[driver#8]

Probably your best bet will be Milan Tomasek at MTR32 - his lexan bodies look stunning and he turns around new models much faster than the big mannies. Performance is supposed to be strong as well, but can't speak from experience.

Presumably there will be a glut of new cars soon anyway. You can take your pick from Avant, Carrera, Scalextric and SCX with the Peugeot and R10 - although any R18 will probably have to be impact resistant!

 

[driver#8]

Really, enough with the magnet debate already!

Scaley cars generally look nicer and better proportioned than Avant Slot (Porsche LMP2 aside). I've only got one LMP and mine's an Avant because we run box-stock with no magnet and in those regulations the Avant is king. BUT Scaley cars can be made to run as fast if you want the bother (and your club regs allow).

Back to the question in post #1: go for it, you'll find the model that you want before too long and a range of R18s from various manufacturers will doubtless be along soon!