Hiya,
There has been a big change behind the scenes, that is a given!!!!!
The price of parts has gone up a little across the board, thank you brexit and the unstable, low exchange rate that has caused for that one!!
The price of the cars has gone up yes, I questioned this myself and was told it was because Horizon UK were heavily discounting cars to get sales to make there sales ledger look good to the Americans. Horizon France, Germany, Italy, etc, who in the old system were separate companies in effect, were all doing it. It's one of the reasons why in Europe Horizon has decided to pull all of Europe under one roof, to keep things consistent. The RRP in the UK is now the same all over Europe. In the UK we now get a price list in €'s, the same price list they get all over Europe.
As for parts support and customer support, nothing to worry about really. My stock levels of parts had gone down, yes. I only found out a day or two ago I still had an account!! and I was nervous about filling my shelves in the last couple of months with stock that I would have to discount and sell on if I didn't get a new account. A full list of 'Horizon Certified Partners' can be found here :-
https://www.horizonhobby.co.uk/Local-Dealers.htm?SessionId=&a=catalog&p=51068
We will be, of course, stocking parts for the DBXLE, why wouldn't we, the thing looks awesome!! I haven't listed the car yet as I'm waiting for the parts price list. As personally I think it's hard to make a decision about buying a car without knowing the parts prices first.
Saying that though I can tell you the Freeprawn Racing price which will be £889.99 and you will also get 890 bonus points (as long as you don't buy with 0% credit) worth £44.50 effectively making the price of the car £845.49.
Hope that info helps.
Nige.