In 2008 the Dutch company went into bankruptcy. The recently started Off-Road projects were paused and the brand and the stock was sold to new company VectorRC in Holland. Serpent Ltd in Hong Kong is now in charge for the production and Distribution in Asia, Serpent Europe for Europe and Serpent America for the American region. Michael Salven, Ronald de Baar are owners of the Serpent brand and run a company (VectorRC BV) that takes care of the development and the marketing world-wide. As of 2009, Serpent have won a total of seven world (IFMAR) and thirty three European titles (EFRA) together with five Japanese (JMRCA) and eight U.S. (ROAR) national titles as well as three Winternats. In 2011, VectorRC teamed up with 2 new partners in China and created Serpent Ltd Hong Kong. By moving to China, Serpent has been able to develop the car line-up massively to over 30 different models, while maintaining the very high quality and performance standards. Product lines 1:8 811 Cobra Be Off-road EP 2011 1:10 411 On-road EP 2011 References http://www.retromodelisme.com/liste_manuel.html?d=30&l=&co=&m=6&c=&e=&mo= http://www.rcmag.com/reviews/retro/voitures/piste/lesvoitures/serpent/serpent.htm https://web.archive.org/web/20110719113818/http://www.wh-racing.de/01973c9224134640c/automodelleverbrenner/serpent.html https://web.archive.org/web/20060312182602/http://www.rc-junkies.nl/images/library/SpotlightopSerpent.pdf https://web.archive.org/web/20110724030306/http://www.rcbazar.net/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=469 http://www.rctech.net/forum/showthread.php?p=4035794 External links Official site Radio-controlled car manufacturers Companies based in North Holland Toy companies established in 1980 Model manufacturers of the Netherlands