I would have to suggest the Duratraxx Evader stadium truck, if you are going down that route. The Duratraxx Evader is a very good handling truck and it handles its own extremely well. Very impressive for a Duratraxx product! If ot that, then the Mugen MST-1 stadium truck. That truck is a little pricey (since Mugen's ego is becoming larger and feel that their once affordable products should now cost an arm and a leg because they are winning races) but it is also a very good handling truck. Very easy to setup, though not as easy as the Duratraxx Evader is.

As for MT's, I would suggest the HPI Savage for a beginner. Parts are all over the place and the manual for that truck is written very well and very coherently. It is perfect for a new person to understand. As far as the CEN Genesis is concerned, I would opt against it. If you want to shell out that much money for that truck, I would suggest going for the Losi MT. CEN products are good, but getting parts can be your worst nightmare. Traxxas MTs are, well, after a boat load of money has been spent, perhaps even a mortgage pulled out to hop one up, are cool. But why spend a ton of money just to have fun? Although the new REVO truck looks OK, but I am still against that turnbuckle connected on the arm to the lever on the shocks. That is begging for problems. I am very sure of that.