Yokomo YZ-2

[neallewis]

KF is £500+ for a team spec car, one that does seem to work on low traction tracks.
I have the high traction regular kit only, which is useless on low traction. I refused to spend £250+ making it work as a compromised low traction car when I have both a bmax2 mid and rear cars which work great on those tracks.

UK price for YZ-2 of £319 seems a little higher than a regular 2wd car, but it comes with lots of nice pieces and will work out the box. Mine is pre-ordered anyway, i'll be sure to try it on low traction when I get it in the new year. I've not written it off (on low traction), but I'd be surprised if its better than the existing cars on the low traction tracks (like York/Batley indoor), given its design brief.

Going back to price, a-main have the yz-2 for $349, making it considerably cheaper than EU and UK price. ￥46,200 JPY price equals roughly £250/$389.
Sure import duty, vat and a bit of channel profit add a bit to final UK price, but it does show we pay more in EU/UK for our imported goods. Then again, look at xray/schumacher prices for stuff produced in EU/UK (Schumacher do produce a lot of their kit parts in UK, and some bits do go out to China).
Paying for the best is never going to be cheap ;-)