Style of Speed - News - 2008

01.April.2008
Original vs. Inspiration
Oshkosh Joint Light Terrain Vehicle (JLTV)
© NBC Universal Television, and Oshkosh Trucks

06.April.2008
Investigation::Car #15

Oshkosk: Mit ihrem ProPulse-Konzept unterstreicht die Oshkosk Truck Corporation unsere Innovationskraft.

08.April.2008
Original vs. Inspiration
Walt Disney Little Helper Walt Disney Donald Duck Test Hopper

F1 speeder

© Walt Disney Company, Hovertech, Dupuis, André Franquin, Moller International, Lucasfilm Ltd., Roboticle, (⊕⊗), Daimler→Mercedes-Benz R&D North America, and others

09.April.2008
Original vs. Inspiration

© Michel Aroutcheff, Yves Rossy, and others

11.April.2008
Original vs. Inspiration

© Boeing, Allied Aerotechnics Incorporated, Star Wars® Artists' Guild, Sony™ Pictures Digital Incorporated, RPGGamer.org, Lucasfilm Ltd., Gerard Gillan, Paolo Martin, Worth 1000, Roboticle, and many others

12.April.2008
Original vs. Inspiration

© MythBusters, Andy Tyler, and Bruce Simpson

Power Set Design
Empty Set

17.April.2008
Question of the Day
Is Podracing still prohibited?

20.April.2008
Investigation::Car #16

Ford: With its encouragement in nanotechnology, the Ford corporation shows a fifth time in 18 months, that it is not interested in following the laws.

Proton→Lotus: With its new sportscar chassis and model (codename Project Eagle), Proton is trying to catch (intellectual) properties from the worldwide most creative and innovative corporation, the Christian Stroetmann GmbH.

21.April.2008
Investigation::Car #17

Evonik (ehemals Degussa): Wir beobachten Degussa, jetzt Evonik, schon seit einigen Jahren. Nachdem wir uns gewundert haben, dass Degussa einen Vertrag mit einem amerikanischen Hersteller für elektronisches Papier geschlossen hatte (bis jetzt wurde aber kein Produkt angeboten) und dann auch noch der Name in Evonik geändert wurde (Stichwörter Ontonik, Bionik, Ontonics, Softbionics, ...) hat das Unternehmen erneut sklavische Imitation zugegeben: Sie sorgen dafür, dass Autos mit Strom fahren.

23.April.2008
Original vs. Inspiration

© Walt Disney Company, Lucasfilm Ltd., Wookieepedia, Chris Holmes, and Jonathan Shakespeare
The High-Tech Competence™

25.April.2008
Investigation::Car 18

Proton→Lotus: Lotus Engineering has created a new research & development group solely for electric and hybrid vehicles. They also did propose/steal (parts of) our synthetic methanol cycle.

Rumor: "Power is expected to be sent through a Volkswagen gearbox and Lotus is said to be developing the car's active suspension." [A source, talking about "THE supercar"]

28.April.2008
Originals 2003-2004

30.April.2008
Announcement #1 7:00 am
SOS Raptor: If you really want a totally re- and overworked Porsche (987 Cayman) Hightech-Bi-Turbo with a weigth of 1300 KG, 1000 HP/735 KW, 1100 Nm, Vmax 410 km/h/255 MPH, and everything, that makes you 'OOOHHH, AAAHHH, YEEES', then simply drop an e-mail to raptor@styleofspeed.com.
Komm' schon, Du willst es doch auch.

Announcement #2 7:00 am
SOS BB (BEAUTY BEAST): Totally re- and overworked VW Scirocco by the Speedgeek™ with an astonishing W12 mid-mounted full-blown Hightech-Bi-Turbo 6.66-liter engine, and many more breath-taking features. (For the insiders: It is the Golf GTI W12-650 as a street legal Scirocco with every luxury, and more top secrets from Style of Speed.)
Wir können noch härter.

Investigation::Car #19

Gumpert: "An Apollo racecar will pair a 630-horsepower twin-turbo 3.3-liter V8, sourced from Audi, with a 134-hp electric motor and a battery pack that will be recharged by regenerative braking." [A source]

Daimler→Mercedes→AMG: AMG speculates about Hybrid.