what is vintage?

[gkatz 58]

hi all;

is there a timeline where a car is considered vintage?

what is the criteria?

would a car that came out in the early 2000 considered vintage?

is it only looks that determine? (is bbx vintage for example?)

many companies, like schumacher, have a timeline of 4wd cars dating to the 80s i think and continuing to this day. so where is the cutoff vintage/not vintage date?

your thoughts are welcomed...

[ADRay1000 447]

might depend on category. When I think vintage buggies and trucks, I think early to mid eighties. When I think vintage touring cars, I think mid to late nineties. 

[markbt73 5700]

Ask 100 people, and you'll get 100 different answers.

For me, it's anything before the "T-Maxx Era," which is when the focus shifted from cool-looking and fun with at least a nod towards scale realism to all-out performance even if it looked silly. The cheerfulness went away during that time, and the whole feeling shifted towards a more brutal interpretation of fun - "this thing is so fast and capable it's going to pummel the enjoyment out of you, like it or not." Even a Tamiya Wild Dagger, released around the same time, feels more friendly and approachable than a T-Maxx or any of its clones. The fun has come back in recent years, but it's still nothing like the joy and optimism of 25-30 years ago.

For race cars, I guess you could call it anything that's 3 or 4 generations old now. So RC10B3, Losi XXX, etc could be considered vintage now, as could a first-generation Xray or HPI touring car. It's the point at which it stops being just old and uncompetitive and starts getting "wow, I haven't seen one of those in forever" comments.

But again, that's just my interpretation.

[BuggyGuy 1139]

In the UK it's anything that's on the list for the Iconic series (well pretty much)

[Gruntfuggly 570]

As far as Tamiya is concerned, I'd say it's the first 100.

[Frog Jumper 3817]

5 hours ago, Gruntfuggly said:

As far as Tamiya is concerned, I'd say it's the first 100.

101 at least.  The Bush Devil is 58101 and thats definitely vintage…

[Sir Crashalot 265]

12 hours ago, Gruntfuggly said:

As far as Tamiya is concerned, I'd say it's the first 100.

[Kpowell911 2164]

21 hours ago, Gruntfuggly said:

As far as Tamiya is concerned, I'd say it's the first 100.

I can understand the first 100 being significant, but I think you need to include some touring cars in there like the M-01 and a TA-01? Theyre what I think a lot of people remember when it comes to Tamiya as much as the early off roaders.

 

EDIT theres 2x TA-01's within the first 100, the Celica at 58086 and the R32 GTR at 58099. So first 100 sounds good to me

[Pylon80 3438]

My interpretation is that which one is vintage has little to do with being in the first X models released, but rather is part of a list that grows every day so to speak, since today's cars will be vintage... one day. A reasonable definition of vintage is perhaps "something that was released during your childhood" but of course it doesn't work if you're still in your teens 😉