3rd-Jan-22, 02:25 PM
Information from Carrera has been hard to get hold of since distribution was moved in-house and away from the extremely helpful Hobby Company... but a list of their 2022 Evolution, D132, D124 and Go!!! cars was made available to UK retailers today.
Recommended retail prices for Evolution cars have gone up to £49.99, D132 to £69.99 and D124 to £89.99.
There are several new moulds, the highlight is certainly the 1971 Mercedes 300 6.8 SEL AMG 'Red Pig'...
This is the livery from the car's racing debut at the Spa 24 hours - where it won its class and would have won overall... if it wasn't for the excessive number of fuel stops required. But runner-up spot was pretty impressive! The photo is of a replica, painstakingly built by AMG in 2006 from the original plans and remains extremely popular at historic events around Europe.
The #35 is available as Evolution and D132 versions. There's also a #31 car listed - although we'll have no idea of what this looks like until the catalogue is released. There are no images on the list.
An addition to the modern GT range is a new BMW M4 GT3 in the works #1 presentation livery...
And this Mahle-sponsored car from iRacing...
The car doesn't officially start its real-life competition career until the 2022 season.
Both these liveries will be produced in Evolution, D132 and D124.
Another new GT car is the KTM X-Bow GT2/GTX...
This True Racing #16 car raced in the 2021 Fanatec GT2 European Series, winning at Spa. Available in both Evolution and D132. There's also a second livery...
...which is the GTX Concept version - the #75 True Racing 'Auto Motor und Sport' car which raced at the 2021 Nürburgring 24 Hours in the Cup-X class. This one is also available in Evolution and D132.
There's what could be a racing truck, named a 'Carrera Race Truckster' in two apparently fictitious liveries (Google didn't show anything) in D132 only. My hunch this is a reworking of the various trucks, ambulances etc already produced. We'll have to wait for pictures to be sure.
The other two new moulds are aimed at youngsters and are scaled-up versions of Go!!! cars - a Super Mario Kart in two liveries (Mario and Yoshi), plus a Build 'n' Race car in two liveries. These are available in Evolution and D132 versions.
The full lists are below, together with some pictures from Google image searches - so they might not be 100% reliable.