im not hating on the chineese rc products but just to let you know, when they say 9t, it dont mean 9t. The chineese are not very good at designing in the rc world. The Europeans and Americaans are way better at it because of experience. Also, the american made products are not made in sweat shops by 10 year olds. I have more trust in the american made stuff than the chineese. Now for the japanese and koreans, they dont mess around, their shit is good. kyosho, yokomo, and tamiya are all japanese and korean i believe. They are good companies. Associated and Losi are american and are very good. If what problems have your had with them, If your bashing their vehicles thats your first problem because they are race vehicles.