Elliot Handler, the father of Hot Wheels, passed away on July 21st, 2011. He was 95. Elliot and business partner Harold "Matt" Matson founded Mattel (a combination of both of their names), where ...

As a boy, Bruce Pascal reveled in testing the limits of his Hot Wheels. He might squeeze a firecracker into one of the miniature metal cars and set it off, or flatten one with a hammer to see whether ...

In 1968, the US toy company Mattel was looking to create a die-cast car range that would outperform the competition. Elliot Handler, together with his wife and company co-founder Ruth Handler, ...

John Neff has only ever been an Editor-in-Chief, until now. With long stints leading automotive news and review websites such as Autoblog and Motor1, he's switching to the simple life of writing about ...