Having been a long time X6 owner...I've just changed to a Centro...
Built it, put a rough set up on from the teams driver sheets, plus a few minor tweaks to better suit my driving style and car was instantly great fun, and felt easy to drive fast straight away! Got a very good result with it at it's first event without any prior track time, which to me speaks volumes!
Always loved my X6, but to me the Centro feels more agile and alive without feeling loose or erratic (you do run it much lighter than the X6)...totally loved it!
It's not as 'polished' a kit as the losi or the durango will be, but then is a much lower production volume conversion kit, so that is always going to be the case.
Yes there is some concern over the chassis strength, but it's a new car to the public and I'm sure CML will have that under control. To me the chassis is ok, but could possibly do with an optional strengthening mod of some sort to make it more durable for the average Joe racer without massively compromising the performance of it...more racing and more drivers will always throw up new challenges from the initial testing, it's how CML deal with it that will be the test, and the signs are good.
I have no worries being a Centro owner anyway, it just makes me smile driving it!
The losi to me looks trickier to set up, and the durango is also very new...but does look to have great potential, and is unquestionably a great value kit!
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