Tamiya claims this is only the start for the Wild One MAX. Sure, most people won’t be daily-driving their Wild One MAX, but 14.4 kWh of battery packs is but a raindrop to the 100+ kWh pack monsoon that’s so trendy right now. It’s a bit like an Ariel Nomad, all scaffolding and bugs in your grille, except it’s electric, eco-friendly, and a rather sensible use of the earth’s resources.
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There’s nothing in series production quite like the Wild One MAX. It all adds up to a machine that should be plenty of fun off the beaten path. Breakover angle is a decent 28.4 degrees, approach angle is a stellar 34.1 degrees, and departure angle clocks in at a whopping 50.8 degrees. Thanks to the iconic sand racer design, the Wild One MAX sports a solid 10.63 inches of ground clearance, and the all-important off-road angles aren’t bad either.
Speaking of handling bits, the 1:10-scale Wild One features a trailing arm front suspension setup, but the human-sized variant gets double wishbones. With that in mind, the Little Car Company plans to equipe the Wild One MAX with Bilstein dampers and Eibach springs at all four corners, a sweet set of Maxxis off-road tires on 14-inch wheels, and Brembo brakes to slow everything down.
Of course, power is nothing without control, and for sandy blasts and greenlane excursions, there’s other hardware that’s more important than propulsion gear. See, the whole thing is expected to weigh just half a tonne, which makes it both road-legal in the UK and EU as a quadricycle and capable of a claimed 60 mph top speed. Total capacity among all eight battery packs sits at 14.4 kWh which isn’t a huge figure, but should be plenty for a vehicle this small. Considering that’s shorter than a Chevrolet Spark yet the same width as a Lamborghini Gallardo, expect outrageous proportions to shine through in real life.Īs with most remote control cars these days, the full-scale Tamiya Wild One MAX is powered by batteries that are rechargeable and removable. The Wild One MAX is deceptively large – around 141.7 inches long and 74.8 inches wide. However, just because the Little Car Company plans to build this buggy, don’t expect it to be small. While expensive, they’re a comparative bargain when you look at what a full-scale Ferrari 250 Testa Rossa and Bugatti Type 35 cost. These scaled-down, driveable versions of some of automotive history’s greats are meant for children and adults alike. That community is allegedly strong enough that Tamiya thinks it can support a 100-unit run of launch edition full-scale Wild Ones, and it’s turned to a small British company to make it happen.īased in the astonishing Bicester Heritage complex in Oxfordshire, the Little Car Company made its name building junior cars for the likes of Bugatti and Ferrari. Hell, it still does thanks to re-releases in multiple scales and fantastic community eager to build, enjoy, and customize their nostalgic Japanese RC cars. Tamiya has even greater visions, because it’s commissioning a really big version of its iconic Wild One RC buggy, except instead of controlling it through a remote, you just hop in and go.īack in the 1980s, the Tamiya radio-controlled car range had something for everyone, from the ludicrous monster van form of Vanessa’s Lunch Box to the style of the Grasshopper. When you think of a big radio-controlled car, what scale are you thinking of? Maybe 1:8-scale cars or 1:5-scale monster trucks.
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