Originally Posted by
Kave
To be honest the answers you are looking for simply don't exist. Both cars can be made to drive essentially the same and both have basically the same setup options and changes. What this means is that neither is going to be easier to setup or easier to drive. If you are looking for the "one car is so much better then the other answer" all you are getting is a bias opinion. Which car do you like the looks of more? Run that.
In 12th the driver wins, not the car. You can make any car a winner if you have the talent at both set-up and driving.
Josh Cyrul has swept up this year with a car design that first saw the light of day in 1986. Sure, the materials and manufacturing techniques have improved, but essentially that Speedmerchant is a 12LW from 1987.
Associated have usually hired the best drivers and thus have won more major 12th races than anyone else. Recently they have rowed back from a high investment in their 12th team, so the drivers they might have picked up are driving other chassis.
Buy what you like and take a set-up from their website to get you going. It's building it properly that is the key, so screw the build of any 12th car and it will be a nightmare.
I am a long-standing AE fan and driver. However, if asked I would point a newcomer to the Xray because their instructions are the best there is for 12th and their quality means it is difficult to build badly.
HTH
