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dealership promotional model. It was packaged in Saturn logo boxes, usually painted metallic burnt orange – the same paint used on the actual car. Hood, tailgate, and front doors all opened. This practice of providing a larger metal model with opening parts was significantly different than the previous use of
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Despite promotionals with many opening parts, one AUTOart line, their 1:18 "Motorsports" series has been criticized for having no opening parts, yet with no break in price. The company has defended their product by saying that
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