The Porsche Turbo (163901 - above). Isn't this cool? So cool that Matchbox saw fit to advertise it in all of the three Positraction sets it planned to launch. It's good, and definitely worth tracking down because this is a 'widely' photographed example and must be somewhere...
The companion to the Porsche Turbo in the planned sets was the VW Scirocco T/A (164001 - above). Not sure what the T/A nomenclature suggested, was that a VW racing thing? No matter, this livery is very definitely BMW M colours. Not sure who was doing the marketing, but Matchbox clearly saw racing colours as 'any racing colour' rather than a specific racing colour. My internet searches have revealed an excellent orange Jagermeister livery for the Scirocco... oh well.
Lastly, the oft neglected Ford Escort (164101 - above). Yet again, it sits on the bum end of Matchbox's efforts and gets a black and dun brown finish. Not good, and an uninspiring end to the lil' Escorts US campaign.
