I don't think Tamiya has any new FWD or RWD mini's in plans yet.

But in the mean time why don't you hack one up? I got my inspiration from the mini post and decided to make my own homebrew 4WD mini. I will post up pics of it soon, but you can see what the guys here on the mini forum did. Here is the Link:

http://rctech.net/forum/showthread.php?t=20068&page=60

scroll down and you will see what Nova F1 racer did. I would like to thank him for providing the building tips and my buddy Chris for helping me cut the chassis and shafts for "Franken-Mini". I built this homebrew 4wd mini for less than $150.00 Canadian. I bought a brand new TL-01 kit on ebay, with the following TL-01 upgrades (Bearings, Speed Tuned Gear set, Carbon Shaft, and the Hollow Carbon Shafts for the Gear case and GPM mini universals). I would recommend the RSX TL-01 Kit because it comes with the optional TL-01 long suspension kit. You can use it to make wider mini for stability. I then used my spare mini parts put it all together. Tip: if you plan to build one, decide which mini wheel base you would like to use. I built mine to match the wheel base of the M0-03L for stability.

I had Franken-Mini running at our local club race this weekend and had a blast. I slapped in a 19T motor in it and geared it to the moon, and put on some used foam tires for traction. WOW!!! all I can say FAST down the straights. My buddy even manage to have it do a wheelie..... Finally had to gear it down, and it actually drove really well. Still need to fine tune the set up.

So if any of you mini gurus are bored during the winter months, I'd say try this project on for size. It is very simple to build. The cool thing about this project, all the parts are easy to find, and they are all Tamiya parts (besides the GPM universals).

I will post up pics of my homebrew 4wd mini.

Will