Was not sure where to post this, mods please move if needed. Someone is finally producing a 1/18 diecast of the third gen GTA. Greenlight collectibles is doing the 89 GTA in black and red and also will be doing the 89 pace car even though this is not on their site. Here is a link.

SWEET! I'm getting one for sure!

Nice...WOOOHOOOOO

It's suppose to be out in Oct. of this year.
$39.99 for the red and black GTA and $44.99 for the TTA.

About time, when is the 91-92 coming out?

sweet.. ill be in to buyone once they are out... those look nice..

Little more info guys.
These will only be found at certain hobby stores and online dealers and if there like the rest of Greenlight cars there will only be 2,000 produced wich is a low run for a diecast car.

ya know, u might all want to quit jumping up and down just quite yet.

Im way scared by the fact that they have no prototype info or models.

Also the "GTA" is a TA from the pic and the TTA is the only one of one notchback TTA that showed up in early 89 literature.

I'm kinda worried about that.

Like when GMP does the turbo buicks and the like, least the pictures match what they say they are making?

When I see an actual prototype or production one, ill judge it than.

later
Jeremy

Now I can stop waiting in their bushes. I wonder if they'll make all the colors like they did with the 2nd gen ta models.

Understand what you're saying, but given the choices out there currently, there just isn't anything else in 1/18 scale third gen Firebirds aside from the Ertl KITT and KARR diecasts. So even if there are some inaccuracies, and they cast the notchback instead of a hatch, at least it's a start. And if they sell well there are sure to be other color/model variations.

Also, with some tooling changes, Ertl could even produce some stock versions based on the KITT mold. I would expect this to happen as its the usual practice to get maximum return on investment in a mold.

DIECAST 1989 Pontiac Firebird Turbo Trans Am Indy 500 Pace Car


[GL1180306]
Price: $44.00
Status: Preorder
11/2006
Scale: 1:18 Scale
Release: 11/2006

1989 Pontiac Firebird Turbo Trans Am
Exterior Color: White
Interior Color: White
Race Number: Indy 500 Pace Car
Company: Greenlight Collectibles

The only pics I've seen are of actual cars themselves.
The company releaseing these is pretty good at getting the details rite and usually post pics on there site of unpainted prototypes so we should see what there going to look like before they release it.

Pretty good at getting things right?
HA!
NO WAY!
Take a look at their 1980 Indy Turbo Trans Am in 1/18th scale!
Has a regular Trans Am hood with a hood scoop! Wrong!
The real car has a Turbo budge hood, like the early third gen Trans Ams, and later Formulas.
Looks like they just used the Yat Ming car to do a rare car version.
I'll wait myself thanks.

George

I was referring to there 1:64 stuff but who knows. We'll just have to wait and see what they put out.

Ill have to have 1 of both colors and a TTA as well....

thats what I do on my dates

I've been tempted so pre-order has gone in.

How do you pre-order?? I want one!!!!

me too..... Where did you pre-order from?

I preordered mine here. Just scroll down the page to find them.

Ive been looking for 2 years, sweet.

Hi Guys!

Glad to see you are excited about our upcoming 1:18 third gen's.

I wanted to come on here and address a few concerns I see have been posted. Our 1:18 1980 TransAm Indy 500 Pace Car was one of GL's first products and we were in a situation where we needed to source the casting, and source it fast which is why we used the YatMing piece even though it was incorrect. It sold amazing well even with all of its inaccuracies.

Another good point that was mentioned was in regards to the images currently posted on our website. I can assure you that the GTA we release will indeed be a correct GTA and that the Indy Pace Car will be the correct TTA that paced the 500 in 1989.

Release dates are still rough ETA's at this point so please bare with us. We will likely be staggering the release of the Pace version and the GTA's from our Muscle Car Garage line by a month or two. Which piece will be coming first has not yet been decided.

Thanks again everyone,

-Matt

very sweet

I'm definatley going to get the 89 tta but what are the chances of seeing regular trans ams(not gta) in all the two tone colors (silver skirting with blue,red ect paint. like the car in my sig.

Thanks for the info Matt!
I PMed you with a few questions.

George

You've got a PM George!

Thanks,

Matt
GreenLight Collectibles > Greenlight Collectibles
GO with GreenLight!

Thanks for the update and for addressing these concerns Matt, good to see the company is interested in our feedback.

I would also like to see some versions of the regular Trans Ams.

I'll kind of help Matt out a little since I have been working with him and helping him get the pictures and information needed for the TTA. The reason that the picture shows a notchback TTA on their website is because that was one of the first photos released by GM for the TTA. They had their marketing lady find the picture and post it and she didn't realise that it wasn't exactley what the production TTAs will be like. Matthas had access to the actual pace car stored in the Indianapolis Motor Speedway Museum. I've tried helping him by pointing out major differences between the TTA and the GTA and he'll be trying to keep them as exact as possible and stay within the posted prices. They're still currently working on a preproduction model which from last that I heard was almost complete. I met with him in Indy about a month ago for him to get undercarriage shots and at the time he said that was pretty much the only thing they still had to do. He's suppose to be keeping me updated and hopefully I'll be getting pictures of the preproduction model soon.

What are the chances of Formulas coming out somewhere down the line?

from this company? slim to none. Greenlight specializes in Indianapolis 500 vehicles (both race and pace). They've started to make like a muscle car line also but typically it just includes vehicles which were already made for the pace car line and they just make the minor changes. That's why the GTA is being made because they originally planned to do the TTA and all they have to do is change under the hood and the colors and it's done.

I have already preordered my 89 model!!

i want to see a real pic first

Dag it's about time I just came from the hobby store tonignt and asked the attendant about third gens in die cast he looked at me like I was nuts......
About time,,,,, hope they put out some Iroc goodies as well Thanks for the post.

well I contacted Matt about a week ago and he said the preproduction model is almost done. Once it's done he said he'd be sending me some pictures of it and I'll be able to post them once he does. I can't wait to see it personally because I know Matt and his coworkers have put a lot of time and effort into trying to make this the best model they can within reasonable costs. I know it's taking a little while but they're using the time to just make the model better and better. Should be getting the pics within the next couple weeks so make sure to check back once in a while and see if they've been posted.

Alright to give an update. I have seen prototype photos but have been asked not to post them. The car is simply astonishing. According to the site they're going to be limited production at 1,500 black cars and 1,500 red cars. So get your orders in now because I can garuntee you they won't last once people see the detail. Besides at the price you really can't beat it, and they're one of the few companies to make a GTA model (especially in 1:18) and the only company to make the TTA. Once I get pictures that I can post I will. They're still making some changes so I figure once the qwerks are worked out they will maybe release some prototype photos. Also according to the site it says the car won't be available until February 2007.

I wonder if they're going to be hardtop (I hope) or T-top?

As of right now they're T-top only.

i pre ordered mine i got the red gta

Any update on these yet?

No more pre-order?

No you should be able to preorder them still. I know I have seen some on ebay. Here's a list of their distributors GreenLight Collectibles > Where to Buy Greenlight Products you might have to look around through a couple to find one to preorder through but should be able to find a good one. I believe that they should be actually going out around January, but I'm not definate on it. They were putting the last touches on the final product the last that I heard and were about to start working on everything they need for production.

no iroc stuff

still ****in awsome though

This is the closest thing I could find to an actual picture. Just the prototype, but at least it's something.

http://www.greenlighttoys.com/produc...id=1&prodid=86

Doesn't come out till Summer '07 though. Bummer, I was hoping it would be out by Christmas of this year

don't worry it will be well worth it. They're going into a lot more detail on the cars than what was originally planned.

Guess we'll just have to be patient, i'm amazed how long it takes to get these produced though.

like I said they've decided to add more detail than they originally planned. They're trying to raise their quality significantly to put themselves up along the lines of some of the top model car companies. Trust me, you will not be disappointed. If you're wondering about what you've really been waiting for I go into a lot of detail about the TTA model in this thread:
http://www.turbobuick.com/forums/tur...a-diecast.html

I don't know as many details about the GTA since I have mainly been working with them on the TTA. I have seen pictures of the GTA and it appears that they're going to be going into just as much detail.