Why no more Classic and Street in 1/24??

[MarcoGTI]

Hi Friends

I have a question for you:
Have you seen that in the last years the biggest models factories(Revell Tamiya Fujimi etc) don't make more Classic or Street cars of end 90 or 2000 years???In 80s and first 90s they made great cars(M3 E36-M5 E34 Audi 90 VW Golf III-IV-Mercedes E55 AMG) but now they make only great cars like Ferrari or Lambo or Porsche not more.

I'd like to see in 1/24 plastic RS4-RS6 R32 M3 E46 M5 E39 new AMG and I think it would be also a your desire right?

We have to send a lot of email to factory and tell new proposal for the future because they made always same cars and I have to buy great glory of 90s.My last purchase is an Alpina E36

Best Regards to All!!!

[freakray]

You're asking a question that's been asked dozens of times.....

[willimo]

With a dozen "I dunno's" in response.

[blubaja]

Liscensing, marketing and sales. A company isn't going to risk spending alot of $ on a liscense if they don't know how it will sell because they don't know how to test market a product. In other words..they just don't listen to us...but yea..I dunno either

[hirofkd]

I know why. They don't make it, because it won't sell well, if at all.

[drunken monkey]

hold on, let's see,
in the 80s, the model makers produced cars like the Audi quattro, golf mk3, MB 190, E30 M3, Supra MK1 etc.
in the 90s we saw the E36 M3, CLKs, lots of japanese cars (supra, R33, 300ZXs, NSX etc etc).
and now we have models of ferrari 360, 430, enzo, carrera gt, 350Z.

am i the only one to spot the simple pattern?

[evo8owner]

Originally Posted by blubaja

Liscensing, marketing and sales. A company isn't going to risk spending alot of $ on a liscense if they don't know how it will sell because they don't know how to test market a product. In other words..they just don't listen to us...but yea..I dunno either

Blubaja Is Right,But There's More
Licensing,Is The Reason Why We Don't Get A Lot Of New Car/Trucks/Bike Kits
Somewhere In An Legal Office Around The Mid 90's,A Lawyer Said
"Why Do You Let The Modelcar Companys Use Your Designs To Make Money
That Could Be Yours?" Charge Them More For Licensing Rights & Get A Bigger
Cut Of The Profits Per Unit Sold. Untill This,Licensing Use For Modelcars Was Pretty Cheap.
But Greed Got In To It And Now R/M,AMT,ETC.
Have To Pay "Big Bucks" For That "Hummer H2" Brand Kit(For Example)
This Is Part Of The Reason We See More Re-Issues Than New Kits.
It Takes A Big Chunk Of New Product Development Budget
To Do New Kits Than Old Because The Re-Issues Licensing Has Been Paid Already.
When MPC Was Still Around,They Would Do A Kit Of Any & Every Car They Could
(Check E-Bay For MPC Models,You Will See What I Mean!)
I Myself Perfer To Build "Latemodel" Cars & Trucks But It's Getting Slim,
Take a Look A The Promo Market.In The Late 80's Earley 90's There Was
10-15 New Promo Models A Year,Now Only A Few Vettes.
And I Still Haven't Seen A C6 Promo Yet
Sorry For The Rant,I'm A Former Marketing Rep

Jake

[MPWR]

I was going to say that after the late 90's the true spirit of the European sportscar was dead (ecepting perhaps some exotics), as everything from then on was just another soulless lookalike 'luxury performance coupe/sedan', and nothing was really worth making a model of. But I expect evo8owner's answer is probably the more accurate one. Remember, this was the era that even the 'distinctive sound of Harley Davidson motorcycles' was copywritten and licensed. There's not sufficient profit margin in plastic kits to justify the licensing fee, and the copywrite holders don't give a damn if no plastic kits are made of their car, especially when diecast manufacturers are willing to pay the tributes.