Raman

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New M chassis coming from Tamiya, called the MB-01. Will be released with the Fiat 500 Abarth 1000 TCR body. 58721 1/10 Fiat Abarth 1000 TCR Berlina Corse (MB-01 Chassis). Speculation are that it will be a 1/12 Mini pan car chassis similar to offerings from Yokomo Rookie Platform

Zanquis

Very curious myself.

My guess so far is that it will be the new basis for M-chassis, with M-07 already being from 2014 and M-08 from 2019.
It is time for a new FWD mini chassis.. With it being on the FIAT Abarth, the first hint is that it will allow a SWB not only MWB or LWB.

I heard a speculation that it might be made a platform that easily allows it to be build in different configurations like. FF, MF, MR or RR.
That would be really interesting

gigaplex

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M07 was not 2014. It was around 2017. Tamiyabase has wrong info.
M03 was around 1998. M05 was around 2009. 11 year gap.
M07 was 2017, 8 year gap.

We're at about 6 years now, so on Tamiya's typical timelines it's a bit early for one.

DirkW

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With the change in naming convention I expect a car a step away from the normal Minis. Maybe 4WD or some true Tamiya quirkiness is coming? I'm curious at least.

Xtracrispy

I'd love for Tamiya to make a 1/12 scale pan car, but the Fiat body seems too tall to fit the class.
Purely speculating, but I'm going to guess that it's a mini race-oriented shaft-driven 4WD chassis.
For 1/10 they have the TA-## and TB-## series for belt & shaft. So perhaps it's time for mini to have the same?

One of the parts was for a "lower deck", which would set it apart from the plastic monocoques and tubs.
The mention of a transmission, gear box, and 06 module pinion infers some kind of gear-on-gear reduction, typical of shafties.

51719 MB-01 A-Parts (Uprights)
51720 MB-01 B-Parts (Dampers)
51721 MB-01 C-Parts (Transmission)
51722 MB-01 D-Parts (Gear Box)
51723 MB-01 G-Parts (Gears)
51724 MB-01 M-Parts (Suspension Arms)
51725 MB-01 LD-Parts (Lower Deck)
51726 06 Module Pinion Gear (29T)

Nerobro

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That parts list makes it sound like this might be a high performance chasiss. Like the M07 and M08. I'm excited.

zuqbu

Interesting part list. I am especially curious about the Dampers/B-Parts, does this mean the car doesn't utilise any of the standard dampers that are present on literally any other on-road car by Tamiya? Or are the B-Parts just the bridges/mounts?
Also the Lower Deck part makes me think that the chassis concept could be closer to the TA-08.

Papi

Exactly what drew my attention - non-standart dampers and no parts carried over from current line could mean 1/12 chassis. Tamiya already tried something similar with TA05 M-four.
Or, maybe it'll have some weird supension, like macpherson type with tube dampers.

emmatunes010

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good

IAmGreatDane

Could it be something like this from MST: https://www.rc-mst.com/product_car_i...9&sn=3574&od=1

Core Creations

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It looks like we will be getting a replacement for the M07 and TT02 with the MB-01 and BB-01. I look forward to see which direction Tamiya has gone with these.

Raman

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This is my guess as well. Don’t think it will replace the M chassis.

Raman

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BB01 is speculated to be a buggy platform

Core Creations

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I guess we'll see in a few weeks and the Nuremburg Toy Fair. I know the TT02 has had a couple buggy versions. It will be interesting as we get more info. I think the TT02 is due for a replacement. Not that it would be better than the current platform, ala TA08 vs TA07. Excited to see!

Raman

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Xtracrispy Where did you find this parts list?