There are more people racing 12th 4 cells these days...there are mainly 3 groups of them in my city:
1. GP guys...they are used to VDS body shell...they dun really mind their rc not look like a sedan on the street..and they want speed!
2. Exhausted ex 1/10 touring guys- we are tired with the uncountable amount variations you can have in a 1/10 touring.. uncountable amount of "desirable" hot ups you can buy.. etc etc get a 12l3/4 and reassembly our 6 cell packs into 4 cells we got load of running and fun! we dun even need to reinvest in 9 and 10 T motors
3. Newbies- oh really? yes! they started with Miniz, they are comfortable with 2wd, and well trained with their miniz with fets added on, they actually drive 1/12 pretty fast!