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Originally Posted by gmsii

Here is a high level and objective overview....Kraftwerks was a joint venture between Group-A Autosports and Oscar Jackson Sr.
Slow product development, accounting issues, and differences in management philosophy utlimately led to the dissolution of said partnership which was settled in mediation. Group-A Autosports retained ALL rights and assets of Kraftwerks. Oscar Jackson Sr. was barred from competing directly with existing KW products for a period of two years. In return Jackson's personally guaranteed debt obligation was forgiven.

Today KW and JR are completely independent companies. In the community driven market place, it takes an organization to support the tribe. KW is built on a staff of approximately 30 R&D, sales, customer service, warehousing, and accounting personnel. JR is pretty much Oscar Sr & Jr. ....Draw your own conclusions.

Also, the BRZ/FRS kit marks the first kit where the two companies have independently developed a supercharger kit that would compete directly against the others offering. Unlike some of the current kits KW offers (06 Civic, S2000, Miata, etc- which were all extensively improved/redesigned and reworked since the departure of the Jacksons) the KW BRZ/FRS was designed from a clean sheet of paper; free from the haunts of any remaining Jackson legacy. If you strip out all the marketing mumbo jumbo and simply make a side by side chart of features and benefits of the two kits, you will clearly see a difference in design philosophy, execution, forethought, and nuance. We believe the KW kit is the clear winner.

Objective