Bump Around

* Base Model
* Super Treasure Hunt

## Stats

* Common
* Rare
* Legendary
* STH

The **Bump Around** is one of the 65 playable vehicles in the base game of Hot Wheels Unleashed. It is a fantasy model of a bumper car, motorized with exhausts on both sides, and the casting is from the *2018 Fun Park* series. Its Base Model version has a black body with a red grille, exhaust pipes, and steering wheel. It has a yellow seat with a yellow post at the back while the chassis of the car is blue. Finished off with gold 5-Spoke Wheels. The tampo includes a red stripe with a gold circle and Hot Wheels logo over it, which in turn is covered over with "Bump Around". It has a white and gold lightning bolt on the lower parts of the body, with the bolt extending past the white circle with a blue '1' on both sides.

The Super Treasure Hunt version has a metalflake maroon body with a white grille, exhaust pipes, and steering wheel, a black seat and post at the rear, and the chassis is yellow. It also now sports blue tires with yellow 5 Spoke Wheels. The tampo has slightly been recolored, as the stripe on the hood of the car is now blue, white and blue lightning bolt, and has the circle flame logo on the right side while the '1' on the left side remains intact.

It is one of the 24 Common cars in the base game by default and is upgradeable to Rare and Legendary stages for a total of 700 Gears. It is also one of the 8 pre-existing cars in the game that has a Super Treasure Hunt variant, with Bump Around being one of the 6 Common cars to have this aspect. The AI cannot use this vehicle's Super Treasure Hunt version.

## Performance

The Bump Around is, by far, one of the most versatile vehicles in the game. The stats may not make it look that great, but what makes it one of the best cars is its ability to take shortcuts, especially the Super Treasure Hunt variant. To start off, it's off the line acceleration is one of the fastest, if not the fastest in the game, making it get up to speed much quicker than any other vehicle. It's drifting ability is solid, but not really the best, though remains as an incredibly viable vehicle to use regardless. It may have Free Boost, but it is one of the biggest boost bars in the game, if not the biggest, along with Total Disposal's boost. Its Free Boost alone, along with it's light weight, makes the STH version of Bump Around the perfect vehicle for not only executing aerial shortcuts, but also *learning* aerial shortcuts. The Super Treasure Hunt version of Bump Around is, hands down, the best Super Treasure Hunt vehicle in the game because of this. And by far, the ultimate shortcut vehicle.

However, it's not a perfect vehicle. While it does have a great deal of use for executing shortcuts and is the most ideal car for taking them, the combination of a half full Speed stat with the Free Boost makes its performance on straighter tracks rather weak, as speed is the most ideal stat for those tracks. This is further exacerbated by the fact that the Free Boost bar regenerates slowly and is used up a bit more quickly than Charged Boost. It's best to drive on tracks with lots of hard corners with this car, as the Free Boost has more opportunities to fill up and keep a steady pace with Charged Boost vehicles. Players should practice flying with this vehicle so that they can learn aerial shortcuts instead of being good at driving with it, as there are better options out there in that regard.

The Bump Around is a great vehicle for shortcut taking and even farming Coins in the game. If spotted in Limited Offers, or lucky from Blind Boxes, it is strongly advised to keep it in the collection.

## How to Get

Obtain from Blind Box, or if available, purchase in Limited Offers for 500 Coins.

## See Also

* Bazoomka, a vehicle from the same casting
* Bump Around on the Hot Wheels Wiki.