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Originally Posted by av4625
I can see what your saying but durango is a business and they arent going to make something that ther is a low demand for. it just would be viable or what ever the word is lol. you defo cant say that there is no attention to detail cause some of the guys at my clubs that i race at say that the cars are nearly over engineered and in my opinion this is awesome just look at the 210 4 different motor configs with one gearbox congrats TD i say. Lots of there parts have the TD logo which means theres detail. The plastic shock tower thing well i havent broke any on the 210 yet. If you want carbon ones in the kit it would make the kit dearer so they have them as an option for the people who want to them and have a little more money to spend so its the same difference. The 410 is by far the best car i have ever driven so i respect TD in watever changes they do, the club that i race at every week only had 2 410's at the start of the season and when they saw how well mine went i think there is now 8 or 9  |
My point is: They're currently still selling all the bling bits seperately... How much more does it cost a company to release another model (or possibly a limited one) using parts they already have? If you distribute it only through your own website/webstore, surely it can't be that expensive? And I'm sure they'll make the (obviously smaller) group of customers happy that really appreciate the parts that are kind of 'overdoing' it
(including the parts that are not overdoing it but really help, in big or in small ways).
I'm not saying by the way the cars have lost all attention to detail in the literal way, and the construction is indeed very clever - but to get the most out of the cars, there are some nifty parts (or plain fancy ones) that Durango doesn't include anymore as standard. It breaks down the identity that set Durango apart from the rest - it's not so much damaging for the actual quality of the car, but I think Durango will lose it's edge and unique character due to it - something that in the long term is at least as important as the actual performance of the car.
It was part of the identity, the experience, that Durango sold. Every brand needs to distinguish itself, and I think they had the right position and segment in the market, even in these economic times. Look at it like this: You already have the AE's, Tamiya's and Kyoshos... The Schumachers (which are a bit of an odd-ball and typical British pride if you ask me), there are the brands that give bang for buck like Ansmann (something Durango could and should never attempt to directly compete with), and then there was a gap... The innovative, daring, elite-kind of car. Durango not only made themselves unique by design, also by price... until last year. Blending in as a manufacturer with relatively radical designs is something I'm not sure will work well for them in the long term... We'll see.