[T4miy4 Guy]

Originally Posted by Si Coe

Oh come on! I mean that watch site just proves the point nicely - enough people are willing to pay thousands for a watch that the companies they make replicas of continue to exist.

There is always a market for the real deal, because a lot of racers have money to burn. In the last 2 weeks I've seen over a dozen brand spanking new Cougar SV's despite the fact the car has yet to prove itself (yes it can win big races, but is it a club car? Only time will tell....) meaning Schumacher has done well from its launch. Soon enough someone will copy the Cougar and sell it for less, but by then most of the new Cougar owners will have bought a TRF211 or DEX210 or whatever else is new. And the used section will be flooded with cut price real deal Cougars for less than the rip-off so why buy?

In fact, knock-offs only really encourage the innovators to keep innovating. Racers will always get the latest thing, so if you keep making something new, they'll keep buying and the cloners can't keep up. Its only an issue when you make the same car for a decade (Associated, Losi) or take a decade to eventually release the car (Durango)

HERE HERE SI !!!

Andy