The Stars of 2016 Hot Wheels Batches K & L #5. SRT Viper GTS-R

It could have been a lot better.

When the SRT Viper GTS-R was announced as a 2015 New Model, I was excited, as I'm a big fan of the current Viper (more on that in a post very soon). However, just as would be the case with the Corvette C7.R and Aston Martin Vantage GT3 to be released later in the year, I was underwhelmed when it arrived. The upsloped chin crisis was in full swing, and on the Viper it was destructive to the point where the only angle from which the casting looks 'right' is from above. Despite this, it remains largely proportionally okay and not that bad to look at. Granted, it could have been so much better (we haven't seen an upsloped chin on a new model in a while so my fingers are crossed!) but all 3 releases so far have brought with them great decos, which means when I put them together I can let them off. A bit.

It will always be a flawed casting (unless modified, which I very much doubt) but this latest version, the Need For Speed version in metalflake blue, still is really nice. Anyway, I'll let the photos (most of which complimentary) do the rest of the talking...