"New" model VPI?

According to this:

https://trackingangle.com/features/vpi-introduces-new-model-one-turntable-part-of-a-new-upgradeable-forever-series

The 500RPM motor is for the 230v countries.

The Stainless Steel/Acrylic top plate was on the MKIII and a few of the first MKIV HW-19's.  I was a VPI dealer and Harry told me that stainless steel became too expensive and they switched to a black metal/acrylic top plate later on in the MKIV version. 

I upgraded a bunch of these tables, way back in the day for people.  I know the HW-19 tables very well  :-)

Belt drive, rim drive, direct drive, mass loaded plinth, spring suspension plinth. standalone motor, onboard motor, 300rpm motor, 600rpm motor, fixed tonearm board, removable tonearm board, four feet, three feet, uni-pivot, gimbal...sounds like VPI has all the basis covered!

Very interesting...."modular" design. I have a Superscoutmaster I’ve tricked out just that very way...... Rim drive, Ceramic platter, dual motors, SDS. 2nd pivot arm....etc. It sounds great The unipivot arm has gotten lots of bad press...... I like it.....the more careful the setup, the greater the rewards.

I've seen 2nd pivot or dual pivot description. Are these the same and what does that refer to? Thanks 🙏 

Built like the proverbial brick  house. Top plate and removeable arm board are about 1/4" aluminum. The sub chassis is even thicker aluminum. The table has VPI anti vibration feet and the sub chassis is isolated but stiffly. The arm is all new with a removeable head shell and azimuth adjustment and there is of course fine VTA adjustment. The arm tube is ess shaped and different; it’s machined solid aluminum and very dead(no tube like resonances). The warranty is 10 years and it’s intended to be upgradable for 10 years. There are two upgrades planned already including a direct drive.

The version one of the Forever series is $5250 with arm and dust cover. Interestingly the parts will fit an original HW-19 base.