WHO DESIGNS THE CARS
Hot Wheels designers
The casting designer creates the shape of each Hot Wheels car: the body, the chassis and the proportions that later become the metal mold (the "casting") used at the factory.
The work starts with sketches and references from the real car or an original idea, moves through 3D modeling and prototypes, and has to balance accuracy, style and the demands of 1:64 production, such as running on the track and keeping parts durable.
The same casting can be used for many years, with new colors, wheels and decorations in each release. Below are the designers found in the catalog; click a name to see each person's background and cars.
Designer gallery
- Abe Lugo 137 cars
- Alec Tam 336 cars
- Alec Tam, Brian Hillner 28 cars
- Alec Tam, Eric Tscherne, Dave Martis 25 cars
- Alton Takeyasu 113 cars
- Alton Takeyasu, Eric Tscherne 18 cars
- Alton Takeyasu, Ethan Wood 1 cars
- Alton Takeyasu, Felipe Massa 5 cars
- Alton Takeyasu, Fraser Campbell 25 cars
- Alvin Chan 50 cars
- Antonio Gaido 1 cars
- Blake Allen 13 cars
- Bob Lovejoy 6 cars
- Bob Rosas 4 cars
- Bob Rosas, Larry Wood 16 cars
- Brendon Vetuskey 792 cars
- Brendon Vetuskey, Harry Bradley 16 cars
- Brendon Vetuskey, Manson Cheung, Riley Stair 7 cars
- Brendon Vetuskey, Phil Riehlman 1 cars
- Brendon Vetuskey, Ronald Wong 1 cars
- Bruce Baur 168 cars
- Bruce Baur, Phil Riehlman 48 cars
- Bryan Benedict 331 cars
- Bryan Benedict, Brendon Vetuskey 5 cars
- Bryan Benedict, Bryan Zhao 2 cars
- Bryan Benedict, Dmitriy Shakhmatov 1 cars
- Bryan Benedict, Ethan Wood 1 cars
- Bryan Benedict, Mark Jones 1 cars
- Bryan Benedict, Shashank Shekhar 1 cars
- Bryan Zhao 57 cars
- Bryan Zhao, Jimmy Liu 2 cars
- Charlie Angulo 131 cars
- Charlie Angulo, Mario Godoy 1 cars
- Chris Colangelo 392 cars
- Christopher Colangelo 2 cars
- Craig Callum 59 cars
- Craig Callum, Dmitriy Shakhmatov 1 cars
- Dale Earnhardt, Jun Imai 12 cars
- Daniel Arsham, Ethan Wood 6 cars
- Dave Martis 37 cars
- Dave Root 35 cars
- Dave Sheltman 80 cars
- Dave Weise 362 cars
- Dave Weise, Greg Padginton 8 cars
- Dave Weise, Phil Riehlman 60 cars
- David Doern 22 cars
- Dmitriy Shakhmatov 587 cars
- Dmitriy Shakhmatov, Chris Colangelo 1 cars
- Dmitriy Shakhmatov, Mark Jones, Ronald Wong 1 cars
- Dmitriy Shakhmatov, Omar Rehman, Jun Imai 7 cars
- Dmitriy Shakhmatov, Ronald Wong 6 cars
- Dwayne Vance 210 cars
- Eligio Lee 10 cars
- Eric Han 60 cars
- Eric Ostendorff 6 cars
- Eric Tscherne 309 cars
- Eric Tscherne, Jun Imai 21 cars
- Eric Tscherne, Phil Riehlman 20 cars
- Felix Holst 47 cars
- Fraser Campbell 1123 cars
- Fraser Campbell, Josh Henson 1 cars
- Garry Gopinath 1 cars
- Gary Saffer 297 cars
- Gary Swisher 13 cars
- George Soulakis 70 cars
- George Soulakis, Howard Rees 12 cars
- George Soulakis, Larry Wood 10 cars
- Glenn Yu 17 cars
- Greg Padginton 500 cars
- Greg Salzillo, Manson Cheung, Dave Ford 5 cars
- Harald Belker 44 cars
- Harry Bradley 153 cars
- Howard Rees 170 cars
- Howard Rees, Larry Wood 10 cars
- Ira Gilford 622 cars
- Ira Gilford, Harry Bradley 6 cars
- Ira Gilford, Larry Wood 4 cars
- Jack Chen 21 cars
- Jason Hill 45 cars
- Jeff Allison 23 cars
- JJ Hwang 3 cars
- Joe Woo 17 cars
- John O'Laughlin 11 cars
- John Reale 7 cars
- John Violette 316 cars
- John Violette, Mark Jones 1 cars
- John Violette, Phil Riehlman 10 cars
- Josh Henson 123 cars
- Julian Payne 49 cars
- Julian Payne, Tyler Charest 1 cars
- Jun Imai 1795 cars
- Jun Imai, Ryu Asada 2 cars
- Keith Hippely 67 cars
- Kevin Cao 511 cars
- Kevin Cao, Dave Sheltman 2 cars
- Larry Wood 7126 cars
- Larry Wood, Bob Rosas 330 cars
- Larry Wood, Howard Rees 7 cars
- Lee Johnstone, Manson Cheung 4 cars
- Leeway Chang 125 cars
- Leon Kosciak 2 cars
- Leon Kosciak, Bryan Zhao 1 cars
- Lindsey Lee 255 cars
- Lindsey Lee, Phil Riehlman 4 cars
- Lindsey Lee, Ryu Asada 6 cars
- Ludovico Ferro 7 cars
- Manson Cheung 281 cars
- Manson Cheung, Arushi Garg 1 cars
- Manson Cheung, Craig Meaux 2 cars
- Manson Cheung, Jun Imai 27 cars
- Manson Cheung, Luis Rodriguez 7 cars
- Manson Cheung, Mark Jones 6 cars
- Manson Cheung, Ollie Eaton, Ryu Asada 5 cars
- Manson Cheung, Ryu Asada 5 cars
- Marco Reus, Ryu Asada 16 cars
- Mark Barthold 29 cars
- Mark Jones 2383 cars
- Mark Jones, Eric Tscherne 16 cars
- Mark Jones, Harry Bradley 9 cars
- Mark Jones, Jimmy Liu 22 cars
- Mark Jones, Jimmy Liu, Phil Riehlman 3 cars
- Mark Jones, John Violette 29 cars
- Mark Jones, Jun Imai 1 cars
- Mark Jones, Manson Cheung 1 cars
- Mark Jones, Nathan Proch 10 cars
- Mark Jones, Phil Riehlman 11 cars
- Mark Jones, Ronald Wong 4 cars
- Matt Gabe 2 cars
- Mauricio Bedolla 19 cars
- Michael Heralda, Terry Choy 5 cars
- Michael Kollins 495 cars
- Michael Kollins, Larry Wood 58 cars
- Miguel López 14 cars
- Mike Finizza 9 cars
- Mike Nuttall 126 cars
- Miles Nurnberger, Craig Callum, Thomas Gilbert 1 cars
- Nathan Proch 230 cars
- Nathan Proch, Jun Imai 18 cars
- Neal Smith 1 cars
- Neal Smith, Ryu Asada 9 cars
- Nigo, Ethan Wood 1 cars
- Oliver Eaton 1 cars
- Omar Rehman 13 cars
- Otto Kuhni, Larry Wood 22 cars
- Paul DeLorean 76 cars
- Paul Tam 88 cars
- Paul Tam, Larry Wood 6 cars
- Phedon Tsiknopoulos, Wayne Halford, Nathan Proch, Miva Filoseta 20 cars
- Phil Riehlman 4049 cars
- Phil Riehlman, Mark Jones 1 cars
- Rick Jung 12 cars
- Rob Matthes 484 cars
- Rob Matthes, Jun Imai 9 cars
- Rob Matthes, Manson Cheung 6 cars
- Rob Matthes, Matt Gardner 1 cars
- Ron Way 19 cars
- Ronald Wong 97 cars
- Ronald Wong, Bryan Benedict 1 cars
- Ryu Asada 1618 cars
- Ryu Asada, Alvin Chan 11 cars
- Ryu Asada, Jun Imai 22 cars
- Scott Tupper 9 cars
- Sei Cho 44 cars
- Sergio Pérez, Tyler Charest 3 cars
- Shawn Moghadam 26 cars
- Shawn Moghadam, Chris Watson 1 cars
- Sonny Fisher 156 cars
- Steve Moran 76 cars
- Terry Choy 184 cars
- Todd Gibbs 12 cars
- Tom Daniel, Larry Wood 23 cars
- Tony Hawk, Neal Smith, Ronald Wong 1 cars
- Tony Martino 47 cars
- Tyco 1 cars
- Tyler Charest 156 cars
- Vince Christman 6 cars
- Wayne Scott 46 cars
- York Bleyer 12 cars