This piece was originally published in The Autopian, a member-supported blog for car enthusiasts formed by ex-Jalopnik ...

It offers impressive speed and durability and, with its included rechargeable batteries, is suitable for extended off-road ...

Taking my all time favorite car body, dressing it up in full rally spec, and sitting it atop an RC chassis meant for off-road driving? Does anyone want to Venmo me $270 to try one of these out?

Traxxas shows how its Slash 4x4 RC car can drive across water and do jumps, thanks to paddle tires and high-speed gearing. And some foam for flotation, just in case. All the Slash fun requires is ...

His tires improved over off-road RC tires in one major way ... wheels thrown off in big tumbling crashes. Electric-powered RC cars can go darn quick these days, but you might want to consider ...

Braking is done by having a stocky servo push a reinforced stub downward, out of a hole in the center of the car. This provides friction against the road surface. After all, on an RC car a ...

even the cheapest RC car can outpace these, at perhaps a tenth of their price. These fit into two distinct sectors of the RC world: the Off-Road Buggy is, well, an off-road buggy, built to be ...