The Team C car is metric. Hobbypro/Team C (in hong kong) make them. Team C USA is the official distributor in the states, I was talking about the actual Team C in HK. But since those two are the actual maker and the official distributor, they have the exact same box and car. The Ansmann cars have a few colour changers/stickers whatever since they are kinda a reseller rather than a distributor but it's also the same car.
Anyway, if you get it direct from tcmodels which seems to be the online outlet for the factory in hong kong. It seems the only way to get one right now. I've bought stuff from them, They send ems and you will have in it like 3-4 days after it's posted (might take a couple days to post it) I think once it's posted etc it'll end up slightly more expensive than buying one from Ansmann in a few weeks in the UK (maybe 10 pounds?) (do you guys have to pay import tax ?) here in Australia we don't unless it's over $1000 which is a good thing.
There's the pre assembled plastic shock budget version
http://www.tcmodels.net/index.php?pa...mart&Itemid=71
And race spec Kit version
http://www.tcmodels.net/index.php?pa...mart&Itemid=71
If you don't want to run saddle batteries you need the budget version and then upgrade it, or just wait till later on with the pro kit and buy the other chassis