yea redcat is not to popular people think its cheap crap but i think its great i own 3 redcats and nothing has ever broke except suspension arms but that was cause i crashed. its a good brand but not alot of people know about it. its a pretty new brand i think but i have no complaints only complements. but yea i have read somwhere that redcat,himoto,exceed,hsp all buy from the same manufacturer they just make the car look however redcat wants it to look body wise and give it there own graphics and stuff but im not sure