SLOT CARS

Anybody knows about Jiada? Are they preparing something in 1/43?

Company preferences: - SCX 51% (known as Scalextric in Spain) http://www.scx.es/ - Ninco 20% http://www.ninco.com/ - Scalextric 17% (known as Superslot in Spain) http://www.scalextric.com/ - Carrera 13% http://www.carrera-toys.com/ - Fly 6% http://www.flycarmodel.com/

This is news from Spain. According to the following article, SCX will sell their SCX Compact products in Spain since October 2007. And I suppose SCX will also sell them all around Europe. One curiosity for those that do not know about the history of SCX and Scalextric. They used to be the same company for many years with two big branches, the english and the spanish one. But they split. Scalextric (UK) has that name in all the world but Spain (where it is called SuperSlot) and SCX is the same in all the world but in Spain where it is Scalextric. So you can read in the Spanish article Scalextric meaning "Spanish Scalextric" or SCX for all of you that are not from Spain. I will try to get back with more accurate information about SCX Compact in Europe as soon as I can get it. " MADRID, 5 (EUROPA PRESS).- Tecnitoys, la empresa que fabrica Scalextric, ha firmado un acuerdo con la compañía norteamericana Target para distribuir sus productos en Estados Unidos, país en el que p...

I finally tried my new SCX compact cars last weekend. I have an Artin Track, cheap and fairly good. I first tried both Nascar cars, they went smooth and fast, but I had a problem, they used to jump after the lap counter. I realized which the problem was later. For guides, SCX Compact have the normal ones they have in 1/32, long ones. In Artin and Carrera GO they are just pins. So in the counter track the SCX Compact jumped from the track. Once the problem was solved they ran O.K. Then I try one of them against an Artin one. First again a truck from the Havy jitters set and then against a Corvette. There was no competition in any of them. The truck never goes out of the track, it does not matter how fast you go, it is just a toy and the Corvette was too nervous and not fast enough for the Ford Fusion. Later on I tri ed it against the Carrera Go Viper, this one is a better one than the Artin, but it was not as good as the SCX Compact. So if for almost the price of an Artin car and cheape...

FORD FUSION, NASCAR RACING: A NATURAL FITDearborn, Mich. — Thirty-eight years. That’s how long it’s been since Ford introduced an all-new model and went NASCAR racing with that model at the same time. That 1968 car was the Ford Torino, which went on to be a hit in both the marketplace and on the race track. NASCAR Hall of Famer David Pearson took the Torino to championships in both 1968 and 1969. Ford is confident the 2006 Ford Fusion will experience similar success, both on and off the track. “Fusion’s bold, new styling and its dynamic driving personality are very consistent with what you would look for in both a production car and a race car,” said Marty Collins, General Marketing Manager, Ford Division. “We believe that Fusion is a car that demands to be noticed, and in a sport like NASCAR, there’s going to be millions of race fans tuning in every week who are going to have a great opportunity to see Fusion in a winning situation, and associate that winning with the Ford brand.” Fo...

(from Ferrari Press Release) Maranello (Italy), 14th January 2007. The F2007 is the fifty third single-seat built by Ferrari specifically to compete in the Formula 1 World Championship. The project, known internally as the 658, represents the Scuderia's interpretation of the technical regulations that apply for 2007, with changes principally concerning safety, through the introduction of more stringent front and rear crash tests and the addition of a composite material structure to provide lateral protection to the sides of the driver. These modifications have led to a significant increase in the weight of the car, in the region of just under ten kilograms. The F2007 chassis has been significantly modified when compared to the 248 F1. The design was revised to accommodate a new front suspension that represents a major conceptual innovation, mainly in terms of aerodynamics. The shape of the side-pods and their openings are also revised, based on modifications to the cooling system, ...

Here you can compare my two SCX Compact Nascar cars with Artin and Carrera 1/43 slot cars.