New Schumacher 4wd

[Northy]

Originally Posted by peakman

There is now talk or rumor that horizon might be sending a team to the worlds...just have to wait and see....as far as there wheeler...the xx-4 driven by Jesse Robbers won the first main at the shootout last weekend by beating both ryan's, amezcua, easton, tebo, masami, truhe, matsuzaki and howart. Not too bad for a car design that is 10 years old. He also qualified third overall. That is the only reason, I think Losi hasn't come out with a new car yet because of the results they are getting with the xx-4 and xxx-4....but I guess we will have to wait and see.

Rumour has it that Losi will NEVER design a new 4wd, and may stop even making parts for the current cars.

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[Nick Goodall]

Shame if that is the case, it seems in the States that Nitro is still growing very fast and overtaking Electric completely now?

I still think the best compromise would be 1/8th buggy's but with 2 x Lipo's and big bad brushless motors - the sheer ease of running one would be so appealing yet they would still be as indestructable as the normal 1/8th buggy's! Best of both worlds

[Twister]

Originally Posted by Northy

Rumour has it that Losi will NEVER design a new 4wd, and may stop even making parts for the current cars.

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Never? One shuld never say never.. dang idid it too.. The xx-4 is is a very good car and with the racing history losi got they could not stop making off road cars.. that would be a shame.

[bigred5765]

remember losi is no more its horizon now

[bert digler]

Originally Posted by bigred5765

remember losi is no more its horizon now

isnt that why gil losi jnr joined kyosho because he had virtually no say anymore

[wouter.z]

Originally Posted by bert digler

isnt that why gil losi jnr joined kyosho because he had virtually no say anymore

Just look at the new losi website, its all about RTR or mini crap.

i even heard that they dont produce the xx4 anymore.

[losixxx]

rtr and mini crap is what sell's and pay's the bills

the xx4 was rereleased on a limited edition just under 2 years ago so i think being limited 2 years is a fair time, plus they are continueing doing all spares for it

[Twister]

Rereleasing it was fine, but why stop awinner? The xx 4 is still winning more races than any other car so stop producing it makes no sense..

[tyreman]

Because the UK distributor hasn't even sold 15 this year, and Something like 200 worldwide were sold.
Now thats poor by anyones standards, when you consider the Losi 8ight has sold over 20,000 in this year alone and it's only been out for just over a year.

The car may be a winner but it' just not selling, because it's been out for so long now (nearly 11 years) pretty much everyone has either bought one new or off ebay.