I know Awesomeatix came and spoilt the party but touring cars has been one car for a long time - you just choose your colour
There's not really anything comparable that's actually available. Yeah I have an ultima and I have an AYK sidewinder, and I have a Kyosho Scorpion. But I wouldn't race them, they're well past it.
I got bored of the vintage racing since the cars just weren't even. I'm pretty sure my graphite rc10 had the 6gear box and it was frankly crap compared to the other rc10's racing.
Get a new rc10, get some spares - race and have fun. I'm confident we'll get enough numbers to run a heat or two at our races. Hopefully some others take it up also and organise small heats at their clubs to grow it. You can't compare it to some ancient old car - this is new and will have full parts support - and they want people to race them, they are well up for it.