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I love the Scalextric Juniors.

I understand that the Austin Allegro and Morris Marina also have their fans.  

To be fair though the 2nd generation models (C72 BRM P57, C73 Porsche 804, C81 Cooper and C82 Lotus 25) were an improvement with better guides/braids and a sorted motor.

Strictly speaking there were only two actual Formula Juniors (C66 Cooper and C67 Lotus) and they are the ones that gave so much trouble, the later ones were F1 cars and catalogued as such. They are perceived as being in the same category because of their construction similarities with the same smaller motor and type of plastic body used.

The other interesting thing about the article is the sheer volume of production, they were sold in their hundreds of thousands! A large production run these days is 5000 and manufacturers can only dream of 60s type sales figures.