When Tamiya were originally building radio controlled cars in the late seventies and early eighties, the idea was to replicate real vehicles and their architecture. The Super Champ was an evolution of the Rough Rider and Sand Scorcher and had a single shock for the rear suspension. These special racing buggies (SRB) copied the front suspension and steering geometry from a Volkswagen Beetle which explains why it corners like Adolf Hitler at while entering Poland (ie straight ahead).

These cars were certainly no match in performance to todays brushless motored LIPO buggies on steroids but they do have a class of their own. I think apart from the Kyosho Optima mid custom and Rocky, there has been no better looking RC car than the Super Champ and Rough Rider. Rough Rider is a very close replica to an original Mint 400 dune buggy which raced around the dunes of Las Vegas before all the fat americans bloated the place beyond all recognition.

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