The Vector W8 Is the Craziest Supercar Ever Made

Merry DougCember from the Vector W8!

Lamborghini: "Countach is the most 80's car, period" Vector: "Hold my cocaine..."

I also have a factory boost button in my Yaris, it's just called as AC off.

Doug, thanks for the trip down memory lane! Vector was a customer of mine back in late 1989, early 1990. I was able to walk right into their fabricating area from the street and spoke to a supervisor. No security, just a few guys working on their projects. I sold them a hand brake for bending small sheet metal parts and some punches. I had no idea what I was walking into, I just figured I could sell them something for sheet metal fabrication as I worked for Kennedy Machinery in Anaheim and we specialized in everything for forming sheet metal. I only saw parts of the car, there wasn't a completed unit at that time. What an experience, a story I still tell to this day and almost everyone I tell it to has no idea what I'm talking about....lol.

If any car needed to be Red, it's this one. What a lovely piece of art

Sadly, Vectors creator, Jerry Wiegert passed away yesterday (January 15th 2021). Rest in peace sir. You did things by your own rules!

Imagine driving this through Miami at night, in 1989..

I wish they would still build cars like this. An absolute gem!

I live a few miles from Vector’s old ”factory" in Wilmington, CA. My dad was merchant marine, and the MM&P hall was a block away from Vector, and Jerry Wiegert’s silver Vector was usually parked out front. To 10-14 y.o. me, that thing looked like an alien craft. It still does actually.

The airbags go off and CD’s fly at the passenger like frisbees of death.

Considering how outlandish it is, the design has actually aged very well I think. Looks better now than it did in the 80s! - SynthWave on wheels.

I love the visible Alan key bolts that hold everything in place on the dashboard. Wish other cars had this functional styling.

What the hell? That’s actually so friggin cool. I want one.

That screen is actually cool, and I don’t even mean “for the time the car was made”.

This is the very first ACTUAL review of a Vector I’ve ever seen.

I'm a military aircraft mechanic and i can verify that those circuit breakers in the cabin are identical to the ones we still use in military aircraft today, as are those AC vents, the compass, and the fuel cap/door

This one, Lotec Sirius, Lister Storm, Saleen S7... There were so many unusual rare supercars when I was young.

That screen is genuinely cooler than anything else I've ever seen in a car before or since.

The seats are Recaro seats, and those are the Classic series of their seats.

I know about Vector. And I'm from Romania. Mainly, because the car was in a chewing gum pictures collection, of Turkish origin, called "Turbo". Somewhere in 80's. I think this is well known in all Eastern Europe. I mean, it was so outrageus, it got a place there, among some 59 cars.