[Dimman]

Originally Posted by diirk

That's not an unreasonable assumption but personally I think that Rota's are just a cost effective solution for people that like ceratin styles of wheels. Are they similar to other designs? In some cases.

But walk into any parking lot and count how many cars are sporting a 5-spoke wheel. How many of those are similar in design to other 5-spoke wheels? I think some folks are getting a little hot under the collar about something fairly minor.

Ok, ok....slow down. I know the designer types here are starting to froth. And honestly, I'm not a fan of someone making a cheap copy of something else. But in the case of a Rota Grid that looks similar to a Volk TE37, yes they are very similar. The Grid tends to have a more concave shape compared to the Volk, otherwise they are both a block shaped 6-spoke. I don't know about you, but I can still tell the difference between the two. Rota doesn't call it a Vork TD37 or any such lame forgery type thing. So if you don't like it, don't buy it. But quit sweating the folks that do.

Maybe check out what the retailers do:

The Rota Grid are Volk TE37 replica Wheels.

http://passwordjdm.com/Rota-Grid-II-Wheels-C1851.aspx