It seems you may be one of the lead engineers at xray as well.
Hardly. The car is released, the influences are obvious if you look at it up close. They also did a lot of different things... lots of innovation.
Anything on the new Kyosho however is mere speculation.
The XB8 borrowed quite a lot from the inferno too. Perhaps this is somewhat of a trend?
Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, right? There is a lot of "borrowing" of ideas in the industry.