Lady Racers have a pink box

Andy's original plan for my birthday present this year has fallen through so he very kindly provided some some vehicles for my garage.  The first of these is an old favourite - the 1980s Audi quattro.  A devastatingly successful rally car that introduced four wheel drive to motorsport and road cars.

It's a fantastic model, highly detailed - the navigator is even holding a ring binder with pace notes written on it - and has genuine 4WD.  But it comes in a garish pink box with Lady Racers written all over it!  This is the somewhat dubious packaging of Fly's range of cars successfully competed by women drivers (Fly are a Spanish company and probably the top slot car manufacturer).

This car was driven by Frenchwoman Michèle Mouton who is the most successful and well-known female rally driver of all time.  She was the first (and so far the only) woman to win a round of the World Rally Championship, the Rallye Sanremo in 1981.  Below is her rally-winning car and you can see how accurately Fly have copied it (although it's in sparkling podium appearance in the model).

The model drives well and makes more noise due to the cogs driving both axles.  I think the magnet might be a little strong so I might see about swapping or raising that, to help get the back end out properly.