yes the car shares (a few) features that are interchangable in between the mugen & OCM, but the rest of the buggy is totally original in design, geometry is different and other obvious parts.

it has nothing to do with being sponsered, im not and ive had the buggy for 3months now and checked it out before i bought one and only found that it is a different buggy that performs very well and is easy to use for anyone at any level, always do your research and i did get a first hand look at how the OCM performed on track and what it took to break anything on it and all i can say is its a very tough buggy, plastics are very strong as well as the shock towers.

one example i can give you would be one of the guys at our track flying at 60+km/h on the back straight over the cross over and WACK looses control and hits the tree just on the side of the back straight , the bumper it self took most of the impact and the only real damage was the left side of the front tower being bent back about 5 degree's from 90 roughly.

example 2. separate race meet

another OCM buggy flew over the 2nd double jumps and lands upside down and then 2sec. later another buggy fly's over the jump landing on top of the OCM at 50km/h snaping the left side lower arm at the begining.

and considering what OCM will be offering next year the price and quality is hard to go past, BB shocks ARR buggy kits and RTR kits both buggy&truggy.

go to your track and if there is a OCM there have a test drive for 10min.. find out what you can about the brand based on genuine oppinions, not "this buggy is better because i drive it and i like it" parts availability is great www.Amainhobbies.com is a strong supporter and will/do have all parts in stock as well as kits and the OCM team is very helpful in all aspects keep watch when the IFMAR 2008 US comes and you ll see Allen Burton and others, base your choice on perfromance and quality and also dont be fooled by prices its only a plus, have a look at Ian Hayley, he did very well in 2007 with the buggy so that shows what you can expect as well as from what you may have read in results from the US team.