Carrera:Germany report 2016

[MoparGreg]

[AllanI]

Does that mean the Torinos won't be available as non digital?

Allan

[Czar]

Do you know when the digital pistol grip controller will be available in the US? Is it wireless?

[HomeRacingWorld]

In the EVO LIST

20027521 Ford Torino Talladega "Wendell Scott, No.34"
20027522 Ford Torino Talladega "Benny Parsons, No.98"

[DaveKennedy]

[dw5555]

[DaveKennedy]

It's too preliminary that's why it's not being shown yet.

[Burrell]

[DaveKennedy]

Yes that's a Gulf car, i don't think we will get that because of Gulf licensing issues. I am asking trust me.

yes that's an outline being show.. it's not the design of the truck so read NOTHING into that photo please. I have the design of the truck, an elevation drawing like the ones I'd posted of other cars. What will likely be the truck isn't that shape (unless it's completely redesigned). So please just be patient.

[RazorJon]

thats not a truck

ITS A GHOST LIGHT....RUN

[DaveKennedy]

LMFAO!!!!

[manchvegasracer]

Nascars??????????????????? :think: Oh please, nascars please :)

[DaveKennedy]

I have no comment at the moment about that I'm sorry....

[Junior]

Damn Carrera, there are at least 4 cars I will have to buy….

Dave,
I am fascinated at the process of what older models get released with new liveries. Understanding that:
Carrera is a global market, in the business to make money, and understands their market better than the consumer.
Cars that may sell well in the USA may not do so in other counties
Carrera can only produce x amount of models a year
Licensing is always a challenge.
What is the process of determining when to make or not make a specific car. For example the Willys, although Carrera has made a huge variety of them, from my perspective they all have sold out and are fetching collector prices on ebay. Is it that Carrera doesn’t see further sales of the Willys (again just using that one as an example) or is it just moving on to new models to expand Carrera’s selection. Or is it simply management getting tired of hearing from a man from the east coast that the Torino's need to be re-released :D (thanks again :D )
Thanks for all you do!

[DaveKennedy]

So the Willys falls under the Chrysler license, which we don't have anymore. The hotrods weren't very good selling cars in their day. Now the collector market has come around.. not much to say about that. The process is really a consensus between Carrera of America (myself and the President Ed Gershowitz) he and I are both "car guys" so we talk about this all the time. We work to come up with ideas that we present to the product management people in Austria (who of course have their own ideas about what to make, but largely they trust that we know what's best for our market). I do a lot of research online (Facebook pages, Google searches, help from folks like Harry too of course sometimes) and we come up with ideas for what we'd like to do. Once we know what is possible to have for new molds (normally about 1-2 a year for North America) we then try to decide what cars to make.
A story I've told before: When I started with CoA around 2010 we had the discussion about what to make. I suggested we do the Cheetah because at that time it was the most requested car and hadn't been done before. The folks that I was discussing this with said yeah ok what car would race against it. I said the Shelby Cobra. They said, yeah ok let's do them. The conversation was about that long about it.
I've been doing this now for 2 companies for about 10 years now so i have a pretty decent sense of what would sell so I base my suggestions on that experience. Don't get me wrong i'm sure NOT the only one in the process and i'm the lowest person in the food chain but I do voice my opinions and over time i think I've had some successes.