The two cars for the UK market use the same basic bodyshell as the six Spanish versions, marked “Made in Spain” on the underside, so I’m not sure if they originated there or were assembled in the UK as there seem to be some basic differences – UK versions have printed on livery whereas the Spanish versions use dry mount decals which can be peeled off. The Spanish versions have rear tail/brake lights and two drive belts fitted compared with no tail lights and one drive belt on the UK version. The Spanish versions also use a different motor which gives faster acceleration but lower top speed than the UK versions.
In the order that the cars were issued, as far as I can recall, there are the following:
White Shell sponsored version of B200 XVX from the Acropolis Rally (Kalle Grundel). Strangely the UK version of this car never carried the registration number as far as I have seen.
Marlboro Version, marked Rallye Catalunya, registration 2-M-6390-P.
There were then two Purolator versions (Calos Sainz), one White
and the second, Yellow with a light pod.
We then have the Blue Pioneer/Metal 5 sponsored car. Not sure if that’s livery from an actual car as no event or driver name decals.
Finally there was the Red “33” Export sponsored car. Again not sure if that’s livery from an actual car as again no event or driver name decals.
In addition to the above there were two boxed sets that I know off:
RC20 which contained the White Shell and Marlboro cars plus track and controller.
RC40 which contained the White Shell and Blue Lancia 037 cars plus track and controller.
In addition to the above Scalextric also produced at least one variant for Altaya for their Rallye Miticos series, so I wasn’t sure if this belonged in here or the Altaya thread. Anyway the model came in four parts with a weekly magazine, issues 21 to 24, and was B200 YOO (Kalle Grundel) from the 1986 Swedish Rallye. Quite a nice looking model, complete with mud spatter effect.
