RE: New slash 4x4 under 400.
Seriously? The F201 was released in 2002, the engineering and plastics have come a long way since then. Compare it to other cars from the same generation and you don't see much better plastics. Considering that brushless motors were virtually unknown in land RC in 2002 why would you engineer for it?
Regardless, I would not consider the Formula 1 seris of cars as the "standard" for anyone to be using for comparison purposes.