IF you think about it, this would be a terrible time for Losi to drop a refined or newer type of buggy or truggy because of the economy. Now that can go two ways, many will say hey they droped the EU edition, but they probally had that in production for a while and they cant just scrap it because of R and D costs so they release it. But if Losi releases a new eight I would be suprised because of the economy. Not exactly the perfect time to launch a new/refined model here in the U.S. because of the economy. Maybe refined more tuneable parts would be the ticket.