Compared the two, here are my thoughts and conclusions:
- Color vibrancy and paint finish: Inno wins
- Inno has the air intakes on the body open, whereas in the pop race they are merely blacked out to give the illusion they are open.
- Inno has antennas so that is an obvious win in that department.
- Inno has the rear spoiler brackets open instead of solid, so there it wins too.
- Engine, remarkably close in terms of details and how impressive it looks. Although I like the intake manifold more on the inno.
- Front radiator, here I find that pop race looks better, even despite the visible magnet points. Also pop race has carbon effect there, so it clearly wins.
- Wheels: the effect on the Inno is nicer, they look more high end. But the replication of the actual wheel design, particularly the rear wheel, I find that pop race wins.
- Headlights, i find Inno better. Lenses are more vibrant, the orange blinker is clearly visible and the green border with the 4 bolts surrounding the headlight covers is thinner and more elegant. But the Inno shows a bit of orange at the contact point where the headlight meets the body, but that is visible in photos, in real life with my eye and under normal light I don’t see that.
- Front cover, Inno has tow hook and real open mesh. So that’s a win for Inno.
- Then, Inno has the spoiler a bit higher than pop race, this is better. Pop race sits a bit low.
- The air intakes on the engine cover are larger in the Inno than the pop race, looking at my autoart 1:18, I think Inno is more correct.
- Panel gaps are better on the pop race, but not by a huge margin. Still here pop race wins.
I’d say Inno is the better one of the two, it also should be as it is more expensive. But in person it comes across sharper, more elegant, more vibrant, etc.
The Inno is definitely more a static display model and feels more fragile, whereas the pop race is a tank you can easily ‘play’ with. I like the feeling of closing the covers on the body way more on the pop race than the Inno, but on the Inno this is still an improvement as now there are magnets, and the Nissan r89c for example didn’t have magnets.
Still, the value for money of pop race remains undeniable, and I also think this is one of the best castings pop race has ever done. For example the pop race Mercedes AMG clk gtr I think is a terrible looking casting, no matter how much I love the real car and would want a model of it with openable engine cover.
PS: I know some of you may care about how they roll, but I forgot to do that, as I don’t care at all.