Why do toymakers have to copy each other, each making their own model of a car already modeled by another toy company, and leaving so many other great designs unmodeled...? How many '67 Camaros do we all have... And C5/6/7 Corvettes... Yet we have no Honda Accords, Ford Tempos or Toyota Camrys...? 
Such is the case of the Alfa Carabo - a show car - not even a real production car - but one that was modeled by each of the 3 major toy-makers. Well OK, as long as we have 3 distinct models - let's at least decide who made it the best?!?
I have the Matchbox version in 3 colors and 2 varieties. The purple and pink superfast versions, and the grey (unmarked and without an interior or actual windows) Super GT version. Corgi gave 2 varieties - the standard purple - and the wizz-a-wheels forest green version. Finally, Hot Wheels gave us the Red-line version - shown here in later lime green enamel paint - but also available in earlier spectraflame colors. The Hot Wheels version is unique in that it alone has opening doors - scissor-style-Lamborghini Countach doors that pivot upward. Who made it best? Well, its easy to see who made it worst.... The cheap-o grey Super GT version is the easy loser.
Among the remaining 3 models, its a hard fight. The Hot Wheels feels nice, with a heavy heft and the opening doors, but in the end it is the green whiz-a-wheels Corgi Junior, with a separate insert for the hood-mounted air-ducts, that wins the title for the best Carabo model. An unusual win - Corgi doesn't often win these comparisons!
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