I have been playing withthe new Catalina reel at the Osaka fishing show today. Very smooth like the Saltiga, looks like a superb reel. The guys said the gears are the same as the Saltiga, most of the savings have been made by way of fewer bearings and by keeping everything simple on the body (ie no carbon fibre inlays). The are no reels above a 5000 size...Yet. I'm yet to see the final price locally for the reels, but I do think they will be very popular - moreso than saltigas, we will have to see.
Cheers
Duncan