Nitro cars are way more faster than your typical electric rc car, but require much more maintenance as well. Most feel that the extra care they have to give to a nitro RC car is well worth the trouble and some actually enjoy spending time on their cars to give it that extra boost the next time its out on the track. In fact, you can tune and modify your nitro car to do all kinds of high performance acts. With modification, you can get your nitro car to go to speeds in excess of 200mph if you wanted. HPI, Traxxas, Kyosho, Associated are just a few of the brand that put out great nitro cars.