There’s a pretty good chance that many of you reading this played with Hot Wheels as kids, and for many of us they were our first experience with custom cars, and those plastic orange tracks probably even introduced us to racing. Those little metal cars have no doubt inspired many a wonder-eyed kid to go on loving, and modifying real cars all throughout their lives, and that’s why at the 2011 SEMA show, Chevrolet unveiled their mind-blowing “Hot Wheels” 5th Gen Camaro Concept car, to show just how far enthusiasts can take the customization of their own Camaros.

In video from the Hot Wheels’ YouTube Channel, Chevrolet’s Design Director of Exteriors, Phil Zak, and Felix Holst, Vice President of Design at Hot Wheels-Mattel talk about the Hot Wheels Camaro Concept, and give us some more details on the car’s most defining feature; that magnificent green chrome paint that looks like it came straight off your favorite toy car from your childhood.

Zak explains, “Right from the start, we knew it couldn’t be just a normal paint. It needed to be something spectacular, something special. So we developed though our paint shops here a tint that we can put over the chrome paint to really give it a dynamic and vibrant look. We probably went through half a dozen fenders and 6 to 12 iterations to get what the actual perfect tint would be.”

There are tons of other subtle details that make this car a life size Hot Wheels car, so check out video and our story from SEMA 2011 on the car for more info.