Comments on: Is the 1/8th Gas Buggy market flooded?

By: derek foong

derek foong — Wed, 13 Dec 2006 13:45:38 +0000

good & satisfied

By: Sangkei

Sangkei — Sat, 09 Dec 2006 04:55:05 +0000

Reputated brands will not jump into China 100% cause those guys in China are real suckers. Businesses in the world knows how they conduct business.

Like 1:1 VW cars……..those chinese imitate the the parts and sell them at 1/2 the price.

My guess….Himoto, Cobra and Nanda will be wiped out in the near future…..the chinese will launch a new buggy in the market using their expertise and their money…LOL…CH 1….LOL and don’t know what hit them.

Then will the chinese survive….YES….same product…1/2 the price…with full upgrade….ceramics bearings…to offer…and they will cause Taiwan a big chunk of their market.

Reputated Kyosho, Mugen, Xray, Crono and etc will not be affected as they are the higher end which most drivers or season drivers will prefer. The RTR however will suffer a drop though…

By: john andreas

john andreas — Sat, 09 Dec 2006 00:48:05 +0000

The real story is

That the chinese market will always win .in price ,but you concider what will happen when a western influence jumps into china with quality control and top quality materials and top quality factories he or she can trust and manufacturers a top quality buggy at half the price of taiwan and europe .

all i can say is god help taiwan and europe if this happens .and from what i have been reading it seems companies like himoto racing ,cobra and nanda are nearly there with there western influence.

like they say you can only trust 1% of factories in china and if you have that 1% your there .

By: Bart_Banaan

Bart_Banaan — Fri, 08 Dec 2006 11:23:21 +0000

But as for the discussion; the market is not flooded by far! As for ‘real’ 1/1 cars have many different brand, models and types, which are all one to one compareable with each other. The basis is the same: four wheels, a steeringwheel and an engine. Still the one custumer buy’s an Opel and the other a Ford the third an Alfa Romeo. The consumer asks for more choice and the (smart) producers give the consumer what they want: the consumer can choose from many brand, models and types! So as long as the consumer market asks for more, the producers and shops will give them more!

By: Eoghain

Eoghain — Fri, 08 Dec 2006 09:35:31 +0000

Hi Alex, i mention that Team Associated with release a buggy but i didnt realize that they would so soon. I’m sure we will see pictures of it soon.

By: jfc_tech

jfc_tech — Fri, 08 Dec 2006 09:10:26 +0000

Great article!
To answer the topic.. i think everyone agrees that is is flooded. The other manufacturer really took the risk just to have slight small pie of this out this very popular 1/8 scale market. When u have the money, hey go ahead. Get the current top drivers out from their current brand. Give them more, double, if not triple what’re getting now. Hey, the higher the risk, the higher the income. Thats basic financial management. but oops. we’re talking about RC here. Oh well. same case. money does talk.

By: Unknown

Unknown — Fri, 08 Dec 2006 04:40:23 +0000

it don’t matter if there are 1000 different buggy out there. the big brand still dominate as they are well know and have better team driver. leave other smaller brand in the state of no support by hobby shop. hence they will die out soon or later and forcing the consumer to purchase the top brand. the richer get rich, poor get poorer

By: Alex Kyoshosan

Alex Kyoshosan — Fri, 08 Dec 2006 00:48:46 +0000

Hi Eoghain. Great Article! You forgot Team Associated that is about to unveal his new car at the Neo-Invitational 2006. Another secret is that Serpent is also developing a Buggy! :-)

By: Eoghain

Eoghain — Thu, 07 Dec 2006 23:03:23 +0000

I have updated the list to 31 by adding the Carson and the Speedline.

By: Eoghain

Eoghain — Thu, 07 Dec 2006 22:54:21 +0000

Hi Guys thanks for all your comments, good debate here. Bart, yes i know about the Serpent buggy but i was only mentioning the current state of play. What you say is very true and a point i missed, the cars have reached an ‘end form’. What is needed for true innovation is rule changes, dont know what but it would stir it up in the design dept.

Kind of like in F1, in the first year of a major rule change the car manufactuers have to adapt and the cars appear different, but as the rule is in place longer the cars start to look the same.