DataDetroit.com Names Winners to Their 'Vehicle of the Future' Design Competition
5 July 2000
DataDetroit.com Names Winners to Their 'Vehicle of the Future' Design CompetitionDETROIT, July 5 DataDetroit.com, an automotive specific Internet job board, has named the winners to the BFGoodrich Tires sponsored "Vehicle of the Future" Design Contest. The winning students' work can be found by following the contest links on the http://www.DataDetroit.com web site. First Place: Juan Carlos Lopez Fort Richmond Collegiate -- Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada Concept Name -- Scorcher Second Place: Simon Hung Ki Li Kamiak High School -- Mukilteo, Washington, USA Concept Name -- 1.8 R-Type Third Place: Ben Ramey Hebbville Academy -- Bridgewater, Nova Scotia, Canada Concept Name -- Trinity The winners were selected by a panel of automotive industry judges from a list of 15 finalists. The three winners were selected at a determination ceremony on June 29th, 2000 hosted by Charley's Crab restaurant (248-879-2060) in Troy, Michigan. The judges scored the finalists on six attributes: design, engineering, functionality, practicality, tire use, and presentation. "A great drawing didn't win you a prize," said Thomas Feeney, President of DataDetroit.com. "You had to have the whole package as we described in our rules section. The vehicle had to have some future reach and some kids really did some expansive thinking."