What is a Gran Toros?
You would think this is an easy question but it is not. The original Gran Toros name was first used in North American and only for a new line of 1/43 scale Hot Wheels cars. These are the “true Hot Wheels Gran Toros.” After 1972 so many Mebetoys cars were labeled as Gran Toros that defining a Gran Toros becomes to some “subject to interpretation.” What is not subject to interpretation is the difference between a true Hot Wheels Gran Toros and different lines of Mebetoys models that adopted the Gran Toros name after 1972. Nearly all of these Mebetoys models were also released in the Mebetoys Series, the Gran Super Series, and Series Europa. The only difference between the models in these lines is the packaging. Not the model number, nor any other feature, distinguishes the difference between Series Mebetoys, the Gran Super Series, Serie Europa, and post 1972 non-Sputafuoco Series Gran Toros. Prior to 1972, the Hot Wheels Gran Toros that were packaged for the European market were called t
