Yes defo brushed, i do still really like the look of the new Taniya Dynahead due out, but its sort of new tech with the reduction hubs, and its a lot of money to find out if its good or bad, yes its sort of based on konhead, and that thing is a handful on full throttle.
I do like the buggy style like bomber or wraith but for what i want as a one only rig i think scale like a truck is best, and yes a nice bit of wheel speed is going to be good
BTW nothing defender style, really dont like defenders