Hot Wheels Redline Cars

Mattel's original 1968-1977 Hot Wheels had a distinctive red stripe on the tires — the "redline" — and spectraflame paint that gave them a metallic candy-colored finish. The rarest redline, a pink rear-loading Volkswagen Beach Bomb prototype, sold at auction for $175,000 in 2020. Even common redlines in good condition sell for $50-200. The 1971 "Olds 442" in magenta is another unicorn at $10,000-$20,000. Hot Wheels produces billions of cars per year now, but nothing matches the spectraflame redlines.