ixo-MODELS
Series: Classic Le Mans and GT Cars
LMC102 – DB Panhard HBR4
1959 Le Mans,
Car No 59 –
Die Cast
1:43 Scale
Retails up to $33.00
Released – December 2007
Condition: new stock as issued
Discount price is available for regular customers.
ABOUT 1957 LE MANS
27emes Grand Prix d’Endurance les 24 Heures du Mans 1959, Ciruit de la Sarthe.
27th Grand Prix Endurance race 24 Hours at Le Mans, 1959
Date: June 20-21, warm & dry, Track Length 13,461m/ 8.36miles, Starters 53, Classified (finished) 13, Fastest Lap Jean Behr, Ferrari 4:00.9 = 201.161 km/h / 125.0 mph, Distance 4347.9 km/2,701.66 miles, Average speed 181.163 km/h / 112.85 mph.
The winner was Car #5 Devid Brown Racing Dept., Team (GB), Aston Martin DBR1/300 Class - S 3.0, Carroll Shelby (USA) Roy Salvadori (GB)
Car #59 Jacques Faucher Team (F), D.B. HGR4 – Panhard, Class GT 1.1 (engine 851) was driven by Jacques Faucher (F) and Gerard Laffarque (F), it retired on 6th hour of the race (53 laps) due to engine failure. Six other cars retired on 6th hour of the race including the team mate of the race winner Aston Martin DBR1/300 car #4, also engine failure.
ABOUT THE MODEL MAKER
ixo-MODELS are made in China by SONIC INTERNATIONAL (TOYS) LIMITED.
Packaging is attractive, models attached w/a screw to the black plastic display case w/printed model name on it, has a clear acrylic top, display packed in a carton sleeve.
The brand is on a market just for a few years. However, 1/43 scale die cast car models collectors familiar with high quality models that were on a market for several years in the lines of Vitesse Group. Skid, Onyx, many models from Vitesse and 2-Wheels (1/24 scale motorcycles) were made by the same people that now works in IXO.
You can find numerous models released under the IXO badge previously released in Vitesse Group lines. New castings (models) and previously released models of sport and rally cars in new liveries are issued on the regular basis.
The current IXO product list consist of 10 collections: Modern Rally Cars, Classic Rally Cars, Modern LeMans and GT Cars, Classic LeMans and GT Cars, Modern Road Cars, Classic Road Cars, MotorBikes (1/24 Scale), Ferrari Collection and the latest one ixomodels Junior.
As a collector I can say it is a good product indeed. While a quality is very competitive to Minichamps the price is much more affordable. It is especially noticeable with sport and rally cars.
It appears that IXO issued their models on the Limited Run basis. You probably know what it means but if you don’t it is simple. Recently it became a common practice with high quality model-makers. Relatively small number of models released on a market at a time. The company will release a new quantity of the same model only when a demand for a model will be strong again. As a result not all models from a company catalogue are available on a market all the time. It means if you want a model get it as soon as you can, otherwise you don’t know when and if the model will be available on a market again. In addition it is very unlikely that the model will be made in the same appearance, color and / or livery probably will be different if the model (tooling) will be run again.
