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alcyon
09-01-2014, 12:56 AM
I find it odd that full scale Korean car manufactures are using names that were used for RC cars way back in the 80's. Like the Kyosho optima, which KIA nicked for the early 2000s Optima, then now Hyundai Avante, which they nicked from Tamiya Avante..

Maybe the designers of those cars were once into RC? Funny thing though a simple search for optima will turn out more pics of kyosho's than Kia's.
When I first saw the KIA optima in 2000, I thought to myself "Hey Kyosho Came out with that first !"
LOL

DanB4
09-01-2014, 06:17 AM
Hyundai Avante? Not heard of that - time to Google it.

What next? The Ssangyong Intruder EX?