In fact, it's done a substantial redesign of the car! ... The M12 was the final nail in the coffin for Vector. All the issues with the W8 had already soured potential customers on the Vector brand.

What if, indeed. Many may remember Vector as the American company that attempted to build a world-class supercar but couldn't quite get its act together. The W8 was its final product that actually ...

Sure, the W8 undoubtedly cost a lot of money to build, but it seems like Vector was already struggling with financing its business. According company accountants, Vector founder Jerry Wiegert did ...

The W8 was an improved version of the Vector W2, a fully functional concept car that Vector had produced. The W2 never entered production as Wiegert didn't have the funding, but it was in place by ...

The company trucked two W8 TwinTurbos, which is what Vector called the production version of the W2, to our photoshoot. With a claimed 625 ponies from its twin-turbo 6.0-liter small-block V-8, ...

Vector had hyped the W8 for over a decade and originally stated a retail price of $225k. That rose to $450k by the time the first example was on its way, which, adjusted for inflation, is over a ...

The W8 is powered by an aluminum 6.0-liter V-8 that, as the car's name states, has twin turbochargers. The transverse mid-mounted engine was estimated to make 625 hp and 630 lb-ft of torque in a ...

The First Vector W8 Supercar Ever Built Is up for Grabs Only 17 production examples were built between 1990 and 1993. Published on June 10, 2024. By Bryan Hood. Bryan Hood ...

From the May 1991 issue of Car and Driver. 9:00 a.m. Monday, Wilmington, Califor­nia—We arrive at Vector headquarters, nestled in an industrial ghetto between the Los Angeles and Long Beach har ...