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Although Vector litera­ture calls the W8 the fastest production car in the world, Kostka asks us to refrain from top-speed testing because of insuf­ficient high-speed development.
UPDATE, 1/18/2021: Vector founder Gerald Wiegert has died at age 76, according to a Vector spokesman who gave the news first to our friends at Autoweek. We're bringing back this story from 2017 in ...
The sizable windshield pillars tend to block the view of the apexes of tight-radius corners we encounter, and on these, the 82.0-in.-wide Vector feels a bit like a bull in a china shop.
South African rapper and singer Malome Vector tragically lost his life in a car accident that also took the lives of two other musicians. The tragic crash occurred Wednesday afternoon in the Free ...
Opinion Opinion: the Vector W8 was a failure… but here’s why we still like it. America’s big dreamer was a speed freak, and 35 years on, still looks the absolute business ...
He showed the first Vector W8 concept in 1972, boasting of a semi-monocoque mid-engine chassis, a transversely-mounted 625-horsepower twin-turbocharged V-8, and a top speed of more than 200 mph.
While the company's website mentions the work-in-progress status of the vehicle, it's not clear when the promised comeback will take place - last time Vector introduced something new, the calendar ...
Vector Motors hasn't made a new car since the wacky W8 finished production in 1993. Only 22 examples were made, each powered by a General Motors-based 6.0-liter, twin-turbo V8 that produced 625 ...
Based on a Lamborghini Diablo chassis, and powered by a 5.7-liter V12, Vector built just 14 M12s in the 1990s. This example was featured in a period review on Top Gear, and was driven by Jeremy ...