Forza welcomes Barbie’s iconic pink Corvette

26.06.2023

Margot Robbie as Barbie smiling behind the wheel of her pink convertible.

Owen S. Good
is a project editor for games at Polygon, and also a 15-year professional of video clip games writing, popular for his protection of sporting activities and also auto racing games.

Get prepared, gang: Barbie’s cars and truck is headed to Forza Horizon 5.

Seems like a piece of cake crossover, right? Barbie, starring Margot Robbie and also Ryan Gosling, concerns cinemas in less than a month, and also the cheesy adjustment of Mattel’s style doll collection has actually revealed her trademark Barbie Corvette in promotional stills.

So it makes good sense we’d obtain a check out her trip in some auto racing game, and also Xbox Game Studios started. Officially, the Barbie Corvette is a 1956 Chevrolet Corvette, though both GM and also Forza Horizon 5 keep in mind the film one is an EV design. It’s repainted in her trademark pink shade and also, if you’d like to dress up the remainder of your fleet in it, Google up a hex code and also usage this color converter to match the paint.

Image showing Ken’s 2022 GMC Hummer EV Pickup and Barbie’s 1956 Chevrolet EV Corvette, from the Barbie movie, as they appear in the Mexico of Forza Horizon 5

The ’vette isn’t the only totally free cars and truck gamers obtain, Ken drives a 2022 GMC Hummer EV Pickup, in what seems satin silver with some light lightning stickers. Everyone that plays Forza Horizon 5 — and also it’s readily available to Xbox Game Pass customers — obtains the automobiles totally free. Just search for them in the in-game Message Center to include them to your garage.

Officially talking, Barbie drove an Austin-Healey when the line’s very first plaything cars and truck was presented in 1962. Mattel changed that as much as a Corvette in the 1970s (what some could remember as the “Malibu Barbie convertible”) under a contract with Chevrolet, as both chosen the all-American symbol drive in all-American design.

The Forza Horizon 5 automobiles are among a number of collabs in between Mattel and also Xbox. Microsoft is preparing a video clip, which will certainly premiere in a July 14 World of Barbie livestream, showcasing several of the doll line’s real-world equivalents in pc gaming jobs. There are additionally drawing illustrations for an unique line of dolls, along with a Barbie DreamHouse-themed Xbox Series S, plus 5 customized Xbox Wireless Controller faceplates, that followers can win via Microsoft Rewards.