they arent shutting down ..they are going to streamline there distribution chain to cut costs and pass the savings on to customers ..they will probably be with horizon losi for another year ...mike truhe is still running grp and has signed up to do so for the rest of the year ....about 2 months ago they made a statement on neo-buggy iluding to the fact that this is what they were doing....go to neo buggy and search the news section and type in gandini ....you can folllow the progression ......