Mini GT Brand Spotlight: July 2026

Race cars have led the way for Mini GT this summer, with AO Racing's No.77 Porsche 911 GT3 R among our best sellers. Fast and Furious, Porsche and Kaido House models have also been popular. This July 2026 Mini GT spotlight rounds up the best sellers and pre-orders, then explains Kaido House and the choice between LHD, RHD, boxed and blister versions.

If you're new to the brand, start with our Mini GT spotlight, and for a comparison with other 1:64 brands, read our Mini GT review.

Mini GT best sellers this summer

AO Racing Porsche 911 GT3 R

The No.77 AO Racing Porsche from the 2025 IMSA Petit Le Mans has been one of our best-selling Mini GT cars, both boxed and on a blister card. The same team's car from its class win at the 2025 Sebring 12 Hours is on pre-order as the Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) Sebring class winner, again boxed or carded, though its release has been delayed and a new date hasn't been given yet. Both are left-hand drive, like the real car.

Blister card favourites

Two carded releases have also sold well: the Nissan GT-R NISMO GT3 in No.23 KCMG colours from the 2018 FIA GT World Cup in Macau, and the Lamborghini Aventador SVJ 63 Roadster in Nero Aldebaran. There's more on choosing between boxed and blister versions further down.

Porsche 911 Dakar and Volkswagen ID. Buzz set

The Porsche Centrum Gelderland Roughroads set, pairing a No.718 Porsche 911 Dakar with a Volkswagen ID. Buzz, has been a steady seller too. Sets like this give you a ready-made display in one box.

Pre-orders worth a look

Fast and Furious on blister cards

Two film favourites are coming on blister cards: Brian O'Conner's Bomex-kitted Toyota Supra from The Fast and the Furious, and Han's VeilSide Fortune Mazda RX-7 from Tokyo Drift. Mini GT has matched each one to its film car, so the Supra is left-hand drive and Han's RX-7 is right-hand drive. Both are estimated for early 2027.

Porsche 911 (992.1) Rubystone Red set

For Porsche fans, the 992.1 set in Rubystone Red is one of the most popular Mini GT pre-orders with our customers. It's estimated for late 2026 and, as a set, costs more than a single car.

Also on the way

Other announcements that caught our eye include Camel Trophy Land Rover and Range Rover models, the 1977 Lotus Esprit S1 from The Spy Who Loved Me and the 1999 Subaru Impreza WRC98 in its Monte Carlo Rally livery.

Every date in this round-up is the manufacturer's estimate, and pre-order dates often move, so please treat them as a guide rather than a promise. Our pre-order information page explains how pre-orders work.

Senna leads the F1 range

Mini GT's Formula 1 cars sell well for us, and Ayrton Senna's are the most popular. You can follow his career through the range, from the Toleman TG184 that took him to second place at Monaco in 1984, to the Lotus 99T that won there in 1987 and the McLaren MP4/4 he drove to victory at the 1988 Japanese Grand Prix, the race that sealed his first world title. Newer fans are covered too, with Oscar Piastri's McLaren MCL60 and Fernando Alonso's Aston Martin AMR24. See them all in our F1 collection.

Kaido House x Mini GT

Kaido House is the custom car brand of designer Jun Imai, and its collaboration with Mini GT is one of the most popular parts of the range with our customers. The models take mostly Japanese classics and give them a street, race or works-style makeover under names such as Kaido Street, Kaido Racing and Kaido Works. Designs are often released more than once, marked V1, V2 and so on, usually with a different colour or spec.

Current favourites include the Larry Chen Kaido Works BMW M3, a US MiJo Exclusive, the Hakosuka Skyline 2000GT-R in Kaido Racing and Kaido Street versions, the Honda NSX in Kaido Racing and Evasive versions, and the Tamiya x Kaido House Grasshopper R34 Skyline. Kaido House models carry KHMG item numbers and usually cost a bit more than a standard Mini GT. Browse the full Kaido House collection.

LHD or RHD: which should you choose?

Many Mini GT cars come in both left-hand drive (LHD) and right-hand drive (RHD) versions, and our product titles usually say which is which. A few rules of thumb help:

• RHD suits UK and Japanese road cars, which were sold with the steering wheel on the right.
• LHD suits American and continental European road cars.
• For race and film cars, go with whatever the real car was, as Mini GT has done with the Fast and Furious pair.
• If you're recreating a car you've owned, match the one that was on your driveway.

Where both versions exist, check both listings, as stock and prices can differ.

Boxed or blister card?

Many Mini GT cars are also sold on blister cards, with the car sealed in a clear bubble on a printed card, much like a Hot Wheels car. Some even come on cards made for particular markets: the Bond Lotus Esprit is listed with cards in several languages, and the No.90 BMW M4 GT3 EVO from the 2025 China GT season comes in Chinese-exclusive packaging. Which to buy mostly depends on how you display:

• Boxes stack neatly, protect the car well in storage and let you take the car out to display it.
• Blister cards look great on a wall or stood in a row, but once opened they're no longer a carded collectable.
• Blister versions usually cost a little more than the boxed car, and carded collectors care about card condition, so soft corners and creases count.

If you collect carded cars, a clear protector case keeps the corners sharp. Just check it's made for the card size you're buying.

FAQs

How can I tell if a Mini GT is LHD or RHD?

Check the product title. On boxed cars, the Mini GT item code also usually ends in L or R to match.

Are blister card Mini GT cars rarer?

Not always. Some sell out quickly while others stay available for months, so buy the version you want to display rather than the one you think will be scarcer.

When will my Mini GT pre-order arrive?

The date on the listing is the manufacturer's estimate, and it often moves. If you have several pre-orders, Build a Box (code BUILD at checkout) means we hold your orders and send everything together in one parcel.

See every current release, pre-order and in-stock car in our Mini GT collection.