Any new info??
 

Anyone know more???:eh?:

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Source : Tresrey

That looks mint!

do the words "you suck" mean anything to you ? i'm jealous

Where are those pic's from :drool: looked on the tresrey site but can't find them, are there anymore build pic's :D

Here:

http://tresrey.jugem.jp/

Damn....that Durango makes my willy tingle...

it does look good, i race rally x and even i fancy having ago with one these,
beautiful bit kit

Time to see if next month's callout can fund this..

I like the look of it!

I'm relieved it looks like my Futaba 2.4 ghz reciever fits with no issue with the speed passion speedo :D i was a bit worried that i may have to swop to spektrum:)

Do people think it will live up to the hype?

I am concerned that this car has only been seen in the hands of some of the worlds best and they could win with anything.

It's an old design now and one that was designed around heavy cells, now we have lipo, is the narrow chassis going to generate enough grip?

I cant deny it looks fantastic from an engineering point of view but is it really going to set the world alight? For starters in the UK they have no top drivers that are going to win a national. Everyone who could is already signed up for 09.

By 2010 they may have missed the boat and people could have lost interest. :eh?:

You could say that about the Aero as well Lee, weather it was lack of support or parts availability the Aero died a death :eh?: I hope Durango do get the support side right but time will tell. It does bother me that there's no distributor in the UK yet, maybe Durango are just trying to make a killing on initial sales to recoupe on development costs.

What's old about it, oil filled diffs have not been used in 1/10th competition that i'm aware. Ease of maintenance look's good, Slipper removal looks really easy, not sure what it was like on the Aero.:)

The aero was pretty poor in a lot of ways if im truthful, i spent literally days in the garage trying to make things right on it.

I mean the design in general is old now, at least 5 years old anyway. I think the only time we will se if the durango is any good is when joe bloggs gets one, its ok hara and co running one because they are inch perfect but give it to a retard and we will see if its any good. :lol:

Geared diffs haven't been used as far as i know either but does it mean they will be any better? time will tell

Oh there is a distributor, i just haven't told you who it is yet ;)

I don't see that being a problem, you could say the same about the B44, as thats only a copy of the BJ4, and thats been around for sometime now, plus a XX4 can still win (if the belts hold up), and thats 12 years old now:wtf:

At the end of the day, if it doesn't work, its going to look nice sitting on the shelf:D

You have to give them a lot of credit for the way the car looks. Is it an old design?? No not really. An old "concept" possibly. That said, the xx4 is the oldest of them all ;):eh?:

A lot depends on how the "rally x ideas" cross over into the electric world. Diffs - are they too heavy?? Shocks - will the rubber covers create any stiction? I don't know!!

There is no doubt in my mind, that the Durango cars that Gurd was hand producing were the best cars of their time. What we don't know is how this one will compare to that car. Personally i think this car will be competitive, how competitive, we don't know!

A lot depends on how the distribution chain pans out. As it stands from what we have seen on the internet, it looks like it's direct sales only - but at least that is within UK from a UK "distributor".

i dont think suport will be an issue i know one UK driver and he suports his current brand 100% in promoting and helping others.
dont see spares being an issue either, from what im told

You could say, put any car in the right drivers hands and it will win, even the smaller makes. My opinion is that the car has alot of neat features on it that will be interesting to see if they work on uk tracks. As Matt said, it looks like there will be uk support from what the website says, durango uk. I hope so as i have been looking forward to this release since the begining.
Slim cars still work well too, look at robbo in the nats, he has good results with the atomic as have a few others.

I wish them all the best and can't wait to get one, the more cars/brands available the merrier:thumbsup:

I agree with what Matt and Andy are saying, we don't know how the bits that are new will work. I don't think the car will be bad at all i am just not taken in by the hype surrounding it, it is beautiful though !!

The xx4 and the Bj4 were new designs when they were released, it just so happens they stood the test of time. Maybe the durango will make another step forward, we really dont know.

Is Jim running the oOple review car? :eh?:

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A XX4 front end and a B4 rear end..... been done soooooo many times before :lol::lol:

Car does look really nice though, and it's nice to see another chassis. I hope it does work and they do well :-)

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who is the 1 uk driver for durango

I know, but I'm sworn to secrecy lol. all will be reveled real soon,

sorry same as big red........................... wen the time comes all will be revealed

Is it the same one who was going to run the S500 :D

there will be more than one !!

I would hope so..... 1 car on the track would not be very rewarding for Durango !!!! :woot:

But how soon and are they capable of winning a national, the only one i know of is not even doing nats this year :eh?:

No top driver i know of will change mid season or 8 weeks before the euros ;)

I think there are 3 so far? :confused:

And i know of one or two that are interested....

But as stated maybe no huge changes until the end of the season..
By the way Worksop indoors starts in September - thats only 2 months!! this outdoor season seems to be zooming by and it doesnt feel like we've even got going yet :eh?:

Shameless plug there James.:D

Unless the car he is driving now is rubbish;)

And changing mid season, or 8 weeks before the Euros doesn't matter to the top lads, look at Neil last year, hadn't seen the B-Max till the start of the meeting, didn't seem to stop him winning then.

Whoes to say that one of the top lads, doesn't already have a Durango, that they're having some fun with behind closed doors.

it does matter if their contract is for the 2009 season

because i guess most are tied in to a tight contract,and cant or wont leave,and neil didnt change firms just cars,

I know Neil didn't change firms, but my point was that it doesn't matter to people like him when they change cars, they'll still do well, even if its very new to them, like the B-Max is compared to the BX, that would be much the same as swapping to the Durango from something else, as long as theyget the support they need, like Yokomo gave Neil last year.

As for contracts, do they all run round at the start of the year saying how long they're deal still has to run? Maybe someone is out of contract right now.

Neil also had the BX at the euros and tried them back to back, he wasn't stuck with the car he had a choice.

Most contracts will run till the end of the year ish, but they will all see out the summer including euros and worlds. There is at least one company that i know of that if you dont sign the next years contract you cannot claim last seasons bonuses. If it totals up to 15-20k it can be pretty hard to walk away ;)

What do they get paid
 

Just totally out of interest here - but what sort of cash do the top guys earn in this sport?

any ideas always wondered and as yet not read - or heard much...

post above this mentions 15-20k in bonuses? so i guess the contract is worth more..

ps...neil cragg has nothing to worry about - i wont be challenging him this yr at least !!!!

I don't think anyone will tell you what they earn, would you tell people over a forum what you earned last year?

Like they are going to answer that :woot::woot::woot: Over to b-mag for the answer :p
I think i'm right in thinking that neil changed to the B44 at the turn of the year, so this back's up what lee is saying about contract turms, what happened with BJ though is anybodies guess :lol: (joke)

MattW this cars looks a better car than the old 2005 prototypes
believe me they are a little basic and shims here and washers/pins there but good performers....i am joe public and ive been bouncing mine off of local village hall walls for about 4 years and have never had such a geniunley fast car and now its a bit worn i cannot look at or drive anything else they all feel agricultural compared with the durango....:)

this is a much better car than the prototypes
and Lee it isnt an old design in fact one of the newest in 1/10th offroad and has never been able to show its full potential in the hands of the public or top level
oh and Lee the fact that the new car runs lipo's shouldnt be a factor as you add the weight back where it should be

Are you sure it has never been able to show its full potential? Didn't Hara have a bash with one, you know the little fella that has Multiple Worlds trophies?

I dont dispute that weight can be added all i said was that the original car was designed round heavy cells which will add stability but also generate more roll/grip in the turns