Team Durango Explained

Team Durango Ltd
Type:	Private Limited Company (Ltd.)
Foundation:	2008-2017
Key People:	Gerd Strenge Michael Vollmer
Owner:	Hobbico
Homepage:	www.team-durango.com/

Team Durango was a manufacturer and distributor of radio-controlled cars and accessories.

History

The original Durango was developed by Serpent Racing from the Netherlands who teamed up with Gerd Strenge to develop a Serpent-Branded 4WD electric buggy based upon prototype cars designs and built by German racer Gerd Strenge, calling the car the S500. The car was a radical departure from the slab-sided hand-machined prototypes when it first saw the light of day at Nuremberg 2008 however the economic climate meant the car never went into production. Fortunately Gerd Strenge and his designer Michael Vollmer formed at the end of 2008 the brand ‘Team Durango’, launching a redesigned S500 called the DEX410 and making it available to the mass market since September 2009. For many years before then prototype cars designed and built by Gerd had noticeable success against the larger commercial builders on the European racing scene.^{[1] [2]}

The then owners Hobbico discontinued the product in 2017.^[3]

Racing

Podiums at World Championships

Position	Year	Title	Driver	Model
1st	2009	IFMAR 4WD Offroad World Championship		DEX410
2nd	2011	IFMAR 4WD Offroad World Championship		DEX410

Podiums at National Championships

Position	Year	Title	Driver	Model
1st	2010	Finnish 4WD Offroad National Championship		DEX410
1st	2010	French 4WD Offroad National Championship		DEX410
1st	2010	Italian 4WD Offroad National Championship		DEX410
1st	2010	South African 4WD Offroad National Championship		DEX410

Products

thumb|Gerd Strenge with Jörn Neumann's DNX8, 2013 EFRA European 1/8 Off-Road Championship.

1/10 Scale 4WD Electric Onroad Competition Touring Car

Date	Name	Details	Kit #
2015-	DETC410v2		TD102035
2013-2015	DETC410		TD102023

1/10 Scale 2WD Electric Offroad Competition Buggy

Date	Name	Details	Kit #
	DEX210v3		TD102042
	DEX210v2		TD102028
	DEX210		TD102006

DEX210F

1/10 Scale 4WD Electric Offroad Competition Buggy

Date	Name	Details	Kit #
2010s - 2017	DEX410v5		TD102036
2010s	DEX410v4		TD102030
2010s	DEX410Rv3		TD102012
2010s	DEX410v3		TD102011
2010–2011	DEX410R	The 'R' is essentially the same car as the original DEX410 but with less of the expensive alloy parts.	TD102003
2009 Sept - 2011	DEX410		TD102001

1/8 Scale 4WD Nitro Offroad Competition Buggy

Notes and References

1. Web site: 2009-10-02. The Team Durango history. 2021-04-21. Red RC.
2. Web site: Team Durango founded -NeoBuggy.net – Offroad RC Car News. 2021-04-21.
3. Web site: LiveRaceMedia. BREAKING: Hobbico officially pulled the plug on Team Durango. 2021-04-21. www.liverc.com. en.