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Originally Posted by Moose
Yep that's what I think. And I still think it will happen this year, maybe a centro by AE like the BJ4, thats what looks most possible now. It is not the UK market anymore its whole Europe. Only the US has professional dirt tracks which are the whole year in a great shape. Even in Asia there are more and more astro tracks. If RC was 100% US market than there woulnd't be any midmotor cars or a 8ight EU or Mugen EU.
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I do agree that mid-motor seems to be the trend currently - even on clay mid-motors can be made to work extremely well actually (X6, and a mid 210 seems to do really well on clay too with a bit of rear weight).
However, I don't see Associated replacing the B4 for mid-motor only, and actually I don't see them making a hybrid that can be mid/rear converted. They have a very strong all-round rear motor, if they do anything at all with a new model 2WD it will be in the direction of making a very strong allround mid-motor... and even that I'm not sure they'll do. B4 mid conversions have been around for ages, which cover all the reasons why you might want a mid-motor (all-round like X6, or as specific for higher bite as a Centro).
People still buy a standard B4 for converting, and another B4-like mid-motor with the only difference that it actually comes from Associated? Nah, not extremely profitable I suppose. However, there is a cheap solution that may make mid B4s very attractive and realistic. They could supply CML with the needed parts to sell complete Centro kits instead of conversion kits and tell them to solve the chassis durability issues. I think that's where it'll end for Associated's mid-motor adventures.