To celebrate Hot Wheels 40th anniversary, Mattel did something it's never done before. They asked outside designers from the automotive industry to come up with designs to be be celebrated as part of it's 40th anniverasy. The Designers Challenge cars debuted at SEMA in 2007 as 1/4 scale models. One of designs included the line-up is the HW40. this was the only design for the Hot Wheels Team that made the final group.

VersionsEdit

This Hot Wheels vehicle has come out in the following 1/64 scale versions:

Col #	Year	Series	Color	Tampo	Base Color	Window Color	Interior Color	Wheel Type	Toy #	Country	Notes	Photo
	2008	Designers Challenge	Green		Black	Tinted Blue	Chrome	Red Rim, Gray CM6	M3315	Thailand
	2008	Designers Challenge	Blue		Black	Clear		Red Rim, Gray CM6	M3315	Thailand
	2008	Designers Challenge	Red		Black	Clear		Black Rim, Gray CM6	M3315	Thailand
	2008	Designers Challenge	Black		Black	Clear		Red Rim, Gray CM6	M3315	Thailand
098	2009	HW Designs Series 2/10	Pearl White	Red, Black & Gray	Dark Red Plastic	Smoke	Chrome	Gold PR5	P2418	Malaysia
233	2011	Video Game Heroes 11/22	Black	Orange, white & silver	Orange	Blue	Chrome	Red Chrome rim, Black OH5	T9776	Malaysia
	2011	Mystery Models
	2012	2012 Mardi Gras Cars	Green	"Mardi Gras 2012" with Design	Black / Plastic	Yellow	Chrome	Purple PR5		Thailand