Richard is saying that it is BASED (only based on design, not scale) on an 8ight, but it is 10th scale. If you have a look at it on the losi site.
At the end of the day, the question keeps coming up. Losi are in the business of making money for Horizon full stop. If they don't see a class as viable, then why pour money into a hole. Which at the moment, is what 4WD buggy racing is. Not in the UK obviously, but definitely in the US, Asia and Scandinavia (definitely Sweden where I am) 4WD is dead. One look at entries can tell you this, as I said above.