At the 1999 Geneva Motor Show, Porsche presented the first most extreme versions of the new 996 generation of the 911: the GT3, in the standard configuration, ClubSport and Supercup for the monomake series. All three were equipped with the 3.6-liter engine. The 996 range was getting richer and more and in September 1999, the new Turbo 996 with 3.6-liter engine brought to 420 horsepower, replaced the 993.
The Danhausen company of Aachen, Germany, began producing its own series of handcrafted 1:43 models under the names Metal 43, Plumbies, SD Models and Minichamps in 1974. Between 1976 and 1990, AMR produced over 70 different Minichamps models for Danhausen. The mass production of highly detailed die-cast model cars, marketed under the name Minichamps, began in China in 1990 and marked a real revolution in the field of model making, with high quality products at extremely competitive prices. Minichamps models are developed in Germany, but production and assembly takes place in the Far East. In less than ten years Minichamps practically became the reference in the diecast sector. In 2004 the first resin miniatures were introduced. Over the years other scales have been developed significantly, including 1:18. The Maxichamps range, which includes affordable reissues of older Minichamps items, was introduced in 2016.