Mercedes-Matchbox G580 EQ could be yours for just 0.02% the price of a real one

It’s a common refrain that if you like the idea of a supercar but just can’t stump up the cash, the next best thing is a much smaller version.

That’s just what Mercedes-Benz and Mattel are proposing with this latest edition to the Matchbox Collectors series: the G580 With EQ Technology – what you might know more simply as the long-promised electric G-Class.

Priced at $52 for Australian buyers, the special-edition Matchbox G580 is about 17 times pricier than a regular Matchbox car – but you might be better served to think of it as just 0.02% the price of what the real EQ G580 is likely to cost. (Mercedes hasn’t said, but reports out of America suggest it’ll be around US$150K over there.)

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It genuinely is a bit more special than the usual Matchbox offerings, too.

That's thanks to the use of 99.5% recycled metal (we’d love to know which part isn’t recycled), while the plastic elements are 81% recycled – and that’s specifically certified through the International Sustainability and Carbon Certification system in Germany.

It’s only available online, so you can pop over to the Mattel Creations site here to sweat over whether you’ll ever financially recover from buying one. And beware; they're not shipping until late December.

NOTE: This story isn’t sponsored, and to prove it, here’s a vid by a fella who says it’s overpriced. (I’ll probably get one though, because YOLO!)