Vector W8
 

Let's see what ppl think of a Vector, a big failure back then you have to admit.. they sold what, 20 cars in total M12 and W8 included I think...
There are hardcore fans around the globe saying it always was the best supercar of the world, but well, considering how bad it went, I have my doubts :roll:
Wasn't sure if I should pick the M12 or the W8 and went for the latter, which has a more carachteristic Vector look IMO

http://img16.imagevenue.com/loc43/th...tor_W8_006.jpg http://img126.imagevenue.com/loc265/...tor_W8_005.jpg

didn't they race @ le mans?

I find it cool :oops: It was ... different. :wink: But I am not a good example as I like almost every car :lol:

Uncool.. Too much like the countach.. which at the time was cool but the look hasn't aged well.

for some reason this is just on the cool side of things for me...it aged better than the countach, which still looked pretty cool in the late 90s but is now absolutely horrible...this is just a slightly extreme-looking ca, just like it was in the 80s...

When it appeared it was the coolest thing i could imagine, but these days i think it´s only cool

haha I remember when I was at school some kids said it was the best car in the world.. what a POS

doesn't it have a 3 speed auto box ?

It looks like homer drew it, uncool.

i like drawings by homer :D subzero! first supercar i ever knew..

Seriously uncool. :puke:

A total mess. Seriously uncool.

really bad overall it is seriously uncool

one of the firt supercars I knew, a that time cool! --> cool :wink:

uncool

ugly car :\

it's not seriously uncool just because the good engine of this car!

Seriously uncool! The car is damn ugly!

lol probably one of the ugliest things I have ever laid my eyes on, but since it looks so outrageous I'll say its cool.

That´s right 3 speed auto :? :(

hmmm... :|
don't know. Uncool

im gunna go with some clarkson logic here and say because its so seriouly uncool it become cool

Uncool!!

Actually I don't know anything about this car :? The design is very futuristic but it is a bit ugly.

Anyway, that's always nice to own such a rare model as this one.

damn right

The designer claimed it would do something like 250 mph. He never backed up that claim. If I remember right, the designer tried to get the car into production many times, one time under the financial direction of a Saudi businessman. I think the Saudi guy gave up on it. The car looks like a train wreck.

BTW, for the records, there is a project to revive Vector in the next years

Wait- this mid-engined supercar has been lumped into the same category as a Chrysler minivan?

I voted it seriously uncool. But that's only half true.
I remember buying my first auto catalog in 1990. And I choose the coolest car inside. And it was the Vector W8. Over the years I collected alot of Vector items, and i still love it. Here in Germany we have one of them in the sinsheim automobile museum. And gosh it is gorgeous.
The guys from vector files (I don't know whats's the name of the side now) almost found every single one of them.
The only thing is. it is rubbish:
- 3 speed Auto
- The car breaks down every 100 miles
- Theaerodynamics are stunning, but completley nonsense. Never tested in a wind tunnel.
They built prototypes ever since the late 70's where it was the W2.

Then 17 were built, 13 are claimed to be still existing.
Andre Agassi had one, but sold it immediately (though there was a story, he got an unfinished one, because he wanted it for his birthday)
It had some movie apperances.

The M12 was nonsense. Just a Lambo engine with a different chassis.
They built some more then the W8.
And had a race car which has never finished a race.

Anyway. One of my goals is to own every single one of the W8.
Its judst, you know. Like the first time you have sex.
It is very bad, but you'll never forget.

i don't like it .... :? :lol:

horrible, terrible, seriously uncool...

While true that the vector was unreliable it has a fantastic exotic design that remains a standout. Besides, when you have the kind of money required to buy a car of this caliber you do what owners of Panteras, Lamborghinis and other exotica have done:you take an existing part and make it better. Check out a red W8 in the Sean Connery & Wesley Snipes film Rising Sun. Subzero all the way! 0X

pretty soon, if you stick around; or at least keep up with Nthimage.com; you will learn the 100% true story of the AMAZING vector!

of the 17 cars built, only two have had any issues in the past 14 years beyond general maintainence.

one of them was delivered as a show-car to Andre Agassi; (more on his 72 hour ownership later)
the other was a dying man wanting the fastest car in the world.

there is soooo much misinformation on the W8; where it actually outweighs the real info.... In fact 16/17 cars are located; and the missing one was a Saudi Princes' car before it went missing. the three you dont know about; one belongs to a friend of mine, and the other two were in the Yamatto collection (i believe are now sold, but are tracked)

the aerodynamics are 100% wind tunnel designed and tested

i 100% promise i'll be delivering a story even more complete then this one http://www.motorworld.net/forum/showthread.php?t=33002 :shock: 8) :!:

this car is absolutely Sub Zero!

cool in my book.. classic.. :wink:

There is also a bizare story about the owner of the Vector!

quite a few bizare stories about Jerry !

http://Serv1.imagehigh.com/files/ih0...7_VDF_1.th.jpg

http://Serv1.imagehigh.com/files/ih0...0_VDF_2.th.jpg

:) a piece of history I have there ;)

this is the guy form VECTORfiles.
MY website:

www.drive.to/vector

Hi nthimage,

your signature image of the W8 gives some wrong info.
The Michelin XGT tires 200(!) mph approved (not 250),
R&T tested the W8 at 0.97 lateral g (not 1.2)

Also, the VECTOR design has NEVER seeen any windtunnel.
The drag coefficient must be horrible.

I have never heard of any W8 that was taken over 180 mph top speed
and the front end has a lift issue when taken to higher speed which makes the VECTOR most likely the super car most difficult to drive.

I know many W8 onwers and only to have taken their car on the highway at highspeed, one in Japan , one in Germany on the Autobahn.


BUT: yet I do love the design of the car, the overall technical layout plus VECTOR was a one man show in the 70s and 80s.
What Jerry Wiegert achieved with his Vector was way ahead of its time !

It is unfair to compare the VECTOR to any super car that was produced in the 90s, meaning the design is 20 years younger !

It would be like comparing the McLAren F1 to the Bugatti Veyron.
The McLaren has almost No high speed stability either (read the tes reports) whereas the Bugatti rolls like on rails even at top speed.
The F1 has other flaws,too. But for the 90s it was a milestone.
And so was the VECTOR for the 80s.

The major problem for Jerry Wiegert and his creatuion had always been lack of finance. So he came up with the world´s best super car in the 90s that it would be... in the 80s.

I cant believe thosee seriously uncool, You have to think like people did in the 80's!! today is uncool, but then it was subzero... coool for me!!! Maybe the kids today think that the Delorian is uncool but for me is subzero!!!
!!!
Myabe we could make a Classic coolwall and Coolwall !!! and then compare this vector with the car built that years!! That were ugliest than this vector

the wannabe Lambo :) but instead of coping them they did the opposite and now look at them.... :lol:

Oh my, where to start... Each stat is true



your signature image of the W8 gives some wrong info.
The Michelin XGT tires 200(!) mph approved (not 250),
R&T tested the W8 at 0.97 lateral g (not 1.2)

The car was tested by another publication to 1.25 G with the suspension adjusted for race set up.... like other hypercars, the suspension is fully adjustable. the tires are also w/out any doubt the first set of street tires approved for 250 mph.... and they are also the only of its type in its size. Michillen discontinued them for obvious reasons... but still wont sell the mold

Also, the VECTOR design has NEVER seeen any windtunnel.
The drag coefficient must be horrible.

Actually it has, and I know the guy who did the work; and its cd. is .32xxxx

I have never heard of any W8 that was taken over 180 mph top speed
and the front end has a lift issue when taken to higher speed which makes the VECTOR most likely the super car most difficult to drive.

I know many W8 onwers and only to have taken their car on the highway at highspeed, one in Japan , one in Germany on the Autobahn.

Andre Agassi took his w/out radiators installed to 220 mph.

The W8 was also tested to 242 mph rpm limited @ boneville. the number was publicized, but retracted after the initial owners couldn't get insurance for thier new car.... also, I know the guy who did this.

As i promiced, I will be bringing the full story to light... I've just been extremely busy.... and have a 12pm EST deadline to meet.

cheers, good to see another Vector lover :)

My information comes from one of the most reliable people, and places possible... no, not Jerry ;)

on a side note, the W8 is slightly hairry at 180 mph, but settles right down at 190 mph... this is the reason why many owners don't taker her up to such high speeds.

if you recall, the F1 had a similar problem at 220 mph, but "settles back down a little above it"

seriously uncool 25% [ 26 ] .. where do these people come from lmao loosers

except for the rear view mirrors .. this car is just on the top of every other thing thats on the top .. haha

subzero 8)

i picked uncool as it looks like something that came out of a HOTWHEELS box. looks like a kit car.. and to be honest doesnt look to good :(


Pok

i'll try to sum up my thoughts on the car
not a whole lot of ppl recognize this car it's not very well known
i have yet to read about the car's history and such but i can guess it's an attempt by someone to make a very fast car which is always cool
and from what i understand reading some of the posts here, there is some mystery surrounding this car. all the stories about the owners and the maker are strange and numerous which is very cool.
and it's shocking looks are enough reason to brand it as SubZero

u can ether vote seriously uncool or sub zero for this car nothing in the middle should be considered as valid vote

but everyone is entitles to their own opinion i guess

Seriosuly uncool. Firstly it was a huge commercial flop, with only a few ever purchased for road use. It has no heritage...the name sounds as if it was thought of by a 5 year old during a schoolbreak. Also no prizes when it comes to looks.

Seriously uncool.

I like the amount of power it makes but unfortunately the looks just kill it for me...

Having said that tho the w8 is alot nicer on the eye than the m12 IMO and if u are still trying to live in the eighties then this is the car for u! :D

http://www.lambo-power.com/phpBB2/vi...r=asc&start=17

:)

Seriously uncool- Ugliest supercar ever

um... you are mistaking that for the McLaren F1 ;) the W8 is HOT HOT HOT! 8)

i would say Sub-Zero but some of yalls would start shootin Stinger missle at me. I vote cool simply cause this is America's only true Supercar and is the only Supercar in the world to crack 220mph all with a 3 gear automatic transmission (GM 350 Turbo Hydromatic tranny). plus it's V-8 jus sounds awesome! 8)

Well its a supercar thats for sure but due to it not very well known I can only say cool..

whoa, looks like somebody needs to read my in-depth article on the Vector W8
:arrow: http://www.jabbasworld.net/dload.php...e&file_id=1640

a Jabbasworld exclusive you know ;)

BTW, welcome to JW Boeing; good to see another Vector W8 lover here :)

First;

When the Indonesians illegally took over the company, they had over 50 orders in que; and about 8 chassis in various states of progress. In fact, Vector had to limit orders due to knowning they couldn't meet huge production numbers right off the bat.

Heritage?
try 15 years in auto magazines wowing the automotive journalists with the amazing W2... making a car go 237 mph in 1980 on current cafe/smog requirements is no easy feat ;)... let alone in 1992

Name, when you see its style, could it be anything besides "vector"?

style
eye of the beholder mate ;)

ugly, maybe a rare car, but uncool to me