Scorchers are one of the 6 teams in the Hot Wheels: World Race movie. The Scorchers specialized in mountainous terrain and volcanoes. They also have a love of heavy metal music, a love that carried on with the 'Metal Maniacs' (the spiritual successor to The Scorchers) which were featured in Acceleracers. The Scorchers are led by Taro Kitano.
Team members[]
Drivers:
- Leader: Taro Kitano
Vehicles[]
- '70 Plymouth Road Runner
- 1/4 Mile Coupe
- Red Baron
- '57 Ford Thunderbird
- Dodge Charger R/T
- '63 Corvette Stingray
- Muscle Tone
Exclusive video game cars[]
- Overbored 454
- Sooo Fast
- Silhoutte II
- Rodger Dodger
- Maelstrom
McDonald's cars[]
- Mitsubishi Eclipse
Description[]
The Scorchers theme colors are black, orange, and red and all drivers have flames on their uniforms and cars. The Scorchers' special ability is a large bulldozer style "cowcatcher" to drive through volcanoes. Taro was also armed with a grappling hook, but its presence in other cars' loadouts implies it was a universal feature.
Music Video/ Theme[]
Trivia[]
- The Scorchers have the most licensed cars out of all the teams.
- The Scorchers are the only team to have a leader using a licensed car.
- The Scorchers have the most cars that couldn't make it into the video game.
- The Scorchers are the first team to get to use their ability during a race.
- Ironically, despite the team having an emphasis on American muscle cars, only one of the team members is confirmed to be American, and 4 are confirmed to not be, leaving 2 unknown (Everest and Krakatoa)
- The Scorchers are the only team in World Race who's name is only one word long.