Why is the Durango so expensive?

[Dundermuffen]

Hi!
I have though about it for a while if I should buy a Durango or not, but recently I have started to wonder why its so expensive. A B44 is $320, DEX410 is $750. How come the Durango is more than twice as expensive as the DEX410? It doesnt really have more expensive components than the B44, and it should be really less expensive to produce the DEX410 than a RC8B, but no,no the RC8B is $499. This freaks me out. How can a 1/10th be more expensive than a 1/8th? What will Durangos 1/8th cost if the 1/10th is this expensive? Like $1000?

I have to admit that the Durango is cool and probably a great car, but dont you think its way to expensive? Do anyone know it the car will be sold at rcmushroom.com or other cheap sites soon? Or is there any other shop that sells the DEX410 cheaper than directly from the Durango site? Because this is redicilous.

[mikeyscott]

I doubt it'll turn up at RC Mushroom for a while as Durango don't want to devalue their product.

The amount I've spent on my Cat SX getting the various option parts I've probably spent near Durango price..

[Dundermuffen]

Originally Posted by mikeyscott

I doubt it'll turn up at RC Mushroom for a while as Durango don't want to devalue their product.

The amount I've spent on my Cat SX getting the various option parts I've probably spent near Durango price..

Last season I raced a BMAX4 with champ pack for $250 and it works great. I wonder if the additional $500 dollars will even make me a second faster on 5 minutes. I mean, the Durango is 3 times more expensive than my Yokomo.. Thats just sick.

[jimmy]

It has much - much higher quality components and costs a lot more to produce. If the B44 was built to the same specs it would cost the same - there's no arguing about that.

Why does the RC8 cost less than the DEX410 when it has a similar quality (debateable - I don't know) or components? Because its an 8th buggy - which naturally sells in higher volumes because of the size and popularity of that class of racing.

The b44 is a great car - but it's in no way comparable to a Durango in terms of materials or design time or what's included in the kit. If you want something comparable, wait for the Durango DEX410R - which should be much more on par with the B44 pricing and use less of the expensive alloy parts that come with the DEX410 and therefore be similar in spec to the B44.

[DCM]

Got to agree with Jimmy, the DEX410 is definately a Botique car, and the B44 more supermarket. Not saying that the Durango would be faster than the B44, but you got to look at the extra expenses of the car, quality and what not.

The Durango must be worth it, as there has been lots sold, and a car is only worth as much as someone is willing to pay for it.

[Team Durango UK]

The DEX410 is US$650 not US$750.

[bondy]

Until you have built one
Until you have driven one
Until you have maintained one

you will not understand ! The power of the Dark Side that is the

"DURANGO"

I have had them all Cat/Yoko/Kyosho etc nothing compares !

[Rebelrc]

Bondy
You said it in one post

[Dundermuffen]

Originally Posted by Team Durango UK

The DEX410 is US$650 not US$750.

Yesterday the price was 749.99 on Durangos site. I thought they bumped the price another 100 bucks. Guess it was a typo then since its back to 650 now. Thats a more reasonable price. Ill order one as fast as they are back in stock

[trap121]

Originally Posted by Dundermuffen

Yesterday the price was 749.99 on Durangos site. I thought they bumped the price another 100 bucks. Guess it was a typo then since its back to 650 now. Thats a more reasonable price. Ill order one as fast as they are back in stock

You wont be disapponted. Ive had 3 race's with mine and have not broke anything. The guys I race with are using, B44, Losi, Kyosho and every time they break one or two things. Our track is a clay/dirt, rough with big jumps and the durango takes all the abuse without stopping.

Like the other posts said, once you build you will undestand. It is a high quality car.

[blue_pinky]

Quality of parts is one thing, volume of sales is another massive factor...

The same component will cost you more to make and sell the less you make of them...and that cost is passed on to the customer. Setup and tooling is amortised across the volume you produce

A rough example...not accurate in any way, but just to give you an idea...

A kit costs £200K in tooling and setup, £50k in development, marketing, etc.

Durango sell 1000 kits say...that £250k setup is split across those 1000 kits...so before you've actually bought the materials, or made any kits they've already cost you £250 per car! You then make the parts, and package them, send them to your distributors...the price of that needs adding as well....

Associated sell 10,000 kits say...so straight away they have a big advantage...each of their kits only have say £25 of setup cost to recover...they've already got a £225 advantage on the likes of durango.

It's a very rough, and nowhere near that simple in reality...but gives you an idea!

[bigred5765]

hmm i look at it this way a Aston martin is big big bucks, but it has 4 wheels and a engine so does a skoda both do the same job why the big price difference, as already stated i guess quality of machined parts and production costs, you gets what you pay for,wana spend less buy a tomy or tonka,

[Tom3012]

Plus Associated are a big company when compared the Durango... (least i think so?)

You have to think though, why would Durango reduce the prics of their car when people are buying it at the price it is?

Its like when the lipo regulations came out... the pack has to cost less than £100 (something like that anyway)... So most companies that were selling theres for less bumped the price up to £90 ish, just because they could!

[JohnM]

Was the original question the right one? is it, why is the Durango so expensive, or should it be, why are other cars so cheap?

I think that when you build them, you see why there is a £200 difference in price between a B44 (for example), and a DEX410, the Durango is full of lovely, very well made parts, whereas the B44, is made about as well as the last BigMac I had.

We all used to buy a 4wd buggys that cost £300-£400 years ago, hell, I remember when I got my first Predator back in 1995, it was £340 then, so for a Durango to be only a £100 more, 14 years later, I think ain't too bad, remember, that just about everything is more expensive nowadays, even a mid range Astra is £20,000

[AmiSMB]

Lets face the fact that the Durango is like Stella Artois' "Reassuringly Expensive"

[offroadrc]

It's the best car on the market, i have one and i never had anything that was even near the durango, not the rc8, xx4, cat.
Great car and very strong to.

[Col]

I think you've all got more money than sense.

Discuss..

[offroadrc]

yes that is true I ame selling chemicals.

[Mrs.TeamXtreme]

Originally Posted by Dundermuffen

Hi!
I have though about it for a while if I should buy a Durango or not, but recently I have started to wonder why its so expensive. A B44 is $320, DEX410 is $750. How come the Durango is more than twice as expensive as the DEX410? It doesnt really have more expensive components than the B44, and it should be really less expensive to produce the DEX410 than a RC8B, but no,no the RC8B is $499. This freaks me out. How can a 1/10th be more expensive than a 1/8th? What will Durangos 1/8th cost if the 1/10th is this expensive? Like $1000?

I have to admit that the Durango is cool and probably a great car, but dont you think its way to expensive? Do anyone know it the car will be sold at rcmushroom.com or other cheap sites soon? Or is there any other shop that sells the DEX410 cheaper than directly from the Durango site? Because this is redicilous.

Get an X11 instead

[ned]

Originally Posted by Mrs.TeamXtreme

Get an X11 instead

I think that was treated with the contempt it deserved! As for the DEX being expensive has anyone tried building an X6 from new with all of the right bits? I have and that is much more expensive than the Durango and do you end up with the same quality of car at the end or just lots of brand new bits that you don't even need?