1999 Speed Racer Mach 5 Prototype
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Go Speed Racer Go!
books and graphic novels) in the 1960s and a turned into a Japanese anime series. The massively popular American version debuted in the United States in 1967. In the animated television series, a teenager named Speed Racer seeks to become the greatest racing driver in the world with the help of his friends, family, and high-tech Mach V race car. Among its many feats in the series, the Mach V is able to leap short distances and drive underwater. This fully operable interpretation of the cartoon Mach V was hand-built in 1999 by the company Speed Racer Enterprises. The company unveiled plans to build a series of 100 similar road-ready replicas based on front-engine Corvette platforms, but few examples were made.
Collection of the Petersen Automotive Museum, gift of Margie and Robert E. Petersen
This vehicle featured in ‘The Vault’.
1999 Speed Racer Mach 5 Prototype Gallery
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Deeper Dive of the 1999 Speed Racer Mach 5 with Chief Historian, Leslie Kendall
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