Where does LOSI go now?
 

Having just read the news on redrc, I see that LOSI aren't sending any drivers to Japan for the world championships. So, is this the beginning of the end for Losi in 10th off road racing? :confused:

Discuss.

Everything is making sence now, seeing alot of the big named drivers leave, and hearing of some of our own boys looking for other deals to get out..

The end is neigh!

I think it would be a shame for them not to keep producing the cars(10th offroad) as they have been at the front for such a long time now, and especially the way most were going the weekend. Stange how they aren't sending a team to the worlds when it seems as if 10th offroad is thriving. Lots of new car releases this year it seems(first year back racing for me) , its good to see all the new cars coming out. Sad to see losi not doing the same:(

so i think the time has come to change my losi for a matching kyosho 2wd. its too bad losi is doing this i love my xxx and it would suck if i wasnt able to buy parts for it anymore. but its sort of not that big of a problem since i never broke a part on my car in 1.5 seasons.

Is this really official, or are they just not sending a team to the pre-worlds like they did for the worlds in Italy in 2005 ?

It would be a real shame. Parts support for Losi overhere is a lot better then AE. One of the main reasons I've bought a CR this season.

The pre worlds was last year and you can't blame them for not sending a team to that, not many did. It was dominated by locals. No this is the real deal and Losi aren't apparently going to send any drivers. There might still be some 'losi drivers' attending but it wont be because of Losi/Horizon from what I understand.

I guess it'll be down to Kyosho to fill the gap and be the next best thing to Associated then? Shame really, just as it looks like there's a 3rd 2wd choice it may be back down to 2 again!

looks as if horizon are messing things up for there racing team

Are losi going to achieve anything by sending their stars to the worlds?

its probably going to cost £50k to send over the team for the week, and even if they win are they going to make it back in sales?

I feel sorry for the UK team as losi for me has always been right up there.

I have heard though that some of the superstars are leaving off road to go rally x ing.

They can make it back in sales if they have something to sell

Talk about two kids in a candy shop.

really cant see Losi being out of the game completely for the next few years expecially in 4wd here in the UK where give or take half the field uses the XX4 or XXX4.

It's still challenging at the top....take Lee and Aero out of the equation and which car would be hitting the top at most events.

Its a shame to hear but dont think everyone should panic yet just because they are not going to the worlds.

I for one when I get myself back into it again will use the XX4 just because i really like the car and i get no support what so ever....from anyone!

but what if the team drivers in the uk have zero back up and change chassis next year..... then the A finals will be full of what?

If you are talking nationals the S4 :cool:

I understand that the XX4 has been discontinued by Losi in the USA, so not sure were that leaves people, just stock up on shock towers while you can get them :rolleyes:

Whatever happened to that JRXS-based 4wd prototype Losi used at the previous worlds ?

I always thought 11th place wasn't that bad for what was essentially a parts-bin car. And like the JRXS itself, It would be nice to have something completely different from all the other clones out there (BJ4we in offroad, TRF414/415 in onroad).

Losi will not go out of off road think of all the money they would loose the CR in america is HUGE they would proberly loose to much money this may just be a publistiy stunt but for sure ill be running a xx4 in 2008.

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the money for losi is in 8th.....

the CR is not HUGE in the states

its not losi anymore as such..its horizon hobbies,and in the usa all they want to sell is rtr kits,thats where the big easy money is im afraid.

Thank god for that:p

Pidge is right, 8th is massive in the US, we have already seen LOSI and AE develop new cars from scratch!!

And ash the losi xxxcr is the same size no matter what country its in;)

with an 8th losi rally x :rolleyes:

and guess who is thinking £ signs and ebay with a new signed box!

jimmy how did you get him to batley?

he didnt they where there testing in with jukka and travis from the us and darren ellis and truman... jimmy sort of turned up with his camera and found them there lol

I know they will be using the 8 but its just not good for the uk team who prefer 10th and have been with losi for years

I was 'tipped off' - I wasn't supposed to turn up there. Same thing with AE guys, they don't like me :eh?::D:)

When I reviewed the XX4 I can confess Losi were about as unhelpful a company as I'd come across, I guess they just weren't interested. Now I think about it I feel a bit silly having even contacted them. A 10 year old car that they didn't bother to change at all - how interested could they really be?
That's not a verdict on the car(s) at all, nothing 'wrong' with them as such, but you can't sell a car for 10 years, it has to be updated so you can keep selling.

This is a bit like the Schumacher story...

I read somewhere that they are focusing more on 'basher' products rather then racing as they believe that more money can be made there, its silly really, just think of how many Losi's there were at the oswestry National almost 50% were Losi's

Well perhaps it will help the smaller companies if one of the big two is pulling out, hopefully we will see an increase in the BJ4`s S4`s etc and see them developed even further from the money they rake in from the extra sales:)

Just as AE come along with a competitor for Losi - Losi bow out! AE will certainly be the dominating force (in terms of numbers) next year.

Just because Losi aren't sending their team to the worlds doesn't mean that they are getting out of 1/10th scale off-road. Maybe with Mr Losi leaving to go to kyosho, and the probable management nightmares that that has caused, it may be simply that Losi have enough to do without worrying about the worlds - especially if 1/10th off-road is not their "growth" area at the moment.

It is an interesting scenario though.

there is no losi named employee working at losi any more

that must mean they are giving up on 1/10th off-road then.

The impression I got was that Gil left because he didn't have freedom to make things like new electric off roaders. In other words the current situation is why he left, not because he left. But hey, all speculation - I only know what I read.

i think what you have to look at now,is who is left at horizon/losi to design and carry the next buggy on,or indeed carry on the evolvment of the current crop of cars,as i said previous,the big money is in rtr kits,they dont have to be factory spec or the latest all singing/dancing performance car as its mainly beginners who are buyin them..so they can quite happily keep knocking the losi8 rtr buggy out for the next 10 yrs or so..but what happens to the hardcore racer who wants the next racing spec machine?

It will certainly leave a gap in the market if they are to take a back seat design wise.
Maybe if one of the smaller companies can grab a top driver like Atomic did with doughty and Xfactory with Big E and the right financial input then they could become the next big thing, although we may be losing one of the big hitters it will be a refreshing change, plus dont forget in 2wd alone there is the S2 and the 2wd pred on the way.

I like it!!:cool:

a 2wd pred?

Yeah pidge, Lewis Dickinson the new owner said in an interview on this site that they were planning a 2WD

yep 2wd pred.....originally designed about 10 years ago, and legend has it that it is a mid motor layout too....

no-one kno anything........????

the x11 aint even out yet lol.

was the proto type called fabix :D