HoBao preparing new "Hyper VS" 1/8-scale nitro buggy

0 July 6, 2015, 1:48 p.m.

By Aaron Waldron
LiveRC.com

From HoBao Racing (via Facebook):
www.hobao-racing.com

HoBao Racing is a Taiwanese manufacturer best known for its Hyper line of 1/8-scale buggies, and the lineup is marketed in the U.S. under the name of importer OFNA. Though the brand has produced a 2WD buggy, touring cars, one of the original 4WD short course trucks, and a few other vehicles (even a 1/8-scale sprint car), HoBao is probably best known for its many 1/8-scale RTR buggies. At the height of HoBao's racing program back in the mid-2000s they sponsored racers like Robert Batlle, Josh Wheeler, and Yannick Aigoin, who raced the Hyper 7 platform to international success. The follow-up Hyper 8 and Hyper 9 buggies, while competitive, never quite reached the success of the Hyper 7.

Earlier today, HoBao's official Facebook account (which is operated as a personal page, rather than a "Likeable" business page) posted a teaser image for their first all-new off-road racer in several years, called the Hyper VS. No other information on the upcoming 1/8-scale nitro buggy is available yet.

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