Tamiya Avante

The Tamiya Avante is an historically significant 1/10 scale four-wheel-drive electric offroad competition buggy released in 1988 as Tamiya's 72nd radio control kit under catalog number 58072.

Unveiled at the Nuremberg International Toy Fair that year, the Avante began as a need for a competition car after their past models became obsolete

History

Although Tamiya had significantly contributed to the market for 1/10-scale off-road starting with the Rough Rider in 1979, as their focus have been entry level and intermediates their aged Foxes and Hotshots became obsolete, as a result, the company fell significantly behind in the development of serious race cars such as those from manufacturers Schumacher, Kyosho, and Yokomo.

Starting with a new and somewhat radical design, Tamiya chose to create the Avante from aluminum and fiber-reinforced plastic composite as opposed to the ABS resin used in their previous offerings. It was also intended to be more tunable and adjustable than any other car on the market with its combination of a stiff composite chassis, oversized and tunable aluminum shocks and adjustable upper turnbuckles which allowed for changes in toe and caster.