The HPI Savage is back, again... again?

10 hours ago, PraetoR said:

I like the styling. It's butch as all hell, which it should be! Curved lines are for "sexy" cars... a Savage should have the subtlety of a sledgehammer!

EDIT: The newer photos showed up after I posted: Unfortunately, the colours and the "graffiti" paint look naff! Gunmetal, please!

 

I see it has large wheel nuts; has that fixed one of the weak points from before? Some folks on this forum were complaining about them.

 

I REALLY want HPI to succeed. Here's hoping they've built a Savage for 2021 and not 2001. HPI need to start bringing it to the likes of Arrma & Traxarse.

 

yeh hope it is decent and priced competativly, i love dads old savvy 3.5 i think it was that currently has a trophy 4.6 engine in it, i would love a leccy savage to add to the fleet 🙂

the 4.6 cc motor fitted to both was a rebadged Force unit. exactly the same motor

 

2 minutes ago, Nitroholic said:

the 4.6 cc motor fitted to both was a rebadged Force unit. exactly the same motor

 

It came with the 3.5 (21) engine and later on I had a spare 4.6 (28) engine from the Trophy truggy which i fitted to the Savvy and yeh they are rebadged force engines 

My first Savvy was a 3.5 .... fitted with a very well used .21 

Wasn't that powerful, but it went OK for a while. The gearbox needed replacing after the gearchange adjuster came apart. The spring and ball bearingh ended up in the gearbox...jammed bewtween 2 gears. Car stopped like it had hit a brick wall !!!

 

A reasonable part of that truck is still in my Twin motor Savage

Glad to see they kept the nitro version although it would have been nice to have the octane style tank in the front. 

Don’t get the hype still has more than half its previous issues and that body reminds me of a cereal box 🤮

 

If HPI wanna make a come back there going to have to do a lot better than this hash up 

Seen JayTee saying this will be $750 so no doubt £750 here! 

well if its that price i wont be getting 1 

Actually looks to already be up on Modelsport at £629!

 

https://www.modelsport.co.uk/product/hpi-savage-x-flux-v2-gt-6-1339860

love savages but 629 is a joke

if thats the price thats me out but  if it was 400 ish then i would have considered it 

Needs a £100 knocking off the price at least.

29 minutes ago, MrCake said:

Actually looks to already be up on Modelsport at £629!

 

https://www.modelsport.co.uk/product/hpi-savage-x-flux-v2-gt-6-1339860

Jesus! I originally said it was going to be expensive, but Im shocked at that price!

what only a £100 off the price  

That's one expensive turd. 

It does say it has “All new capturee hingepins” so

maybe I was wrong about the bumper mounts twisting

Why not just buy this if you want a Savage Flux?

 

https://www.modelsport.co.uk/product/1335547

i think i would rather buy this now over the savvy

https://www.modelsport.co.uk/product/hobao-hyper-mt-plus-ii-monster-truck-rtr-17-scale-blue-442020

14 minutes ago, Kpowell911 said:

Jesus! I originally said it was going to be expensive, but Im shocked at that price!

Same. 
Ridiculous considering the other RC's available in that price range with much better grade materials, layouts etc. 

 

Maybe they're just hoping the name will sell it (HPI Savage) as there will always be the brand & model specific fans. 

Looks like all they've done is tarted it up with a lot of new plastic pieces (which look ugly to me)

 

As people have said, reminds me of car engine bays where all the goodies are covered with a nasty plastic top.

 

I'd never spend that much on a new RC anyway even if its the dogs danglies, but gota say it seems way over priced. 

The wheels are nice at least...

More than a Traxxas Maxx.

14 hours ago, MrCake said:

Actually looks to already be up on Modelsport at £629!

 

https://www.modelsport.co.uk/product/hpi-savage-x-flux-v2-gt-6-1339860

 Either there late or getting early for April Fools surely that’s a joke right ? 

3 minutes ago, Nick said:

More than a Traxxas Maxx.

In all fairness. It is bigger.
 

If it had been a redesigned Savage, with thicker TVPs, threaded alloy big bores, captured/braced hingepins, and “fixed” rear hubs, it wouldnt have been “badly” priced. Id also like an improved slipper clutch, but it does mention that. HPI know all this, this couldve been epic, but I suspect they havent got the funds to do this properly, and it shows….
 

Combine that with the fact HPI arent who they once were, Id not have confidence in buying this. 
 

Use what HPI Savage parts theyve got, re badge it as a Maverick, price it like a Corally and this wouldve worked I think

Well, this news article has had more views and replies than any others have for a long while.

 

At least this proves that there is still some residual interest in HPI, even if, for some, it's just to slag them off. Maybe they do still have some goodwill left, although that seems to be running out.

 

I honestly think the best thing for the HPI management and design teams would be to simply look at the responses on RC forums, such as this one (not just the replies on the HPI Faceache and Twatter pages; they'll be mostly fanboys and not the videos made by youtubers who have received the products for free) and see how the RC-buying public feels about their products and the directions and decisions they're taking.

 

I think it would be a real eye-opener, would probably annoy and disappoint them, but would be beneficial in the long run... as long as they took the feedback on-board. Frankly, most of us are rooting for HPI and hope they can reach the sort of heights they were once at, but if we're honest with ourselves, that's looking increasingly unlikely. Especially when they seem to be making the same sort of errors that stung them in the past.

Edited September 21, 2021 by PraetoR