Despite being so much older, I prefer this to the newer 300 from M2, which is the only one I have. The gold trim of mine, being as it is a chase, takes it down a notch. I finally decided I had to actually like it if I came across a chase.

I remember when the ERTL American Muscle Cars came out and I picked up two or three and got a rather large glare from my wife when she saw the price and asked when my little toy cars started costing more than a buck? It was a little surprising as she was used to me adding many ERTL farm pieces to my collection which cost more than a dollar but think it was just her way of commenting on the cost of my collection just like I did with some of the things she collected in those days. I want to say the hardware store in one of the nearby towns still has a couple of the Pontiac models on their shelf - think they had them price at $9.99 which is most likely why they have sat there all these years.

I would choose the ERTL AM offering over both HWs and M2 Machine's efforts. 20+ years later the ERTL line still more than holds its own versus newer models. Back on Swifty's Garage I posted up a comparison thread between the three companies now nearing 9 years ago.