Wagon Wednesday: Matchbox's Best of the Blue

"Amoore100" (amoore100) 05/17/2017 at 23:32 • Filed to: Wagon Wednesday, Volvo, Cadillac, Matchbox

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(Edit: I’m sleepy and posted this to Oppo instead of LaLD. Excuse the oversight and enjoy a few photos of blue estates.)

Well, after Teutonic Tuesday comes Wagon Wednesday as I’m sure you’re all aware, so today I’ve brought out two blue Matchbox wagons that stray a bit outside of the ordinary compact executive status quo: one is Swedish, and the other American. Yep, a V60 and a CTS! The former is no Polestar and the latter is no V, so it’s refreshing to see MBX replicating the ordinary and everyday again as they once used to.

Great badge detail

And badging detail, too!

Various shades of blue

Two very different windowlines

The swept-back Caddy

And the hammerhead Vo

Sweden v. USA

That’s all from me today! Hope your week is going well and I’ll see you on French Friday! Thanks for looking, and see you around LaLD!

itschrome > Amoore100 05/17/2017 at 23:34

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Shit thats a garage combo I would love to actually own.

Amoore100 > itschrome 05/17/2017 at 23:35

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Haha, indeed! It’s almost perfect, made even better with some performance editions...

itschrome > Amoore100 05/17/2017 at 23:42

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Seripusly, but this uh, no. You got it right with the models

Mmm blue sport wagon.

wafflesnfalafel > itschrome 05/17/2017 at 23:45

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yes please - Polestar Volvo daily and V Cadi wagon for weekend funsies

Deal Killer - Powered by Focus > Amoore100 05/17/2017 at 23:48

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Ain’t no school like the Old School. One of my fave’s sitting in my case under the bed. I’ve had it since probably the late 70's.

philipilihp > Amoore100 05/18/2017 at 00:00

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Two of MBX’s best. if you ask me!

Amoore100 > itschrome 05/18/2017 at 00:01

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But it’s so much more of a sleeper in Florida-granny red! With the chrome grille and wheels it looks more like it’s heading to Walmart than blowing the doors off M3's.

Amoore100 > philipilihp 05/18/2017 at 00:02

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Agreed! Best of the recents for sure, if not in general!

itschrome > wafflesnfalafel 05/18/2017 at 00:03

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For me it would be summer and winter car. Probably never take snows off the volvo.

Amoore100 > Deal Killer - Powered by Focus 05/18/2017 at 00:03

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Haha, my dad’s got that one in green; I’m on a quest to procure at least one of every MBX wagon at some point so perhaps a Cougar Villager vs. Sable matchup is in the cards soon! The biggest versus the beigest!

R32rennsport > Amoore100 05/18/2017 at 00:04

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You need the blue Audi RS6 Avant to complete the matchbox blue wagon trifecta.

itschrome > Amoore100 05/18/2017 at 00:05

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Not too sleeper still in red and v spec. ;)

Amoore100 > R32rennsport 05/18/2017 at 00:05

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I’ve got that one in black, waiting to go up against a black eBay MBX E430 Estate coming in soon!

Matchthebox > Amoore100 05/18/2017 at 00:35

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Nice blues.

Jobjoris > Amoore100 05/18/2017 at 03:09

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The V60 is gllllllooooooorious! It will be shown on LaLD pretty soon with it’s 1:1 hybrid sibling. One of the best MBX’s recently, totally. Oh, and that CTS is nice. Nothing moore (!) next to that V60 though.

Amoore100 > Jobjoris 05/18/2017 at 03:11

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YES!!! We totally need a 1:1 comparison for this, one of Matchbox’s greatest efforts of the past five years. The CTS, well, at least it’s licensed and well executed, not something that can be said for much of Matchbox’s castings of the past two years...

Jobjoris > Amoore100 05/18/2017 at 05:11

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First I’ll still have to swap the smallish winter wheels for the summer ones but that should be something for the next weeks anyway: SUMMER HAS STARTED HERE!

CaptDale - is secretly British > Amoore100 05/18/2017 at 15:04

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MMMM, I want a blue RS6 (C6) Avant. THat is my dream power wagon