tatula XT rod blank: same as regular tatula rods?

[21farms]

i was so pumped to hear brent ehler and other daiwa pro staff say the new tatula XT rods use the same blanks as the regular tatula rods. but, now i see the XT's are HVF, not SVF...what gives?

[JWR075]

I too noticed there was a differnce. Seems like a lot more faster action rods than the original Tatula.