Carabo

==Description==
The Alfa Romeo Carabo is a futuristic concept car featuring a wedge-shaped body. Designed by Marcello Gandini of Bertone, the Carabo was unveiled at the 1968 Paris Motor Show and featured many design elements not seen in cars of its time. The car was built on Alfa Romeo 33 Stradale chassis 750.33.109 and was so named due to the iridescent green and orange color scheme resembling the Carabidae beetles; its wedge design influenced many cars in the coming decades, with some elements of the Carabo making its way onto future Gandini designs, such as the Lamborghini Countach.
==Hong Kong Versions==
The Carabo has come out in the following versions:
Year	Series 	Color 	Sticker	Base Color / Type	Window Color 	Interior Color 	Wheel Type	Toy #	Country 	Notes / Variations	Photo
1970	1970 Hot Wheels	Spectraflame Blue 	None 	Black / Metal 	Tinted (Blue)	Dark Brown or White (Rare)	RL 	6420 	Hong Kong	 	
1970	1970 Hot Wheels	Spectraflame Aqua 	None 	Black / Metal 	Tinted (Blue)	Dark Brown or White (Rare)	RL 	6420 	Hong Kong	Hard To Find 	
1970	1970 Hot Wheels	Spectraflame Green 	None 	Black / Metal 	Tinted (Blue)	Dark Brown or White (Rare)	RL 	6420 	Hong Kong	 	
1970	1970 Hot Wheels	Spectraflame Light 'Apple' Green	None 	Black / Metal 	Tinted (Blue)	Dark Brown 	RL 	6420 	Hong Kong	 	
1970	1970 Hot Wheels	Spectraflame Yellow 	None 	Black / Metal 	Tinted (Blue)	Dark Brown 	RL 	6420 	Hong Kong	 	
1970	1970 Hot Wheels	Spectraflame Olive 	None 	Black / Metal 	Tinted (Blue)	Dark Brown 	RL 	6420 	Hong Kong	 	
1970	1970 Hot Wheels	Spectraflame Magenta 	None 	Black / Metal 	Tinted (Blue)	Dark Brown or White (Rare)	RL 	6420 	Hong Kong	 	
1970	1970 Hot Wheels	Spectraflame Red 	None 	Black / Metal 	Tinted (Blue)	Dark Brown or White (Rare)	RL 	6420 	Hong Kong	Hard to Find 	75px
==USA Versions==
The Carabo has come out in the following versions:
Year	Series 	Color 	Sticker	Base Color / Type	Window Color	Interior Color 	Wheel Type	Toy #	Country	Notes / Variations	Photo
1970	1970 Hot Wheels	Spectraflame Light Blue 	None 	Black / Metal 	Clear 	Black 	RL 	6420 	USA 	Rare 	
1970	1970 Hot Wheels	Spectraflame Blue 	None 	Black / Metal 	Clear 	Black 	RL 	6420 	USA 	 	75px
1970	1970 Hot Wheels	Spectraflame Green 	None 	Black / Metal 	Clear 	Black 	RL 	6420 	USA 	 	
1970	1970 Hot Wheels	Spectraflame Light 'Apple' Green	None 	Black / Metal 	Clear 	Black or White (Very Rare)	RL 	6420 	USA 	 	
1970	1970 Hot Wheels	Spectraflame Yellow 	None 	Black / Metal 	Clear 	Black or White (Very Rare)	RL 	6420 	USA 	 	
1970	1970 Hot Wheels	Spectraflame Red 	None 	Black / Metal 	Clear 	Black 	RL 	6420 	USA 	Hard to Find 	
1970	1970 Hot Wheels	Spectraflame Pink 	None 	Black / Metal 	Clear 	Black 	RL 	6420 	USA 	Hard to Find 	75px
1970	1970 Hot Wheels	Spectraflame Rose 	None 	Black / Metal 	Clear 	Black or White (Very Rare)	RL 	6420 	USA 	 	
1970	1970 Hot Wheels	Spectraflame Magenta 	None 	Black / Metal 	Clear 	Black 	RL 	6420 	USA 	 	
==CIPSA Versions==
In the early 1970's, the Carabo was manufactured by CIPSA in Mexico for the Mexican market. These versions differ from the regular versions in a couple of small ways. The interior is a stark white compared to the creamier white of the regular versions, the glass is a pale blue tint instead of tinted blue or clear. They also lack the black painted engine cover and black painted base. They have Capped wheels like the 1970 versions. Despite being manufactured in Mexico, they are still marked with 'USA' on the base.
The Carabo has come out in the following 1/64 scale versions:
Color 	Stickers	Base Color / Type	Window Color 	Interior Color	Wheel Type	Country	Notes / Variations	Photo
Enamel Yellow 	None 	Unpainted / Metal	Tinted (Pale Blue)	White 	RL 	USA 	 	
Metallic Red 	None 	Unpainted / Metal	Tinted (Pale Blue)	White 	RL 	USA 	 	
Metallic Blue 	None 	Unpainted / Metal	Tinted (Pale Blue)	White 	RL 	USA 	 	
Metallic Green	None 	Unpainted / Metal	Tinted (Pale Blue)	White 	RL 	USA 	 	
==Flying Colors Versions ==
The Carabo has come out in the following versions:
Year	Series 	Color 	Tampo 	Base Color / Type	Window Color 	Interior Color	Wheel Type 	Toy #	Country 	Notes / Variations 	Photo
1974	Flying Colors	Enamel Light Green	Orange & Blue Stripes	Unpainted / Metal	Tinted (Blue)	Black 	RL (Capped Rear)	7617 	Hong Kong	 	
1974	Flying Colors	Enamel Light Green	Orange & Blue Stripes	Unpainted / Metal	Tinted (Blue)	Black 	RL 	7617 	Hong Kong	Also released in Italy 'Mebetoys Flying Colors' Cardboard Box and Japan Red Box #36	
1974	Flying Colors	Enamel Yellow 	Orange & Blue Stripes	Unpainted / Metal	Tinted (Blue)	Black 	RL 	7617 	Hong Kong	Hard to Find 	
1977	Flying Colors	Enamel Light Green	Orange & Blue Stripes	Unpainted / Metal	Tinted (Blue)	Black 	BW 	7617 	Hong Kong	Also released identically in 1979. 	
==Gallery==
Bruce Pascal Carabo.jpg|Resin Painted Prototype (Bruce Pascal Collection)
Wheels Wings 71 catalog Proto (7).jpg|Resin Prototype from a '71 Catalog
IMG_20210504_170852.jpg|1969 REDLINE Alfa Romeo Carabo, Lime Green, Blue, Orange paint, Blue windshield, Black interior|link=https://www.ebay.com/itm/174757595354
IMG_20210504_170911.jpg|1969 REDLINE Alfa Romeo Carabo, Lime Green, Blue, Orange paint, Blue windshield, Black interior|link=https://www.ebay.com/itm/174757595354
IMG_20210504_171034.jpg|1969 REDLINE Alfa Romeo Carabo, Lime Green, Blue, Orange paint, Blue windshield, Black interior|link=https://www.ebay.com/itm/174757595354
IMG_20210504_170955.jpg|1969 REDLINE Alfa Romeo Carabo, Lime Green, Blue, Orange paint, Blue windshield, Black interior|link=https://www.ebay.com/itm/174757595354
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