PERFORMANCE TEST
Hot Bodies
D812
1/8 scale NI TRO 4WD BUGG Y | UNasseMBleD KI T
This buggy puts a
factory team ride in
the hands of the club
racer to make it a true
people’s champion
Words Erich r EichErt @ErichrccA
photos hopE mccall
he Hot Bodies D812 is the
product of countless races
and years of development
by HB’s engineers and team
drivers. At the 2012 ROAR
Nationals in Lost Creek, PA,
the team kept their latest
creation out of the public
eye as best they could but
after taking the win, they
had to fight off the media who were
eager to show the world what sort of
new top-secret designs there were
behind the new national champion and
Worlds hopeful. From first glimpse, the
car was out of this world and bursting at
the seams with wild, new designs and
different takes on how the everyday 1/8
buggy should be. The buggy that graces
these pages is the finished product of
those races, hours and hours of testing,
and outspoken performance on both the
national and world levels of competition.
Packed full of the designs that stunned
us just one year ago, the D812 is so much
more than just HB’s newest offering.
To you, Joe Weekend Warrior, it’s your
sponsorship packet, your first shipment
of gear, and your signed contract to join
the team.
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