Barbie Extra

Number: HKH11-M7C5

Year:  2023 - 3/10

Collection: HW Screen Time

Born: 2021, El Segundo, CA

Manufacturer: Hot Wheels

Grab your swimsuit and jump into this Barbie® Extra dream car! Ride top down in style, and dip into the pool on those extra hot days.

This casting is a rendition of a sports car which a Barbie Extra doll. It features a mid-engine design and scissor doors shaped like wings. A life-sized version based on the Fiat 500e debuted at the 2021 Los Angeles Auto Show, unveiled and presented by Ted Wu; this life-size version of the car was largely hand-built and is fully functional. This car does not have an official name and is simply referred to as the Barbie Extra Car by Wu during his presentation during its life-sized version's unveiling and the Barbie Extra Vehicle in the toy's listing on the Mattel website.

The sports car was originally designed by Judy Choi, a designer in Mattel's Barbie division; Kevin Cao later took the design and recreated it in various scales, including this model. The hood opens to act as a fashion closet and storage cubby while the rear portion where the engine would be is a miniature swimming pool for a pet. The life-sized car features rainbow-colored five-spoke rims, a holographic glittery finish and synthetic fuzz on the seat headrests. For its size the casting is notably very heavy with a centered weight distribution.