Barbie’s pink Corvette is coming free to Forza Horizon 5

Get ready, gang: Barbie’s car is headed to Forza Horizon 5.

It seems like an obvious crossover. Barbie, starring Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling, comes to theaters in less than a month, and the campy adaptation of Mattel’s fashion doll series has shown her signature Barbie Corvette in promotional stills.

So it makes sense we’d get a look at her ride in some racing game, and Xbox Game Studios took the plunge. The Barbie Corvette was officially a 1956 Chevrolet Corvette. However, both GM Forza Horizon 5 Note that the one in the film is an electric vehicle model. It’s painted in her signature pink hue and, if you’d like to trick out the rest of your fleet in it, Google up a hex code and use this color converter to match the paint.

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The ’vette isn’t the only free car players get, Ken drives a 2022 GMC Hummer EV Pickup, in what appears to be satin silver with some pastel lightning decals. Every player gets a free car Forza Horizon 5 — and it’s available to Xbox Game Pass subscribers — gets the cars free. Look for the vehicles in your in-game Message Center and add them to garage.

Officially speaking, Barbie drove an Austin-Healey when the line’s first toy car was introduced in 1962. Mattel switched that up to a Corvette in the 1970s (what some might recall as the “Malibu Barbie convertible”) under an agreement with Chevrolet, as both preferred the all-American icon drive in all-American style.

It is important to note that the word “you” means “you”. Forza Horizon 5 Mattel has collaborated with Xbox on several projects, including cars. Microsoft is preparing a video, which will premiere in a July 14 World of Barbie livestream, showcasing some of the doll line’s real-world counterparts in gaming careers. Fans can also enter sweepstakes to win a Barbie DreamHouse Xbox Series S and five customized Xbox Wireless Controllers.

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