SPEED HERO Blog — Toyota

My opportunities to do high dollar builds are minimal to none. It might be my aversion to money/lack of self worth. It could also be my impatience in holding a moment, lacking sticktoitiveness as my mind excitedly moves to the next abstract concept. Adding in poor health and limited resources, I can only really get my kicks from conceptualizing things.

This feels good and bad; good to be far down the path of a mental journey that increasingly becomes more obscure, specific and diversified. Bad, as I have no receipts of ideas, no evidence of improvement or quality of idea,...

This morning, 6:05am to be precise, I received a text with an instagram link from a buddy. Confused as to what car he was looking at. Let's just get this out in the open now. I just don't know. What I do know is it's clearly a Volkswagen kit car. Despite the European car show seen in the rear, it immediately struck me as a Brazilian made 'kit'. You see, in Brazil, Beetle/Fusca based cars weren't exactly kits cars. They were designed and assembled the same way, but weren't perceived the same in...

So today's journey into the abstract began with a memory of a vehicle in passing. The Ford Everest. A version of Mazda's B-series pickup. Sold to the middle eastern and Asian markets. [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="640"] Ford Everest. Just another version of the Mazda B-series pickups.[/caption] This then reminded me of a vehicle I'd seen in passing long ago. Another version and probably the successor to the Everest. The Mazda Proceed. It's neat to see SUV versions of pickups I'd never associated with such...

Welcome to my first post of the Speed Hero Design Process, SHDP for short. The idea here to create content, but also document my experience. By documenting what I've learned, you, the reader get to understand and follow my progress. Let's learn together! Today is my first day of doing some research. I'd like to share, roughly some of the abstract or interesting vehicles I've come across on my travels of understanding cars, car culture, and ultimately car design. [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="730"] Daewoo Brougham[/caption] [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="1024"] Daewoo Brougham[/caption] Today I...

Yeah, so I dicked up the first article. This one will be a little bit better, but still needs improvement to be perfect. On a whim while building my scooter I asked Joel; "How many body styles of the E7 are there actually?" "I unno," he muttered back. Having reviewed my original E7 article long ago, I realized it was crappy, like all the other things I post. I spent a few hours collecting photos, to help build a better article than before. For those of you in the know, the "E" in the...