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Schumacher Racing Products Ltd was founded in1980 by Cecil Schumacher. Cecil, previously a successful design engineer in the motor industry, had designed transmission systems for road and racing cars, before turning to radio controlled models. After building a number of specialist tune up parts, including the worlds first “ball differential”, the first full kit went into production in 1982. The highly successful 1/12th scale 'C' car dominated for several years and won the European Championships in 1985 and 1988.
The world famous Schumacher “CAT”, Competition All Terrain, appeared in 1986. This 1/10th scale 4WD off road racer set new standards for innovative design, and won the 1987 4WD World Championship. This started a long line of successful off-road cars. Winning the European championships in 1990, 1994, 1995 and 1996.
In 1996 Schumacher were one of the first pioneers of the new 1/10th electric touring car class. With the “SST” range going on to win 10 U.S. National titles.
In recent years the product range has diversified into more of the leisure and sport markets with the highly successful Fusion, Menace and XTR ranges. We also now distribute a range of high performance cars and accessories in Europe and the U.S.A. from companies including Nanda, A-Tech, Sorex, Take-Off, Keyence, Competition Electronics, GM, ATS, Titanium Racing plus many more.
Schumacher now operates from modern 10,000 sq. ft. premises in Northampton, England. There are 30 people employed at the head office, which is well equipped with high technology machinery. A large proportion of the manufacturing is in-house, and there is a highly skilled research and development team, who are continually improving the products, and maintaining Schumacher's reputation for innovative design. As well as staying at the leading edge of design technology for our new products, great attention has also been given to production techniques and quality control systems.
Schumacher have a popular and very saleable range of products, and are available throughout Europe, America, Asia, Australia and South Africa.
In 2001 Robin Schumacher, Cecil’s son, took over as Managing Director and the company has continued to grow and invest in new technology.
Schumacher’s dynamic and enthusiastic staffs are committed to providing leading edge products and high levels of customer satisfaction.
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