Rlaarlo Goes Properly Big

I don’t often get genuinely excited by manufacturer emails, but this one from the pointy green R stopped me mid-scroll. Rlaarlo’s 2026 lineup is shaping up to be one of the more interesting things brewing in RC right now. Let me tell you why…

Heavy Hauling

HY6 Hongyan CQ261 6×6 Military Truck and Hongyan “Divine Cannon” trailer: my brushless Rlaarlo HY6 is due to land here for review tomorrow, and I’m keen to get my hands on it. But once I read the rest of the update, it became clear the HY6 is really just the opening salvo. Rlaarlo has some big (literally), ambitious models lined up for later this year, and they’re drawing from some seriously interesting full-size history.

Buggy Fans Win Big

1/8 Dragon Scale Knight (DSK) Buggy (kit and RTR!): First up is a 1/8 scale buggy. That’s a tough class to play in. At this size, things like drivetrain strength, suspension geometry, and cooling stop being theoretical and start being brutally obvious. A good 1/8 buggy tells you very quickly whether a company actually understands high-stress RC design or not. I’m curious to see how Rlaarlo approaches that space. But they’re releasing their first-ever kit! This is huge!

Porsche Endurance

1/6 Porsche AK962, which immediately raised my eyebrows. The original 962 was one of the most dominant endurance race cars ever built. It helped define an era: a Group C monster that won everywhere from Le Mans to Daytona and defined an era of brutal efficiency and long-distance reliability. Translating that spirit into a large-scale RC platform is a bold move. If Rlaarlo leans into scale accuracy and mechanical substance here, this could be something genuinely special rather than just a big shelf model.

Wait a sec: 250MPH (400KPH)?!

Rlaarlo has released a bit more info about this thing – you’ve gotta see this:

Mercedes-Benz Too!

Fully-licensed 1/7 Mercedes-Benz Unimog: On the opposite end of the motorsport spectrum sits the 1/7 Unimog, and I love that this is even on their roadmap. The real Unimog is all about rugged capability. Portal axles, extreme articulation, military and agricultural service… it’s a vehicle designed to keep moving when everything else gives up. A 1/7 RC Unimog done properly could be a fascinating blend of scale crawling and heavy-duty engineering, not just another tall truck with big tyres.

Lancer EVO VI

Fully-licensed 1/7 Mitsubishi Lancer EVO VI: And then there’s the one I know a lot of people are waiting for: the 1/7 Lancer EVO VI rally car. The full-size EVO VI is rally royalty; it represents peak-era WRC, turbocharged aggression, and one of the last truly raw homologation specials before things got too polished. In RC form, especially at 1/7 scale, this has huge potential. Long suspension travel, proper rally stance, and enough size to actually behave like a loose-surface car rather than a twitchy on-road conversion. If Rlaarlo gets this right, it could be something genuinely different in a sea of generic rally shells.

And More?!

There’s also a 1/64 race car (Romi64) and a bunch of interesting electronics to keep an eye out for. I spotted a new radio that looked somewhat like the Flysky Noble family of premium transmitters, and a bunch of new motors and ESCs. 2026 is shaping up to be epic for Rlaarlo.

What ties all of this together for me is intent. These aren’t safe, copy-paste releases. They span endurance racing, hardcore off-road utility, rally heritage, and high-performance bashing, and they’re doing it in larger scales where shortcuts are hard to hide. That tells me Rlaarlo is thinking beyond quick wins and is willing to take some real design risks.

Let’s Get Rolling!

I’ll reserve judgement until the Rlaarlo HY6 is on the bench and on the ground. Execution always matters more than ambition. But based on what I’m seeing so far, 2026 is looking mighty bright for the company, and we all win from that!

More soon, starting with a proper hands-on look at the HY6, here on RC-TNT. I can’t wait! In the meantime, you can view Rlaarlo’s current offerings here and also check out my most recent Rlaarlo videos below.

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