“La Liebre,” a custom-built race car crafted on a 1968 Ford Falcon chassis, claimed victory at the 2024 Hot Wheels Legends Tour Global Grand Finale. The car competed against 5,000 vehicle from 13 countries and is the seventh vehicle to be inducted into the Hot Wheels Garage of legends and honored with a die-cast. The car will be immortalized for kids and collectors as 1:64-scale toy as part of the Hot Wheels mainline assortment.
La Liebre was built by Giuseppe Casagrande and the team from Cars and Coffee Chile. The team’s commitment to supporting the Chilean car community was among the reasons for the car’s win. “The mission behind the La Liebre built by Cars & Coffee Chile was emblematic of what the tour is all about,” said Ted Wu, Senior Vice President and Global Head of Design, Vehicles and Building Sets at Mattel.
La Liebre, the 2024 Hot Wheels Legends Tour winner. | Source: Hot Wheels
The engine of La Liebre. | Source: Hot Wheels
The Cars and Coffee Chile team with La Liebre. | Source: Hot Wheels
Casagrande and Maurizio Moschini co-founded Cars and Coffee Chile in 2014. The non-profit is dedicated to the growth and development of of the car community and culture in Chile. La Liebre blends vintage style with modern performance.
The Hot Wheels Team and local automotive personalities evaluated over 5,000 custom-built vehicles at 11 events with millions of attendees worldwide, including Colombia and the United Arab Emirates, two new stops on the tour this year. The Global Grand Finale featured 10 builds and required a panel of judges to crown the winner. The panel included car enthusiast and comedian Jay Leno and entertainer Gabriel “Fluffy” Iglesias, who the Hot Wheels Design Team joined.
For more information about La Liebre and the Hot Wheels Legends Tour, visit mattel.com.
