Imprint / Legal Notice
Impressum & Lizenzhinweise
Last Updated: September 2026 • Garage Prime v2.0
1. Operator & Contact
1. Betreiber & Kontaktangaben
Garage Prime is an independent, non-commercial software project operated by:
2. Trademark, Fair Use & Pop Culture Homage
2. Markenrecht, Fair Use & Popkultur-Hommagen
"Hot Wheels", "Matchbox", and related logos, casting designations, packaging blister card art, and series names are registered trademarks of Mattel, Inc. Garage Prime is an independent enthusiast application. It is not sponsored, endorsed, authorized, or affiliated with Mattel, Inc. in any manner.
"Hot Wheels", "Matchbox" sowie zugehörige Marken, Logos, Modellbezeichnungen und Verpackungsgrafiken sind eingetragene Warenzeichen von Mattel, Inc. Garage Prime ist eine unabhängige Sammler-Applikation und steht in keinerlei geschäftlicher Verbindung zu Mattel, Inc. und wird von Mattel weder gesponsert noch autorisiert.
All automotive manufacturer brand names (e.g. Porsche, Nissan, Ford, Chevrolet, Toyota, BMW, Ferrari) referenced in vehicle specs or catalog descriptions belong to their respective trademark holders. They are used exclusively under nominative fair use for descriptive identification of physical scale models and their real-world vehicle counterparts.
3. Fictional Personas & AI Disclaimer
3. Fiktive Persönlichkeiten & KI-Hinweis
All avatars, trivia quotes, and character personas displayed within Garage Prime are 100% fictional, AI-generated artistic works. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or deceased, automotive journalists, race drivers, public figures, or celebrities is purely coincidental. No real individual has endorsed, rated, or reviewed any model, car rating, or user collection.
4. Data, Map & Third-Party Licenses
4. Datenquellen, Karten- & Software-Lizenzen
A. Map Data (OpenStreetMap)
A. Kartendaten (OpenStreetMap)
Interactive map tiles in the Global Hunt Radar are provided by OpenStreetMap contributors. Map data is licensed under the Open Data Commons Open Database License (ODbL). Cartography tiles are licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0 (CC BY-SA).
B. Typography & Fonts
B. Typografie & Schriften
Typography utilized across the website and app (Inter, Racing Sans One, Fira Code) is licensed under the SIL Open Font License (OFL 1.1).
C. Reference Metadata & User Content
C. Referenz-Metadaten & Sammler-Fotos
Casting release years, toy numbers, and historical trivia are compiled from public collector wikis (Fandom Die-Cast Wiki, Wikipedia) and curated community contributions. Custom car photos uploaded by users in their Maintenance Journal remain the intellectual property of the respective uploading user.
5. Community Support & "Ko-fi"
5. Projekt-Unterstützung & "Ko-fi"
Garage Prime is developed as a non-commercial community passion project. Voluntary tips and support contributions via platforms like Ko-fi (Ko-fi Labs Ltd.) are voluntary micro-donations used solely to help offset database hosting (Supabase), OCR compute, and server infrastructure costs. They do not constitute commercial sales, equity purchases, or fee-for-service contracts.
6. Applicable Law & Jurisdiction
6. Anwendbares Recht & Gerichtsstand
This platform and any disputes arising from it are subject exclusively to Swiss law. The exclusive place of jurisdiction is Uster / Zurich, Switzerland.