Hot Wheels members have spoken again, and this time they have handed the brand its second Red Line Club Selections release of the year. The winning pick is the 1989 Porsche 959, the all-wheel-drive icon that once doubled as a homologation special and a technology showcase.

The casting, designed by Brendon Vetuskey back in 2023, topped a crowded ballot that also featured the Custom Corvette, a 2017 Ford F-150 Raptor, the Custom T-Bird, the Mitsubishi 3000GT VR-4, and a 1964 Mercedes-Benz 600. Members also voted on the color, landing on Spectraflame purple over three other finishes.

Red Line Club members picked the 959 through a two-stage vote covering casting and color, and the Porsche 959 pulled 41.74 percent of the vote in the casting round. That is a decisive margin in a field that mixed classic American muscle with European and modern truck contenders.

Color came down to a separate ballot, with Spectraflame purple winning out over three rival finishes offered to members. The paint choice gives the 959 a deep, metallic look that plays well against the car's boxy, homologation-special proportions from the late 1980s.

This is not the brand's first swing at pairing a member vote with a European performance icon. Hot Wheels used a similar Selections process for the RLC Ferrari F40 release earlier in 2026, part of a series of member votes that has been running for years.

The model carries part number JLX18 and is sold strictly as a members-only item. There is no mass retail version planned, which keeps demand tied to Red Line Club rather than general diecast shelf sales.

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