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New Releases for Nuremberg 2023 - Fiat 500 Abarth and Golf Mk2 GTI Rally

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17 minutes ago, Honza said:

It'll be a new body, there are more differences than just extra lights.

MK2 Golf dimensions almost exactly match 239mm WB M-chassis 

Cheers Honza, this will be so cool. I'm amazed they are creating a new tooling for another Golf (I am not complaining) , their market research must be right... or their relationship with VW is strong. 

After the Mk2 Escort I wonder if they are further scoping out the rally market on the MF01X chassis to pre-empt a 959 release perhaps.

Personally I want a totally scale Tamiya replica of the 205 T16. 

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18 minutes ago, Honza said:

It'll be a new body, there are more differences than just extra lights.

MK2 Golf dimensions almost exactly match 239mm WB M-chassis 

Very true. If you see a picture of them side by side they are very different indeed. One good thing is there actually was a 4wd Mk2 Golf in rally form so let’s hope we get a real livery not a Tamiya special!!!

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27 minutes ago, Joe Bo said:

or their relationship with VW is strong. 

I wish it was strong enough to make some Skoda models, too 😀 130RS and 130LR would be nice addition to retro M-chassis rally bodies.

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Ah. Tamiya does it again. Golf is fwd so they put it on a 4wd chassis. At least it’s not short wheelbase so I can use it on my M07. 

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1 hour ago, Butler said:

Ah. Tamiya does it again. Golf is fwd so they put it on a 4wd chassis. At least it’s not short wheelbase so I can use it on my M07. 

VW made a Golf Mk2 Syncro which was 4wd.

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8 hours ago, Joe Bo said:

or their relationship with VW is strong. 

As a fellow VW maniac...I think about this quite often, lots of VW group models in the Tamiya line up and this seems to be growing over time....which is great! :D. I'm kinda surprised they haven't done the WRC Polo yet given it was 4 time world champion in the not too distant past. I'm picking it will come along at some point though.....the VW golf rally however, also sounds fun and nice to see another classic in the lineup.

Oh yeah, I too reckon a Peugot 205 rally would be epic. Who knows....Tamiya does what Tamiya does and they like to surprise us from time to time.

Kurt

 

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Finally a new 911 GT3 body… it’s been over 10 years since they introduced the 997 GT3. 

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Yep I’m sure the mb will be a new basic m-chassis. Probably allowing front and rear drive as build options so no need for a separate front or rear wheel drive chassis. 

 

I like all the speculation. Tamiya once again with two brand new chassis and people still moan that they don’t do anything new. No other RC company comes close to the amount of innovation and design of Tamiya.

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40 minutes ago, qatmix said:

Yep I’m sure the mb will be a new basic m-chassis.

Or, since M-0x is running out of numbers, they decided to switch to new naming scheme - MA as a classic, cheap line to replace M05/6, MB as more experimental and performance targeted, like M07/8. 

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Hmm, Golf MK2, had a synchro as my first car, loved it, gotta look at picking it up.

My dad is a bit of a fiat fan, his first car was a fiat 1100 but he often talks about the abarth.

Now hes got a renault r4 tho so i had been thinking of getting him the Alpine (he talks about that model too) as an introduction to rc but the fiat would probably be a better fit.

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On 12/21/2022 at 2:53 PM, Nicadraus said:

Will definitely get a GR Yaris for my XV.

Me as well. Just hope there’s not as many stickers as the current one, seemed like it was never going to end. Still have a spare one I need to paint but been avoiding :lol:

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On tamiyabase website the BB-01 has type of model: Buggy, the MB-01 has type of model: Rally! Another rally chassis by Tamiya sounds promising to me :)

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3 hours ago, Tamiyastef said:

On tamiyabase website the BB-01 has type of model: Buggy, the MB-01 has type of model: Rally! Another rally chassis by Tamiya sounds promising to me :)

Just looked on Tamiya base and it now says;

Chassis Type: to be decided...

 

*edit. Just seen where it says rally and buggy.

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On 12/21/2022 at 6:00 PM, toyolien said:

VW made a Golf Mk2 Syncro which was 4wd.

That’s a good point. I very much doubt this one was a synchro. It’s not listed as being one that I can find. 

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On 12/21/2022 at 6:00 PM, toyolien said:

VW made a Golf Mk2 Syncro which was 4wd.

They did indeed, and it is this fact alone which makes me want this model a whole lot more than I wanted the drivetrain-inaccurate Escort.

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MKII Golf to go on XV-01 Chassis would be great although I have two XV-01's (both long damper spec) one built and one not - 3 Integral bodies and 1 GR-Yaris....

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Anyone have any updates on the mb-01? Got an m08r here waiting to be built but I'm now holding out to see what the mb-01 will be. People are saying that it will replace the m-chassis cars but I can't see it as a replacement for the m07 and m08. But I guess this is Tamiya after all.

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Every now and again Tamiya manage to release news that are so unexpected to the community. For one the NSU which totally blew me away. Lovely youngtimer. The same goes for the Ford Escort mk ll and the Audi Quattro. True classic's. Next year it will be the Golf mk ll. No one saw this coming. No one! LOVE IT! I love when Tamiya surprises the community with great unexpected releases. Not to mention MB-01 chassis. I hope we will see some CAD drawings of teaser images because 30 days in to the future is a longe time to wait. Just saying.

Have a great happy new year, ya'll c'',) 

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8 hours ago, toyolien said:

Anyone have any updates on the mb-01? Got an m08r here waiting to be built but I'm now holding out to see what the mb-01 will be. People are saying that it will replace the m-chassis cars but I can't see it as a replacement for the m07 and m08. But I guess this is Tamiya after all.

Now that the M-07 and M-08 have taken the M-0# range to TA/TB level in terms of materials and design, it makes sense for Tamiya to come in with a more basic Mini range, as they have done with the TT-0#. We'll see...

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1 minute ago, TurnipJF said:

Now that the M-07 and M-08 have taken the M-0# range to TA/TB level in terms of materials and design, it makes sense for Tamiya to come in with a more basic Mini range, as they have done with the TT-0#. We'll see...

That's exactly what I was thinking. I was going to build and M-06 earlier in the year, but couldn't find any of the genuine Tamiya hop ups anywhere, same for the M05. Then when I saw the MB-01 announced I thought, "that's why they've stopped the M-05/6 hop ups".

So, my guess is that Tamiya have produced the MB-01 as a replacement for both the M-05 and M-06 to allow them to choose either FWD or RWD depending on what body they are including. I do hope that is the case. Then that leaves the M-07 and M-08 for their 'race ready' M-chassis cars.

That's my thinking anyway...

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54 minutes ago, toyolien said:

choose either FWD or RWD

I hope for something like that so I can make a 4wd duo motor M chassis :D

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20 minutes ago, Tamiyastef said:

I hope for something like that so I can make a 4wd duo motor M chassis :D

Well, I also wondered if Tamiya have built in the option to also run it 4wd and do away with the MF-01X...

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