Originally Posted by grizz1

Hi zonda,

While you were away from the hobby GO underwent a few changes.
They had a management / design team change which saw the company head off on a bit of a tangent. They effectively canned the 5RHO motor (thier most succesful engine ever), then didnt release any product for around 18 months.
This left agents and importers with little option but to drop the GO range and look elsewhere.

Finally common sense prevailed and the new direction was dropped by senior management, the people responsible were sent on their way, and the old design team brought back on board - enter the new GXII Plus now on the market.

Unfortunately, 18 months or so of spending money on R&D for products and projects that never came to fruition has left the company somewhat wounded.
Many distributors and customers have now moved on to other brands due to lack of supply or displeasure at the direction the company went in.
A few have stocked the new Plus motor in an effort to revive the brand, but sales are slow, with customers a bit wary about being left out in the cold again by GO.
Many have moved on, and wont return.
Its a shame, as the new Plus motor from the old design team is a good little motor.

The fact that the company is now dumping engines on the market via ebay etc from its warehouse hasn't helped with faithful distributors getting back on board.
These motors (Cera, Champion and Underdog Project) were produced by the failed new design team, but with the brief exception of the Underdog Project engine, never saw the light of day.
Obviously the company needs to get some money back on these engines for its future endevours - but by dumping these products on the market and by-passing the distributors who have stuck with the company through this difficult time, they risk losing any support from these guys they now have left.
This sort of marketing is not uncommon in Asia, but it tends to "cheapen" the image somewhat, and it hasn't helped the companies cause with a lot of people.

So in a nutshell, that's why you dont see much in the way of GO products out there anymore. Its a pity.