Ayer me llego este mensaje de Kotaro Yamamoto (que fue el acompanyante de Shigeru Uherara en el Euromeet, piloto del departamento de I+D de Honda, etc etc..)
Honda R&D in Japan was hit severely by the earthquake on 11th March. The majority of the facility was damaged and all the engineers are suffering a lot. For a long time I was thinking how I could help them from Europe but didn't find a proper solution. A ...few days ago, when I couldn't sleep, I found the answer which could be combined with a dream I had for long. I want to organize a pan European road trip through various countries in Europe to meet and drive together with all my S2000 friends, combined with some track-days at key locations like for example Spa or Nürburgring on the way. The road trip could start in Germany and go through France and Spain, maybe even down to Portugal then back to Italy and can have its Grand Finale with a big party traditionally again in Levico Terme. I will try to convince Uehara san to join the Finale in Trento, which would be a priceless highlight but even a Skype speech would be fantastic. The route will be designed that anyone can join the road trip from and to a point of his choice or of course to stay with the entire tour from the beginning until the end. During the tour I want to gather signatures and cheer-up comments addressed to all the engineers at Honda R&D in Japan who have put all their efforts to develop our beloved S. Now it's our turn to say "thank you" and give all our best wishes to our friends in Japan. The signatures should be placed on my S2000 bonnet which hopefully will be completely covered by the end of the tour to be sent to Japan with a warm video message filled with cheering-up comments from all the happy S2000 owners throughout Europe. The ultimate ending could even be a selected delegation to fly to Japan and hand over the bonnet and the video message personally to the CEO of Honda, Mr. Takanobu Ito. I believe what our Honda friends in Japan need most at this moment is to let them know that we all care about them and how much we love and enjoy with passion the artwork they have created with love and passion as well. I want to dedicate this tour to our friends in Honda R&D and call it the "Pan European Arigato Road Trip" ("Arigato"="Thank you" in Japanese). I will need the support of some key members of the European S2000 community and want to start communicating the concept shortly. Timing wise I was thinking of somewhere end of September this year. Any suggestions or input from your side will be highly appreciated. I would suggest that the route selection as well as the accommodation of each country could be organized by each region representatives. By the way, this year is the 50st anniversary of Honda in Europe which couldn't be a better occasion for such an event, isn't it? I will also address this idea to Honda Motor Europe and all the regional operations. May be we can get some official support as well. The entire story could be attended by media teams from different countries to make up a complete coverage out of it. Professionally organized it could even include other models like NS-X and all Type-R models. Please let me know your opinions.
Habria interés por aqui?
El fin de fiesta seria en Levico (que tenemos buenos recuerdos de alli..), y con un poco de suerte convencemos otra vez a Mr. Uehara
Editado por deibit, 30 mayo 2011 - 08:20:15.
