Joey Ruiter is well-known for office furniture design, but his "Reboot Buggy" could take his creative energy to Hot Wheels fame.

Reboot Buggy will face off later this year against other U.S. finalists and regional winners from Europe, Latin America, and the Middle East, competing for the chance to be immortalized in miniature.

Reboot Buggy uses a mid-mounted, 6.3-liter Chevy V-8 mated to a Turbo 400 transmission to power the rear wheels. Those wheels, by the way, are shod in 40-inch Yokohama M/T tires, and the build ...

Ruiter’s “Reboot Buggy” is a curiosity in black that the west Michigan designer hopes will take his creative interpretations to new places, namely all over the world as a die-cast car from ...