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Tucker Torpedo Metalflake Copper
Tucker TorpedoMetalflake Copper · 2012
TOY # W4586 · HOT WHEELS BOULEVARD: AHEAD OF ITS TIME
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Tucker Torpedo

Metalflake Copper•2012
✦Common · 27
12Variations
2009–2012Years
5Series
W4586Toy #
Colour
Metalflake Copper
Material
n.a
Base
n.a
Wheels
White Wall DISH
Interior
Pearl Yellow-Gold
Window
Tinted (Black)
Series
Hot Wheels Boulevard: Ahead of its Time
Made in
Malaysia
Tampo / graphics
Silver trim on hood & trunk, White headlights
Notes

Base code(s): D40, D41

About the Tucker Torpedo

Preston Tucker was a maverick. Immediately following WWII he published the preliminary design for his "car of the Future". By 1947 the Tucker 48 (initally called the Torpedo) was in production, boasting many innovative safety features including seat belts, plus a hugely powerful rear-mounted flat-6 water-cooled engine, a slippery aerodynamic body, rubber suspension and a "Cyclops' Eye" third headlight coupled to the steering linkage. So why were only 51 examples produced before the company folde

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