Where does LOSI go now?

[mark christopher]

Originally Posted by Lee

Are losi going to achieve anything by sending their stars to the worlds?

its probably going to cost £50k to send over the team for the week, and even if they win are they going to make it back in sales?

I feel sorry for the UK team as losi for me has always been right up there.

I have heard though that some of the superstars are leaving off road to go rally x ing.

with an 8th losi rally x

[mark christopher]

Originally Posted by jimmy

Originally Posted by bigred5765

Talk about two kids in a candy shop.

and guess who is thinking £ signs and ebay with a new signed box!

jimmy how did you get him to batley?

[millzy]

he didnt they where there testing in with jukka and travis from the us and darren ellis and truman... jimmy sort of turned up with his camera and found them there lol

[Lee]

Originally Posted by mark christopher

with an 8th losi rally x

I know they will be using the 8 but its just not good for the uk team who prefer 10th and have been with losi for years

[jimmy]

I was 'tipped off' - I wasn't supposed to turn up there. Same thing with AE guys, they don't like me

When I reviewed the XX4 I can confess Losi were about as unhelpful a company as I'd come across, I guess they just weren't interested. Now I think about it I feel a bit silly having even contacted them. A 10 year old car that they didn't bother to change at all - how interested could they really be?
That's not a verdict on the car(s) at all, nothing 'wrong' with them as such, but you can't sell a car for 10 years, it has to be updated so you can keep selling.

[NeilD]

This is a bit like the Schumacher story...

[k£v!n]

I read somewhere that they are focusing more on 'basher' products rather then racing as they believe that more money can be made there, its silly really, just think of how many Losi's there were at the oswestry National almost 50% were Losi's

[Lee]

Well perhaps it will help the smaller companies if one of the big two is pulling out, hopefully we will see an increase in the BJ4`s S4`s etc and see them developed even further from the money they rake in from the extra sales

[jimmy]

Just as AE come along with a competitor for Losi - Losi bow out! AE will certainly be the dominating force (in terms of numbers) next year.

[burgie]

Just because Losi aren't sending their team to the worlds doesn't mean that they are getting out of 1/10th scale off-road. Maybe with Mr Losi leaving to go to kyosho, and the probable management nightmares that that has caused, it may be simply that Losi have enough to do without worrying about the worlds - especially if 1/10th off-road is not their "growth" area at the moment.

It is an interesting scenario though.

[mark christopher]

there is no losi named employee working at losi any more

[burgie]

Originally Posted by mark christopher

there is no losi named employee working at losi any more

that must mean they are giving up on 1/10th off-road then.

[jimmy]

The impression I got was that Gil left because he didn't have freedom to make things like new electric off roaders. In other words the current situation is why he left, not because he left. But hey, all speculation - I only know what I read.

[dave g]

i think what you have to look at now,is who is left at horizon/losi to design and carry the next buggy on,or indeed carry on the evolvment of the current crop of cars,as i said previous,the big money is in rtr kits,they dont have to be factory spec or the latest all singing/dancing performance car as its mainly beginners who are buyin them..so they can quite happily keep knocking the losi8 rtr buggy out for the next 10 yrs or so..but what happens to the hardcore racer who wants the next racing spec machine?

[Lee]

It will certainly leave a gap in the market if they are to take a back seat design wise.
Maybe if one of the smaller companies can grab a top driver like Atomic did with doughty and Xfactory with Big E and the right financial input then they could become the next big thing, although we may be losing one of the big hitters it will be a refreshing change, plus dont forget in 2wd alone there is the S2 and the 2wd pred on the way.

I like it!!

[Lee Martin]

a 2wd pred?

[jimmy]

Yeah pidge, Lewis Dickinson the new owner said in an interview on this site that they were planning a 2WD

[burgie]

yep 2wd pred.....originally designed about 10 years ago, and legend has it that it is a mid motor layout too....

[Lee Martin]

no-one kno anything........????

the x11 aint even out yet lol.

[mark christopher]

Originally Posted by burgie

yep 2wd pred.....originally designed about 10 years ago, and legend has it that it is a mid motor layout too....

was the proto type called fabix