New traxxas telluride 4x4

[crawlernut]

WAS ON TOWER HOBBIES SITE UP POPS UP THE NEW TELLURIDE TRAXXAS 4X4, ANYBODY ELSE SEE THIS

[Calderwood]

There is a thread in chit chat already.

[jaytet]

yes i do
Traxxas Telluride 4x4 2.4GHz RTR

another slash/stampede variant. i cant see anything major thats is new w this....nice job traxxas. are they ever gonna produce a solid axle anything? are they even gonna update one of their 4 platforms this decade?

[crawl-o-matic]

Looks like a bad joke

[ROWDY RACING]

Totally sick bro, I'm stoked!

[The Violator]

So its a brushed slash 4x4/rally. Should sell more of those than Axial sold xr-10's. But just because you can, does it mean you should.

[stelerzman]

That's freaking SICK, I can't wait to get my paws on this BADASS rig.

[crawl-o-matic]

The city of Telluride should sue for defamation...

[hellbounder]

Bet it out crawls a cc01 . I'll be getting 1 for my 2 year old son .

[fordsuperduty]

Originally Posted by crawl-o-matic

The city of Telluride should sue for defamation...

Love this

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[envious8420]

Who do I see about getting the last 4 min of my life back??

[fordsuperduty]

Originally Posted by hellbounder

Bet it out crawls a cc01 . I'll be getting 1 for my 2 year old son .

Atleast the cc01 has more scale appeal with a real axle under it

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[hellbounder]

Originally Posted by fordsuperduty

Atleast the cc01 has more scale appeal with a real axle under it

Sent from my iPhone in the shop

Meh. Lower the body , put a scale bumper on the back you'll never know.

[Lentsnh2012]

Yes it is another copy of another vehicle on the same platform, but remember, every company wants to put a product up on the shelf that will spark new interest and profit. Same goes for Axial with the SCX10 (Dingo, Honcho, JK), HPI with the Savage and 1/5th scale vehicles, Losi with their truggy/short course trucks, etc. It is an easy way to extend their line without having to make expensive molds and new processes to build these vehicles.

For someone who doesn't like the look of a rally vehicle or short course truck but do like the look of this Summit inspired SUV body, the costumer will most likely buy it.


Think about the 1:1 vehicles.... Toyota/Scion/Lexus, GM, Nissan, etc, they all use existing platforms or frames to put a new vehicle into their line-up to cover different corners of the consumer market. In no way am I a Traxxas "fan-boy", but I do understand what they're trying to do while still being able to make profit off of this new truck.

Toyota uses:

Avalon platform for their Venza SUV
Corolla for Scion's tC
Camry for Lexus' ES 350

GM uses:

Tahoe/Yukon/Escalade/Hummer H2/Avalanche
Suburban/Yukon XL/Escalade

Nissan uses:

Armada/ Infiniti QX56
Frontier/Suzuki Equator
Maxima/Altima
Z/Infiniti G series

I'm sure there are some others but that's all I can think of right now. My point is, there is no need to beat up a company who just wants to help out the hobby and to keep themselves in business because that's a very hard thing to do these days...

[AddictedtoRC1]

I can't believe I actually clicked PLAY! Props to the sound guy too. Now thanks to the "catchy" tune, I'm gonna put my plans for a sporty on hold and get one of these.

[crawl-o-matic]

Originally Posted by Lentsnh2012

Yes it is another copy of another vehicle on the same platform, but remember, every company wants to put a product up on the shelf that will spark new interest and profit. Same goes for Axial with the SCX10 (Dingo, Honcho, JK), HPI with the Savage and 1/5th scale vehicles, Losi with their truggy/short course trucks, etc. It is an easy way to extend their line without having to make expensive molds and new processes to build these vehicles.

For someone who doesn't like the look of a rally vehicle or short course truck but do like the look of this Summit inspired SUV body, the costumer will most likely buy it.


Think about the 1:1 vehicles.... Toyota/Scion/Lexus, GM, Nissan, etc, they all use existing platforms or frames to put a new vehicle into their line-up to cover different corners of the consumer market. In no way am I a Traxxas "fan-boy", but I do understand what they're trying to do while still being able to make profit off of this new truck.

Toyota uses:

Avalon platform for their Venza SUV
Corolla for Scion's tC
Camry for Lexus' ES 350

GM uses:

Tahoe/Yukon/Escalade/Hummer H2/Avalanche
Suburban/Yukon XL/Escalade

Nissan uses:

Armada/ Infiniti QX56
Frontier/Suzuki Equator
Maxima/Altima
Z/Infiniti G series

I'm sure there are some others but that's all I can think of right now. My point is, there is no need to beat up a company who just wants to help out the hobby and to keep themselves in business because that's a very hard thing to do these days...

All good points. However, wouldn't it be just a little ABSURD if Toyota slapped a Tundra body on a Corolla chassis? Also, how does this help the hobby?

[Lentsnh2012]

Originally Posted by crawl-o-matic

All good points However, wouldn't it be just a little ABSURD if Toyota slapped a Tundra body on a Corolla chassis?

I see where you're coming from. Now obviously, that would be very ridiculous for Toyota to do that and we hope that they never do!

I guess your question could also go along like this: Wouldn't it be just a little absurd if HPI used the Savage platform for an on-road vehicle? Same thing, it wouldn't make much sense.

But basically Traxxas did is what you said in your question. What it boils down to in the end is, what is going to make us more profit with the parts we already have. Like I mentioned in my last post, they are just trying to reach to every "taste" and every corner of the market.

[crawl-o-matic]

Originally Posted by Lentsnh2012

I see where you're coming from. Now obviously, that would be very ridiculous for Toyota to do that and we hope that they never do!

I guess your question could also go along like this: Wouldn't it be just a little absurd if HPI used the Savage platform for an on-road vehicle? Same thing, it wouldn't make much sense.

But basically Traxxas did is what you said in your question. What it boils down to in the end is, what is going to make us more profit with the parts we already have. Like I mentioned in my last post, they are just trying to reach to every "taste" and every corner of the market.

I agree 100%, they're trying to reach every corner of the market...and fundamentally, I have no problem with that, I really don't. But, I think they made a huge misstep here.

[Lentsnh2012]

Originally Posted by crawl-o-matic

I agree 100%, they're trying to reach every corner of the market...and fundamentally, I have no problem with that, I really don't. But, I think they made a huge misstep here.

You're right. They could have tweaked the Summit or E-Maxx to meet the specs for the new truck. It seems like a dumbed down version of the Summit while staying in 1/10th scale.


You know, they did the same thing with the Slash 4x4 after they introduced the LOG chassis. They re-released the Hummer Baja body (the fluorescent orange body) and maybe one more...

They could have done something a little smarter but I guess they didn't have their morning coffee that morning.

[railripper]

I can't stand traxxas.

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