An e-maxx would be a rather good choice, but it needs hopups to be made good;
-3.3 driveshafts
-3.3 knuckles
-flm aluminum cups
-steel idlers in the transmission
-proper shocks that don't pop as soon as the truck lands a bit wrong
-proper servo saver
-good spur/slipper
i personally like/prefer a savage for a basher;
a new Savage X comes standard with good shocks, camshaft servo saver, tough drivetrain (including 1/8th 6 spider diffs with upgraded tough aluminum cups, a MOD1 dual slipper and steel driveshafts over the stock tupperware of the e-maxx) and with some tweaking you can make a fair stable racer out of it as well.
I would personally vote for the savage.
here is the latest savage i converted to electric;
http://picasaweb.google.com/buikpijn/CarbonSavage