1:8th Off-road Racing
In 2005, XRAY released the XB8 off-road car, which is a nitro powered buggy. In the 2005 European Championships, French team driver Yannick Aigoin qualified first in class using the XB8. Later in the year, XRAY released the XB8R, aimed at the more budget end of the market, like XRAY did with the TxR range of the electric touring cars.
Towards the end of 2006 the XB8TQ was released to celebrate XRAY's TQ (Top Qualifier ) at the 1/8 Gas Worlds, and early 2007 saw the announcement of the XB8 EC (Euro Champion) edition. Also, XRAY moved into the burgeoning 'Truggy' category with the XT8 truck.
In 2008, XRAY also announced an "all-new" 1/8 scale off-road nitro buggy to replace the XRAY XB8 EC. The new buggy will be called the XRAY 808 (a.k.a. XB808). The XB808 was released on 2/7/2008 and became available for purchase in the US around mid to late April 2008. XRAY announced there would be no changes to the XT8 in 2008. Team XRAY has "no immediate plans to alter the XT8 and it will remain with the same specifications for the 2008 season."
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