The Super Avante (スーパーアバンテ) is a Mini 4WD car released in 1995 by Tamiya. It is one of the variants of the Avante Jr..
It was featured in the manga and anime Bakusou Kyodai Let's & Go! where it was made by Tesshin Akada, and was kept by Dr.Tsuchiya. It was the prototype and the base of the Saber machines the Seiba brothers own.
General Info
The cowl of the Super Avante is similar to that of the original Avante Jr., but with major differences. The front absorber props have been replaced by a pair of fins and air-ducts for cooling the motor while running. The body is colored in white, with two tones of blue mix onto it.
Instead of the Type-2 Chassis, it comes with the Type-5 Chassis. The Super Avante also comes equipped with low-profile tires and red large-diameter wheels.
In anime and manga
In Let's & Go!, shortly after the Seiba brothers got out of the virtual racing simlutator cockpits, they found out that someone has been broken into Dr.Tsuchiya's lab and stole something: the Super Avante. In the end, they retrieved the Super Avante despite it being damaged; losing a front right wheel and the front right bumper parts).
In the anime version, it was someone hired by Dr.Ohgami who stole the Super Avante while in the manga, it was someone from the rival corporation.
Technical Info
Length: 132 mm (Normal), 145 mm (White Special), 150 mm (RS)
Width: 86 mm (Normal), 90 mm (White Special), 97 mm (RS)
Height: 48 mm (Normal/White Special/RS)
Chassis: Type-5 Chassis (Normal), VS Chassis (White Special), Super-II Chassis (RS)
Gear Set(s): 5:1 and 4.2:1 (Normal), 4:1 (White Special), 4.2:1 (RS)
Gallery
Boxarts
See also
- Avante Jr.
- Avante 2001 Jr.
- Avante Mk-II
- Avante X
- Avante Mk-III
- Aero Avante
External link
- Super Avante on Tamiya official website (Japanese)
- Super Avante White Special on Tamiya official website (Japanese)
- Super Avante RS on Tamiya official website (Japanese)