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Royalton Industries (also known as R.I. for short, or just Royalton) is a company featured in the Speed Racer film.
Background[]
It is a large corporate conglomerate responsible for "creating some of the most revolutionary automotive concepts since the wheel", as well as being one of the top racing teams in the World Racing League. According to its founder and E.P., Arnold Royalton, he had started the company on a Commodore 64 computer in the basement of his foster parents' home and built it up from there.
The crown jewel among the properties controlled by Royalton is the company's corporate headquarters, Royalton Tower, which contains the fastest vertically integrated production plant in the world, capable of assembling a car within 36 hours. It is also the corporate headquarters of the top twelve divisions of the main parent company. Royalton Industries also controls one of two inter-positive transponder manufactories in the world, the other being owned by Musha Motors.
The drivers in Royalton's racing team, especially Jack "Cannonball" Taylor, are well-trained and well-prepared for any situation in any race while also living a luxurious life at Royalton Tower, with full maid service and personal chefs and masseurs available 24/7.
However, there is a dark side to Royalton Industries, as it is part of an unscrupulous cartel of corrupt corporate entities and criminal syndicates engaged in a massive race-fixing conspiracy within the WRL, where the outcomes of fixed races benefit the sponsors. As such, it is the main antagonistic force in the film.
Before the final race at the Grand Prix Colosseum, Royalton equips a spear hook weapon (which is illegal in WRL regulations) to the GRX, driven by Cannonball Taylor. Unfortunately for Royalton, their role in the race-fixing scheme was brought to light when Speed Racer exposed the spear hook for all to see when Taylor had attempted to eliminate the former.
Known Personnel[]
- Arnold Royalton - Executive President, Founder
- Jeannie - Talent manager
- Jack Taylor - Racing driver
- Maggie Manifold - Racing driver
- Numerous other unnamed racing drivers
- Cruncher Block - Hired race-fixer
Vehicles[]
Subsidiaries[]
- Cenestro Foods
- Eden, Inc.
- 142 other unnamed subsidiaries
Trivia[]
- Judging from how Cannonball Taylor is still racing within the WRL in the video game one year after the events of the film, it implies that Royalton Industries is still in operation, presumably under new management since Arnold Royalton was sentenced to prison for his role in the race-fixing scheme.
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