Bryan Benedict, Mark Jones
Background
Bryan Benedict — Bryan Benedict has worked at Hot Wheels since 2004 and is now Senior Design Manager. Before that, he was a designer in Honda's R&D department and worked on projects for Mercedes-Benz and Mitsubishi. The models associated with him include the Ford GTX-1 (2007), Madfast (2008) and El Superfasto (2011), as well as character cars (Kermit, Black Widow, Princess Leia, Wonder Woman, Spider-Man) and the Minecraft line.
Mark Jones — Mark Jones has been a Mattel designer for many years, with work for Hot Wheels and Matchbox (he was responsible for the Matchbox Real Working Rigs). He estimates having about 300 castings, most of them between 1986 and 2019, and was the inventor of the CM6 wheel. His projects include Pipe Jammer (1993), Hot Wheels 500 (1995), Porsche 911 GT3 Cup, Ferrari Enzo, Porsche 962, Mazda RX-3, Porsche 964, Ford GT 2017 and Ford Transit Supervan. The sources consulted do not state his education or year of entry.
