The DF03 was never released as a top level racer, hop-ups are coming out to improve it, and the design is certainly very good.
Many people would have thought Tamiya would TRF' the DF03, but they chose to totally bypass it and copy another manufacturers car.
I think the fact is that Tamiya were not that interested in off road racing until with a minimal budget one of their designers made a concept car that attained 2nd at the worlds warmup - and tamiya see the possibility of becoming world champions again so put money into it. If the car had finished last at the warmup I suspect we'd not even be talking about the 501X because it would be just another Tamiya racer that never appeared.
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