10% off your first order — create a free account

Create free account
✓ 14-day returns ✓ Hand-checked before dispatch ✓ Secure checkout
My account

Ford Focus RS Mk2 RS500 Top Gear Matt Black Minichamps 1:18

Sold out
Ford Focus RS Mk2 RS500 Top Gear Matt Black Minichamps 1:18 519100800 Diecast
1 / 8
Minichamps' 1:18 diecast Ford Focus RS Mk2 RS500 wears the matt black finish familiar from its television test car appearance. A hot hatch replica for collectors who want something other than gloss paint on the shelf.
Ford Focus RS Mk2 RS500 Top Gear Matt Black Minichamps 1:18
Current price: £162.00
Out of production

This model is currently sold out. Enter your email and we'll let you know when it's back in stock.

Browse Ford models
Pay securely with
Specifications
Car Brand
Ford
Model Manufacturer
Minichamps
Scale
1:18
Material
Diecast
Model Condition
Used Model
SKU
519100800
Genuine articles Sourced from manufacturers
5-layer carton Foam-filled interior
Hassle-free returns 14-day no-quibble returns
Secure payment Bank-level encryption

About the Ford Focus RS Mk2 RS500 Top Gear Matt Black Minichamps 1:18

TL;DR: This Minichamps 1:18 diecast Ford Focus RS Mk2 RS500 wears a matt black finish, the paint treatment familiar from its television test car appearance. It reproduces Ford's 2009 hot hatch flagship, built in limited numbers with more power than any Focus before it.

Matt paint is unusual territory for diecast, and it separates this Focus RS500 from every glossy hatchback on a typical shelf. The finish reads flat under direct light rather than throwing back reflections, a genuinely different visual signature.

Matt Black Diecast: A Different Finishing Challenge

Achieving a convincing matt finish on a small diecast body is harder than gloss paint, since flat coatings show tooling marks and seams that a shiny finish would hide. Minichamps' zinc alloy body still carries the weight expected of a proper diecast, and the matt black works well against the RS500's aggressive front splitter and wide arches, exaggerating the car's stance rather than softening it. Panel gaps around the hatchback tailgate stay tight for the segment, and the bonnet vents, a genuine functional feature on the real car, are picked out with enough definition to notice on close inspection.

The RS500 as a Hot Hatch Subject

The Focus RS Mk2 RS500 sat at the top of Ford's hot hatch range, a limited run finished in matt black and pushing more power than the standard RS, and it became a familiar face on British motoring television of the period. That combination of limited production and small-screen exposure gives the subject genuine collector interest beyond the car's own performance credentials. For a UK-focused hot hatch or Ford theme, this model works as the standout piece rather than a background entry, and the unusual paint alone makes it worth a second look on a shelf otherwise dominated by conventional gloss finishes.

Same marque, same scale

Collectors also bought

Browse all 1:18

10% off your first order

Create a free account and claim 10% off your first order — from hundreds of collectible 1:18, 1:43 and 1:12 models by Porsche, Mercedes-Benz, BMW and more.

Create free account Browse the collection
Collectible 1:18 scale Porsche model on a clean studio backdrop — Models118 first-order offer
0