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Toyota engineers convicted of stealing secrets from Ferrari

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    1337Rolla oh my

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    Toyota engineers convicted of stealing secrets from Ferrari

    "n most countries, acts like murder, treason, or plotting to overthrow the government rank among the most heinous crimes a person can commit. In Italy, stealing secrets from Ferrari ranks right up near the top of the list, too.

    Following a long, drawn out process, two former Scuderia Ferrari engineers, who stood accused of stealing secrets from Maranello and giving them to rivals at Toyota F1, have been convicted. Pending appeal, Angelo Santini was sentenced to nine months and Mauro Iacconi to 16 behind bars on charges of industrial espionage."

    More @ http://www.autoblog.com/2007/04/25/toyota-engineers-convicted-of-stealing-secrets-from-ferrari/
    1337Rolla, Apr 26, 2007
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    MovieSTAR i hurd u liek?

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    holy potatos batman. car companies stealing ideas from other car companies? ITS UNHEARD OF!!! but rly its not news for car companies stealing secrets. but i understand that ferrari would be pretty unhappy. i think industrial espionage is like the most retarded felon to be convicted off honestly. sooo many companies do it and not get charged. was a pretty good read though
    MovieSTAR, Apr 26, 2007
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    just rediculous that toyota has to jack technology. Seems like they already have some of the best stuff around.

    btw your sig has 1337 hours, nice job. :D
    1337Rolla, Apr 26, 2007
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    MovieSTAR i hurd u liek?

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    haha, yeah i made a new xfire so i didnt ruin my perfect 1337 hours =]. i also think its lame that toyota had to steal though
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    Technically they didn't "steal" anything. They just bought off a couple of the Ferrari guys...lol.

    It's kiinda funny to me though.
    ShallowPockets, Apr 26, 2007
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    I wouldn't trust that link too much. Its a blog. I could see some sort of bias just by reading it. Its not by an official source. I'm sure Toyota being the big company that they are would recklessly steal ideas from Ferrari. There's always the possibility that Ferrari is making assumptions about the designs. I mean look at vtec. Now there's vvti, vvtli, mivec, and other forms of vtec now. I don't see Honda accusing Toyota and Mistubishi of design leaks. Its preposterous! Look at one of the responses to that post:

    Two things there, first, the article (the one autoblog is summarizing) states, " Santini, who worked at Ferrari from 1995 until the start of 2002, had moved to Toyota". So being at Toyota means Toyota engineer. Second, when a coke employee tried to give secrets to Pepsi, Pepsi turned them in i.e. even if it was just the Ferrari engineers doing something, Toyota doesn't have to accept the info and could turn them in. Remember, the Japanese got where they are by HARD WORK and only hard work (I see this FACT everyday from the import fanboys). Why couldn't they be like Pepsi then?
    GSE21tuner, Apr 26, 2007
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    Very true, the japanese people are very sophisitcated people and considering how far they have gone in the last few years i highly doubt they would have to "steal" ideas. for instance the the case between GM and Dailmer-Chrysler with the Hummer and Jeep "7-Slotted" front grille it went way overboard, IMO.
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    atleast they know where to look for ideas:D
    mburket, Apr 28, 2007
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    I don't call it stealing. I call it Ferrari-inspired. hahahah LOL
    GSE21tuner, Apr 28, 2007
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    ^lol
    MovieSTAR, Apr 28, 2007
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