Thursday, March 6, 2008
Piktor Rush 2 Clothing line Categories - Merchandising, Piktor, Products - comments closed
French manufacturer Piktor, makers of the Philippe Lachet designed Rush 2 1/8th scale buggy, have announced the release of their 2008 clothing line up. Consisting currently of 3 items, racers can choose for the white 100% cotton t-shirt featuring the Piktor logo in black combined with a red line design on the front side, while the rear has a Rush 2 design incorporating a picture of the car. When it gets a little colder you can go for the black fleece lined wind breaker jacket that also sports the Piktor logo on the front and a large Rush 2 logo on the back. For the finishing touch, and suitable for all weather conditions, there is the black and grey cap with the Rush 2 logo embroidered on the front.
Click here to see the other clothing items… (more…)
Friday, February 1, 2008
Piktor Rush 2 1/8th scale buggy Categories - Piktor, Gas Off Road, Cars, Products - comments closed 
Shown for the first time at last years toy fair in Nuremberg, a year later the Rush 2 from Piktor has finally gone on sale. This unique looking 1/8th scale buggy, which was a finalist at last years Euros, features low CG suspension configuration and lay down dampers which achieve high stability on bumpy tracks, precision on fast parts of tracks, fantastic grip on corners and perfect handling on the big jumps. The Rush 2 is easy to set-up because it can adapt to all types of tracks and all types of surfaces.
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Monday, March 5, 2007
Piktor Rush 2 clutch system Categories - Piktor, Accessories, Engines, Off Road, Products - comments closed
Introducing the original clutch system from the Piktor Rush 2 1/8th scale buggy. Continuing in Piktors aspirational way of telling us about their products they start by informing us how the best clutch to have is the one you forget, without worrying about it and the need for too much maintenance. It must also engage early enough to make the car easy to control, but also give maximum punch to propel you forward yet it must also slip a little bit to make it possible for the engines to breathe. The new clutch system in the Rush 2 does all this and more…apparently.
Source: Piktor [piktor.fr]
Wednesday, January 31, 2007
Piktor show off the Rush 2 Categories - Piktor, Gas Off Road, Cars, Products - comments closed
We have shown you lots of pictures and information about the Rush 2 from Piktor over the last couple of months but now we actually get the see the car in person for the first time. Everything prior to this has been studio shots or 3D graphics which all made the car look pretty slick so here above is the harsh reality. The car still looks innovative but not as shiny and polished but perhaps that is down to the fact that somebody forgot to put any effort into painting a display bodyshell, but we will reserve judgement beacuse the show only starts tomorrow and they hadnt yet finished their display.
You can view some more pics of this car here and here.
Source: Neo-Buggy [neo-buggy.net]
Friday, January 19, 2007
Piktor reveal Rush 2 body shell Categories - Piktor, Bodies, Gas Off Road, Cars, Products - comments closed
Piktor, the French company that has been teasing us with images of their all new and rather unique Rush 2 1/8th scale off road buggy, have finally shown us the complete body shell of the car. This computer generated graphic shows the body shells flowing curves, including the F1 type winglets in front of the rear wheels, as well as the unique front wing. I have to say it looks good, now if they would only release the car we’d all be happy.
Source: Piktor [piktor.fr]
Thursday, January 11, 2007
Piktor Rush 2 bodyshell tease shot Categories - Piktor, Bodies, Racing, Off Road - comments closed
OK, i know i shouldnt fall for this but i have covered all the other news from Piktor regarding their Rush 2 and so i shall continue by showing a tease shot of the bodyshell from this super hyped buggy. The bodyshell appears, from the picture, to be relatively standard with the only major difference being the front, which coincides with the fact the the front of this car is completely different from other buggies and the fact that it will come with a mounted front wing. We will know more when they show the full body.
Piktor also released more details with regards the differentials used which you can check out here.
Source: Piktor [piktor.fr]
Saturday, December 23, 2006
Piktor start giving us the details Categories - Piktor, Gas Off Road, Cars, Products - comments closed
We have written a lot about the new Rush 2 from Piktor and i have to admit to liking this car because it is a break from the norm. We already know quite a bit about it but now Piktor want us to know more and have released more images and explanations of the details on the car such as the rear hubs that are the same on both sides and the use of inserts to allow the adjustment of both inboard and ouboard toe settings.
Check out the new details here.
Source: Piktor [piktor.fr]
Friday, December 15, 2006
Rush 2 Suspension & ground clearance Categories - Piktor, Gas Off Road, Cars, Products - comments closed
Possibly in an effort to detract the doubters that their laydown type suspension allows the Rush 2 to handle ruts and jumps as well as conventional shock mountings, Piktor have released a little interactive flash movie on their site that shows how the clearance of the car relates to compression of the shock absorbers. According to the interactive animation the Rush 2 should have no problems in that department and if you dont beleive me, have a look for yourself.
View the interactive animation here (didnt seem to work in Firefox).
Source: Piktor [piktor.fr]
