[Gpa113]

Announced yesterday was a surprise offering from Scalextric.....

Not in the catalogue,  or mentioned as an upcoming release, but it looks a cracker 

C4300  Chevrolet Camaro Z28 Peter John DTM 1982.
   
Carrying sponsorship from American Car Service Dusseldorf,  it is certainly a Patriotic colour scheme! 
I don't know anything of the driver, but a very quick Google search drew a blank. I'm not sure of the 1982 DTM series either,  but in UK terms this looks like your typical Group 1/ Group 1 1/2 big banger.    Either way it will make a great looking addition to any Scalextric Muscle car series.  

Available from Hornby Scalextric directly ( cash in some Hornby reward points if you have them) or from many other retailers.   I purchased mine from Jadlam, and got £5 off by using a Reward voucher on their loyalty scheme.  Free postage also, but it will no doubt get the minimum of a bit of bubble wrap. Their packaging ain't the best....

If anyone finds any info on the driver/actual car, let us know.

[dvd3500]

I am not a rivet counter but on the photos it is not terribly clear... is the "Umlaut" (two dots) missing on Düsseldorf?

[Kevan]

Looks like it...

   

[KensRedZed]

Group-C wheels on a Camaro just doesn't look right. What's wrong with the BBS style wheels on the 1:1 car?

Hey, we have extra wheels from an Edsel. What shall we put them on? A Ferrari?

[Dr_C]

   

Many thanks to dvd3500 for highlighting the opportunity to apply the ‘umlaut upgrade’ option. I agree it’s nice to make things as perfect as possible (within reason).

UMLAUT UPGRADE
============

Difficulty level = 0 (although a steady hand is required).

Materials/equipment:

1/ 1x pot of Humbrol Red Gloss (product code 220).

2/ 1x Waitrose bamboo cocktail stick.

After four simple applications the job is done ;

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[Kevan]

That's gotta be worth a couple of hundredths of a second 

[dvd3500]

Peter John was well known for driving American "muscle cars", particularly Camaros in touring car series.
Not sure if he is still around or not...