Night Burner

Night Burner is a turbine-powered single-seat sports car. Designer Phil Riehlman designed the car around the turbine, intending it to be the center of focus for the design and the rest of the car being built around it as a "purpose-built carrier" for it. The Night Burner has a special feature: Blowing into the rear exhaust pipe causes the turbine impeller to spin and makes a kazoo/whistle type sound. This feature was originally seen in 1970 with the Whip Creamer and later with its "what-if" successor model the Whip Creamer II. Originally named Mega Thrust, the casting was renamed to Night Burner in 2008 with the associated base name and information changed. In 2009, there was a minor casting change to the base where the embossed Hot Wheels insignia was removed - See picture in Gallery. The casting was retooled in 2017, where the front grill was made part of the base.