Two Rare American Supercars | Vector WX-3 & WX-3R

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  • @JsliceQB1026
    @JsliceQB1026 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +8966

    You know this car is unquestionably American when even your supercar has a bench seat and an automatic in it😂

    • @geoffmooregm
      @geoffmooregm 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +235

      Agreed. This car deserves a manual! I wonder what the reasoning behind it was?
      Edit: Wikipedia says these cars never made it to full production, and all protypes were auctioned off. Maybe a manual would have been a production option?

    • @anthonygray6570
      @anthonygray6570 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +145

      @@geoffmooregmbc most ppl in America drive automatic

    • @geoffmooregm
      @geoffmooregm 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +96

      @anthonygray6570 True, but at the time, it wasn't as bad as it is now. Tons of csrs and trucks had the option for both. Plus, a 3 speed auto back then was nothing like the automatics we have today.

    • @markw5805
      @markw5805 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +39

      Using the GM motors infected the design mental capacity for those interiors…a shame.

    • @taylorc9480
      @taylorc9480 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      😂😂👍🏻👍🏻😎😎

  • @ggarcia7065
    @ggarcia7065 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +288

    I cannot believe that these cars have better interiors then 95% of cars made after them, holy shit vector ahead of its time

    • @rydercarter4924
      @rydercarter4924 หลายเดือนก่อน +12

      Yeah, no. Designed to rival Porsche and Ferrari with bench seats and a 3 speed auto? Not happening.
      Of course it may be a great car, but not ahead of its time

    • @Jib_jibs
      @Jib_jibs หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      Not realy

    • @koffeetechshow
      @koffeetechshow หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      ​@rydercarter4924 he's talking about the actual interior and not the mechanicals. From what I'm hearing here this company and these cars didn't even have a chance to get off the ground before the original guy was overthrown. So not even really a fair comparison 😂

    • @Darkest_matter
      @Darkest_matter หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      ​@koffeetechsho the interior doesn't look any nicer than an old volvo though

    • @Carr7.0
      @Carr7.0 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@Darkest_matter old volvo? what model we talking about? i like this

  • @TheSoundOfTwang
    @TheSoundOfTwang 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +2983

    Bench seats in a supercar is wild

    • @neonknight94
      @neonknight94 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +237

      built for roadhead

    • @TylerSmith-qx6uz
      @TylerSmith-qx6uz 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +57

      Good luck on a track, you’ll slide to the other side and crash.

    • @RUESPEED1
      @RUESPEED1 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +56

      Most Vector's had Recaro seats. These were prototypes. But yeah, bench seats. Hysterical.

    • @Mulletmans
      @Mulletmans 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

      That is actually wild 😂 just something they didn't understand back then like they do today

    • @Mulletmans
      @Mulletmans 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      It's crazy because the convertible one has racing style seeds..

  • @Terror7380
    @Terror7380 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +732

    getting bench head at 130 is crazy. he knew what he was doing. wide enough to lay down on too.
    Edit: thanks for the 600 likes ya'll, we raise our solo cups in honor of bench head.

    • @IceTTom
      @IceTTom 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      😈 8====D ~ ~ ~

    • @cisumsevolbor
      @cisumsevolbor 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +22

      Lol - I had to think twice on that, I was like “bench head?” And then, bam, I was like “D’oh!” 😂

    • @Terror7380
      @Terror7380 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@cisumsevolbor indeed

    • @ct7999
      @ct7999 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      Best comment I’ve ever read on TH-cam!!!😂❤❤❤

    • @Fadetranada
      @Fadetranada หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      The ford Taurus also had front bench seats at one point 😂😂😂😂 #benchhead

  • @ogsegasteve9430
    @ogsegasteve9430 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +3040

    i sat in the coupe WAY back when i was a "kid". I was so in love with Vector Aeromotive when i was young and drove to the factory to see the place when i was 17. While they did NOT give "factory tours", Gerry was so impressed that i had driven 6 hours to see his work that he asked a manager to show me around (but i was asked to leave my disposable camera with the receptionist)! At the time, the roadster did not exist and the aqua car was silver and there were 4 (maybe 5) W8s on site. The AVTECH WX-3 was still in test and development but i was allowed to remove my shoes and sit in it. Such an amazing experience for a kid. They turned me loose with a Vector T-Shirt and sales brochures for the W8 and AWX-3 (all of which i still have). Thanks for posting this video!

    • @eloy0612
      @eloy0612 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      You're so full of bull your eyes are brown

    • @harrisp584
      @harrisp584 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +169

      What a cool story! I remember being young and doing stuff like that, just driving to a factory because I wanted to check it out lol

    • @ethanheitz4489
      @ethanheitz4489 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +99

      That's so cool. Stories like that don't happen often these days. Isn't it strange to think you were in the very car in this video? That would feel very trippy from your shoes I'll bet!

    • @nintendez6821
      @nintendez6821 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +28

      That's awesome bro, glad you got to experience that!

    • @Tepid337
      @Tepid337 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +30

      That's a once in 5 lifetimes moment. It's amazingly cool af. I wish that I were you at that moment. ❤

  • @privatesocialhandle
    @privatesocialhandle หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    Never heard of this brand before but these looks absolutely amazing. What a beautiful 80s car.

    • @hauntified9060
      @hauntified9060 หลายเดือนก่อน

      The mfd is from a f16 fighting falcon!

  • @bolttracks
    @bolttracks 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1047

    The 3-speed automatic in a car supposedly built to rival super cars of the day sure was a choice

    • @setoman1
      @setoman1 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +47

      I always thought 4-speed was the lowest ever built for cars. Apparently not.

    • @willywillington9252
      @willywillington9252 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +84

      @@setoman1 try a 2 speed kek

    • @josephrumpsa180
      @josephrumpsa180 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +100

      ​@@willywillington9252 I mean, if you wanna really get technical, the very first cars were direct drive! But, yeah, the 2 speed powerglide automatic is still used in drag cars, today!

    • @99EKjohn
      @99EKjohn 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +56

      Automatics can be faster then manuals, even at this point. It wasn't a stock transmission, it would out shift you any day of the week.

    • @setoman1
      @setoman1 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

      @@99EKjohn Wanna bet? 😏 I’ll outshift a Lambo any day.

  • @9dvds
    @9dvds หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Vector supercar is in my favourite supercar book which I took note of everything in. I want to start my own car company as I’m fed up with what Lamborghini, Ferrari, Pagani, kokosegg and all the others are making right now. Mark my words

  • @KarleyandJordan
    @KarleyandJordan 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +559

    Vector had some cool designs!

    • @paradoxgaming0407
      @paradoxgaming0407 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      Agreed!

    • @Kurogane.
      @Kurogane. 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +12

      i like the blue greenish, the interior look very comfy especially the driver seat connecting to the passenger seat like a sofa

    • @maszkalman3676
      @maszkalman3676 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      melted diablo....

    • @andrewince8824
      @andrewince8824 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      Copied the XJ220.

    • @scythelord
      @scythelord 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +12

      @@andrewince8824 Predated the XJ220. WX3 was a "rounded 90s" evolution of the W8, whose design dates back to 1978.

  • @JoeXTheXJuggalo1
    @JoeXTheXJuggalo1 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Man I can feel those retro vibes big time by looking at those.
    Makes me think of those 80s and early 90s pop culture movies and music from my childhood.

  • @sixtakefives5325
    @sixtakefives5325 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +858

    “And a design that looks like pretty much nothing else”
    The Diablo sitting next to it:

    • @Sleeper____1472
      @Sleeper____1472 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +18

      It's not far off...

    • @unkindled6410
      @unkindled6410 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +124

      For me its very reminiscent of both the jaguar XJ220 and the XJR-15.

    • @soundmattersuk
      @soundmattersuk 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +15

      ​@@unkindled6410the outside will always be similar, 2 passengers, mid engined, aero for 200mph. Under the skin though? V6 turbo and N/A V12 plus massive downforce

    • @unkindled6410
      @unkindled6410 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      @@soundmattersuk mid engined 2 door doesnt always look the same. At least not to this extent. Obviously every design will have some other similar, not only inpirations but also the fact theres so many ideas there are bound to be convergent ones specially for the practical reasons like aero, but even still.

    • @johnquintmatt1986
      @johnquintmatt1986 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +14

      Looks nothing like a Diablo. 😂 only a Mook will mistake the two.

  • @arnoldadan3198
    @arnoldadan3198 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +10

    Gm and ford possibly couldn't let this guy exist! Way ahead of its time now look at the new zr1

  • @KrautHammer_S62
    @KrautHammer_S62 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +185

    The 3-speed auto was out of an RV. Wild cars.

    • @turkeyboyjh1
      @turkeyboyjh1 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +13

      Th475 the big boy th400 with straight cut gears, they’re good for 600-700 ft/lbs stock

    • @scythelord
      @scythelord 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +20

      The only thing that could take the power.

    • @ATomRileyA
      @ATomRileyA หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      The case was but it was custom internals iirc not just a direct swap, the car could make 1100bhp there was nothing that could take that kind of power back then.

    • @turkeyboyjh1
      @turkeyboyjh1 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@ATomRileyA th400 with a couple extra clutches a billet input anti balloon plate on the converter and good valve body programming will handle that all day, powerglides are even easier they really take a beating

  • @Dubtee
    @Dubtee หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    I'm in awe of how beautiful those are. The exterior speaks for itself, but those interiors are like nothing else.

  • @TheExiagundam
    @TheExiagundam 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +192

    Definitely gotta let Doug Demuro come and give them a review!

    • @imp4st4
      @imp4st4 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

      I mean, knowing the complains of it breaking down like it was built of sticks and glue, i dont think they will exceed the expectations

    • @spic0li
      @spic0li 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      Probably don't run

    • @DavidContreras-pd9cy
      @DavidContreras-pd9cy 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +16

      Doug has already reviewed a vector!

    • @trudownsouth8490
      @trudownsouth8490 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      ​@@DavidContreras-pd9cy
      Not this one.

    • @danielgalan2321
      @danielgalan2321 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      Please don’t. De Muro talks like an awkward 12 year old about to puke.

  • @mattt525
    @mattt525 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    Hell that Aqua color is honestly beautiful 😍 also the Coupe really looks good I like it!

  • @ralphalvarez5465
    @ralphalvarez5465 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +206

    I stopped a black Vector W8 on a side street in Wilmington, CA. The driver let me sit in the car with a leggy blonde passenger but I'll never forget that vehicle. It was so awesome and he's right. There's nothing like it...

    • @markraymond7235
      @markraymond7235 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +17

      Vector had their headquarters in Wilmington for a number of years, believe it or not. I did some deliveries to their small factory a few times in the late 80s and once got to hang out for one of the press conferences they were having there. I think it was on Fries Ave (or Marine) and D street...near the ILWU hall. You would have never guessed they were building supercars in there. I don't even think they had any signs in the front saying it was Vector.

    • @RabbitWatchShop
      @RabbitWatchShop 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +16

      A leggy blonde passenger? 😂

    • @sethc4758
      @sethc4758 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      Easy now Super Trooper deputy Rabbit.. sounding thirsty ol' fella

    • @icegiant1000
      @icegiant1000 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +26

      Little known fact, the leggy blonde was actually a factory option you get order with the car. ;)

    • @returningfire5156
      @returningfire5156 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      @@icegiant1000😂

  • @greenmountaingrower4680
    @greenmountaingrower4680 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    I remember using these cars in the old school need for speed I'm talking on the Panasonic 3do cause I'm an old man now lol. Super cool cars. Would die if I could ever see one in person, they're pretty rare. Style straight outta the 90s

  • @chrisspatz1032
    @chrisspatz1032 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +107

    I remember I was really young and my dad knew a guy who had a Vector he lived in Boca Raton,Fl and was always going back and forth the Equador. Once sometimes twice a month my dad would take me with him to the guys house. Years n years later I figured it all out. I mean dude had a White Bengal Tiger,Vector,several other cars and a huge house in Boca,oh yeah and a good sized yacht. Yeah something didn't add up when I thought about it much later in life. But dude was cool AF!

    • @raphaelbarros2401
      @raphaelbarros2401 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +21

      What a nice man to let your dad come into his house with you just to show you his collection. I’m sure that was all there was to it!

    • @Funkiy
      @Funkiy 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +25

      @@raphaelbarros2401fr 💀 Bros dad was up to something

    • @increiblepelotudo
      @increiblepelotudo 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +20

      Of course, the ole' monthly sometimes bi-monthly flights to Ecuador job. I think I saw that on Indeed last week. The pay was TBD, very interesting position indeed.

    • @RobertFothergill-u1z
      @RobertFothergill-u1z 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +11

      Story reminds me of my so called uncle 😂he had a38 top gun with big blocks and 8v71 blowers, a 62ft trawler/motor yacht, a marina and 2 ex wives in nj,a place in Florida and a twin Cessna 401 that he took on interesting trips 😂😂😂😂😂

    • @oldkingcrow777
      @oldkingcrow777 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​@@increiblepelotudono benefits but rather consequences 😂
      If you get reported to HR you flee the country

  • @Talesfromtherails8277
    @Talesfromtherails8277 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    These are beautiful! I’d love to see more American super cars one day.

  • @fabianheinrich2812
    @fabianheinrich2812 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +34

    this was my dream car when i was 7 years old maybe 8. Vecter W2 twin turbo , i just loved it

  • @nekodirge
    @nekodirge 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    This NEEDS to be a kit car, the shape of the hardtop is amazing like always!

  • @TechnicaX
    @TechnicaX 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +47

    Wow. They look amazing. The bench seat actually works. It’s a real fighter cockpit.

    • @kurtsudheim825
      @kurtsudheim825 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      It's a square xj220

  • @HughMansonMD
    @HughMansonMD หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    I'm not even a car person, but those are possibly the coolest cars I've ever seen in my life

  • @ebdbdave
    @ebdbdave 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +44

    Dreamed about them for 40 years

    • @drTERRRORRR
      @drTERRRORRR 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      Hah! Old fart...
      Me too ;)

    • @ebdbdave
      @ebdbdave 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      Me too

    • @ChristopherWilliams-k2j
      @ChristopherWilliams-k2j 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Well stop dreaming and go buy them both i wanna ride in both!!! I will pay $1000 for a full day

  • @idkwuisp7626
    @idkwuisp7626 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Imagine if it had a 6 speed manual... that thing would prolly wheelspin in 4th gear. Don't forget that's a twin turbo 7.0 V8 with ZERO driving aids. The 3 speed slushbox definitely helps calm it down. So i think they made a conscious decision with that transmission.

  • @NiteRider165
    @NiteRider165 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +31

    My friend was his son and I got to see all these cars getting built in his factory in Wilmington. I was listening to all the drama going on with the company trying to rip him off 😂😂😂 so cool to see you talk about these

  • @MainelyW212
    @MainelyW212 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    This is the car that made me fall in love with cars. I didn’t know about cars, I didn’t care about cars, and then I saw the Vector. I was, maybe 9… neighbor kid talked about cars and I subscribed to Road & Track Magazine and… it was the cover car on my first issue. I didn’t know if 400hp was a lot, or that 0-60 in 4 seconds was impressive… but that’s always been my benchmarks. It’s ashamed that this is as close as I’ll ever get to one.

  • @chiefexecutive
    @chiefexecutive 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +18

    I remember seeing these in the back of the DuPont registry when I was a kid

    • @renenowicki
      @renenowicki 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Same here!

  • @jamescameron6819
    @jamescameron6819 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    I always loved vectors. My favorite super car styling

  • @foosmonkey
    @foosmonkey 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +34

    I had the Vector W8 on the front of my Trapper Keeper. Absolutely stunning cars.

    • @eddie1975utube
      @eddie1975utube 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      Trapper Keeper! When I used those words my kids were like “WTH is a Trapper keeper?!”

    • @JoeXTheXJuggalo1
      @JoeXTheXJuggalo1 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      The nostalgia came rushing in like a tidal wave with those 2 little words "Trapper Keeper"
      I think somewhere in a box I might still have 1 or 2 of them from my school days in the 90s

    • @aw5347
      @aw5347 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Not the "Trapper Keeper" Bro!!

    • @محمدجباری-ث1ر
      @محمدجباری-ث1ر หลายเดือนก่อน

      😮wow! That's amazing that you are in there that there is a W8😮 omg! Thanks for sharing 👍.

  • @frederickflores8152
    @frederickflores8152 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Always wanted a vector since I was a kid, never realized just how rare they actually were until recently

  • @iyke8913
    @iyke8913 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +60

    Grand Turismo 2 vibes..

    • @scythelord
      @scythelord 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      And that wasn't even the WX3. Gran Turismo 2 had the M12, the bastardized WX3 knockoff made by megatech after they did a hostile takeover of Vector where they smashed a diablo motor in it. Slowest version of a vector ever.

    • @iunnox666
      @iunnox666 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      It was in GTA 3, actually.

    • @محمدجباری-ث1ر
      @محمدجباری-ث1ر หลายเดือนก่อน

      I heard that in A-spec project in granturismo the vector WX3 added 😮! But also the Vector M12 and M12 LM edition both was impressive 👌 👏 👍.

  • @hyakin7818
    @hyakin7818 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    The interior looks like a car interior that came out today but with way better styling
    it aged better than fine wine i'd say

  • @SkottiKimble
    @SkottiKimble 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

    God, the WX3's are still the pinnacle of aesthetics

    • @tikewhite1044
      @tikewhite1044 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I STRONGLY AGREE!!!.
      NO MANUFACTURER HAS OUTDONE THIS
      DESIGN!!!....
      NOT EVEN KOENIGSEGG;
      AND I HOLD KOENIGSEGG IN HIGH REGARD.
      ♠️THE VANITY ADDICT♠️

  • @streetrage
    @streetrage 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Insaneee. I would have loved to see these actually produced.

  • @bicyclist2
    @bicyclist2 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

    I love it. I remember when Vector was still in business. I'm a big fan of Vector. Thank you.

  • @Jlinwoodjackson
    @Jlinwoodjackson 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Oh my gosh! The dash, controls along with the layout and style of the buttons SCREAMS early Delphi radio /Goodwrench parts fulfilment. Wild

  • @heykool69
    @heykool69 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +12

    Looks like the car they used in the film "The Wraith" in the 80's.

    • @m.hstudioproductions6642
      @m.hstudioproductions6642 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      That would be the Dodge Turbo M4S.

    • @anotherjacob
      @anotherjacob หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@m.hstudioproductions6642 supposedly it was a concept car, but i’m just poking around google so i could be wrong.

    • @1968ford1
      @1968ford1 หลายเดือนก่อน

      There was a Vector in the movie “Rising Sun” with Sean Connery.

    • @tikewhite1044
      @tikewhite1044 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      YOU'RE KIDDING RIGHT?.
      AN INSULT IF EVER THERE WAS ONE.
      NO SUCH THING AS A TRAINED EYE ON YOUR BEHALF.
      SHEEEESH!!!.
      I CAN'T BE MAD AT A MAN FOR BEING HIMSELF.
      ♠️THE VANITY ADDICT♠️

    • @mywienersyoumusttouch6446
      @mywienersyoumusttouch6446 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​@@m.hstudioproductions6642, my dream car

  • @jakerazmataz852
    @jakerazmataz852 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Still better looking than most of the generic exotic sports cars today.

  • @Adonatrix1
    @Adonatrix1 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    That’s some slick design. Looks like something designed today on the outside.

  • @dbblues.9168
    @dbblues.9168 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    There was an early 90s movie with Snipes and Connery called "Rising Sun" There was a Vector in that movie. I was about 13 at the time and fell in love with them.

  • @johnknott6539
    @johnknott6539 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    Love the panel gaps typical of the era

    • @Mitch.Buchannon
      @Mitch.Buchannon 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Not typical for the era but typical American.

    • @ChaseBond11
      @ChaseBond11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      ​@@Mitch.BuchannonHave you ever been near an 80's Ferrari or Lamborghini?? 😅
      The only solid 80's sports cars I've owned came from Stuttgart..

  • @lessanderfer7195
    @lessanderfer7195 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    The first supercar I fell in love with, was the Vector W-2, which was the prototype for the production models.

  • @thedamnedfool661
    @thedamnedfool661 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    B-E-A-UUUTIFUL machines 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

  • @1shagg420
    @1shagg420 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    These cars are amazing. I've never seen or heard of them, but I love that they're American and badass.

    • @Snotzalotz
      @Snotzalotz 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Being American instantly makes them feel fake and a knockoff.. kind of like the USA in general.

  • @mohamedalmansoori944
    @mohamedalmansoori944 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +16

    They're actually gorgeous
    I'm surprised they didn't get far 😢
    Imagine what they'd look like in 2024

    • @AlphaLionOfLight
      @AlphaLionOfLight หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      They would have gotten much further, but some hostile Indonesian company that owned Lamborghini put them out of production. We would have had a lot of incredible cars if it wasn't for stupid people interfering with other people's dreams.

    • @lb9gta307
      @lb9gta307 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Vector's history is pretty wild. It's worth looking up when you have some spare time.

    • @se7en910
      @se7en910 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      You have low standards. I'm going "what a horrific design and engineering"

    • @mohamedalmansoori944
      @mohamedalmansoori944 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      @@se7en910 well I have aG63 Brabus . A nizmo and safari Falcon. A CLS63 . So I'm sorry if my low standards hurt your feelings

    • @tikewhite1044
      @tikewhite1044 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      ​@@se7en910
      Horrific Design?.
      Do your hear yourself?.
      While the shifter is a definite disappointment....
      No manufacturer has outdone this design.
      If you look at the width of high performance
      cars....
      Vector has the widest body.
      While i didn't reply to insult you....
      your "Rock'em Sock'em" is to be expected.
      I won't entertain your bulls***.
      ♠️THE VANITY ADDICT♠️

  • @TheRealDarthVadar
    @TheRealDarthVadar 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    The Vector TT was on every kids wall in the late 80's definitely the hottest car poster back then

  • @raheem300
    @raheem300 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Those vectors really took inspiration from sharks i swear

  • @BlueBird-wb6kb
    @BlueBird-wb6kb 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Omg these are Gorgeous, imagine if the company still existed.

  • @karlinharris1827
    @karlinharris1827 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    Supercar with bench seats?! Thaaat's pretty cool!

  • @cjcoleman7372
    @cjcoleman7372 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    When BIG $$$ comes to squash any and all competition! Doesn't matter on quality just if you have more money than the competition!

  • @donbishow5497
    @donbishow5497 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    Back in the day, I'd say, " I put American tech up against anything."
    Cars like this, the Grand National and the Syclone, made me believe it.

  • @BrownSofaGamer
    @BrownSofaGamer 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    There are a couple reasons why these have 3 speed autos and one of them is they make an insane amount of torque. The W8s made 600lb/ft I believe and these probably make more. As another commenter pointed out the trans from these was from an RV to handle the power. With that much torque having such long gearing and only 3 speeds wasn’t much of an issue.

  • @4armedtryhard411
    @4armedtryhard411 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +23

    "old rudimentary display" my guy that's straight up the mfd display from the F-16 Fighting Falcon, Vector went hard

    • @Simone-Bucn
      @Simone-Bucn หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      What's with this stupid new trend of guys calling each other "my guy"??? 😆
      Like the song "There's nothing you can say, to take me away from my guy..."

  • @pex_the_unalivedrunk6785
    @pex_the_unalivedrunk6785 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Reminds me of a car I designed called the Sturgeon...but Vector beat me to it several years before I drew mine up in a notebook. I hadn't seen one until a couple years later in Gran Turismo, but that was the W8, not the AWX 3. too bad they never mass produced these, i guess i will have to make a kit car version, but change nothing about it, even retain the 3 spd transmission and bench seats, i actually like the idea. these look as good on the inside as the outside!

  • @MTG9745
    @MTG9745 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

    Oh my god that Coupe looks beautiful, the bench seats, the steering wheel, the overall shape and design, I’d pay top dollar for that.

    • @raristy1
      @raristy1 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Better be prepared to pay 7 figures!

    • @MTG9745
      @MTG9745 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@raristy1 what.. 🥹

    • @raristy1
      @raristy1 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@MTG9745 Yes. Gerald Weigert has been making cars since the 1970’s. He worked with a very small group of engineers, mechanics and others that he trusted. Weigert never made more that one or two dozen of ANY of his Vector cars. I don’t think he ever built more that 50 cars in his entire life. Because of this, and because gearheads like myself are drooling to own one, the price for Vector cars are now averaging $1,000,000 at car auctions.
      It’s a shame that Jerald Wiegert is no longer with us. Gerry left us in January 2021.

  • @jamesfair9751
    @jamesfair9751 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Oh man as a kid I always dreamed of owning a vector

    • @jamesfair9751
      @jamesfair9751 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      The W8 then the M12 with the Lamborghini v12 engine omg but they are so limited in numbers I’ll never be able to afford a wheel off one lol 😂

  • @tjhess2
    @tjhess2 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +12

    My uncle was an initial investor in Vector. I remember him bringing the teenage me a brochure for the cars. Even then, it was clear they weren't the silky smooth beauties being created across pond.

    • @kingtiger3390
      @kingtiger3390 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

      Not that the beauties were that smooth themselves, Countach was rough AF.

    • @vincecourts8740
      @vincecourts8740 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      ​@@kingtiger3390 you're talking about 70s car vs a 90s car 😂🤡

    • @IronFist.
      @IronFist. หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      I don't think anyone would ever describe a Diablo, F-40, or F-50 as 'silky smooth' 😂

    • @tjhess2
      @tjhess2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@IronFist. visually, the foreign cars were sexually sculped works of art with a sound that was intoxicating. The vectors were clunky in looks and sound. The steering wheel on the vector looks like the steering wheel from a carnival bumper car.

  • @Venuesbee
    @Venuesbee หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Hands down the company would of changed the world does cars look insane

  • @ijfsk8cr3w
    @ijfsk8cr3w 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    These are actually beautiful

    • @Mr_1kzay
      @Mr_1kzay 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      You don’t have to lie

    • @santinosalamanca4378
      @santinosalamanca4378 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      ​@@Mr_1kzay opinions exist dude

    • @Mr_1kzay
      @Mr_1kzay 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@santinosalamanca4378 jokes also exist

    • @santinosalamanca4378
      @santinosalamanca4378 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@Mr_1kzay dude nobody would have realized that it was a joke

  • @MrGeneaux13
    @MrGeneaux13 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Bro wth...Bring Vectors bacK! Daaaamn gorgeous cars even aged! what would they have been today?!

  • @Emppu_T.
    @Emppu_T. 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    They're some of the coolest cars in existence.

  • @Creationeer
    @Creationeer 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I remember seeing the original Vector prototypes and they looked insane. I would love to see how these things actually drive

  • @NotGamingwithA1
    @NotGamingwithA1 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I love Vector. The interior and exterior is just perfect.

  • @WayOutGaming
    @WayOutGaming 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Man I miss the super car designs of the late 80s through the mid 90s. Hadn't heard of Vector before but their design is great! Reminds me of the Jaguar XJ220.

  • @mikewebb1514
    @mikewebb1514 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Saw the roadster on the road in LA about twenty years ago. Very wide looking from the back.

  • @ac1802
    @ac1802 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Honestly one of the coolest car frames I’ve seen

  • @sadwingsraging3044
    @sadwingsraging3044 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    COOL RIDES!❤️‍🔥

  • @aleisterseverusgrey3778
    @aleisterseverusgrey3778 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    As a kid I was amazed by Vector W2

  • @PlutoProtogen
    @PlutoProtogen หลายเดือนก่อน

    These cars are super cool looking, unique design choice. I love em

  • @velsminor
    @velsminor หลายเดือนก่อน

    I never knew a company like this.but the cars are just looking beautiful and it's a masterpiece

  • @christianromero6604
    @christianromero6604 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I fell in love w the Vector after seeing it in the film RISING SON...w sean connery and wesley snipes...and shang tsung....awesome movie 🍿 🏎️

  • @bradwhite4827
    @bradwhite4827 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I remember finding out about vector in gran tourismo 2 as a kid! Super awesome cars they are!

  • @JTread2003
    @JTread2003 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I love these, they look like they came out of a 90s arcade racing game. Wish there were more than 2

  • @DaNinja60
    @DaNinja60 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I'm 62 and I remember the Vector W8. I remember at least one video game that had a Vector in it. I never kept up with the company though.

  • @DjAboo1
    @DjAboo1 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I remember seeing one of these in Wilmington CA where they were originally made. Cool looking vehicles!

  • @infinphoenix13
    @infinphoenix13 หลายเดือนก่อน

    ❤😊❤😊❤. I remember when these two cars were first introduced at Geneva some 32 years ago. If you're that old or older, you will remember seeing the WX3 Avtech in the Bridgestone Potenza tire commercial and featured on an episode of Beyond 2000.

  • @TopHatProductions115
    @TopHatProductions115 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Whoever took this away from us should be shamed for all of existence.

  • @ruben3305
    @ruben3305 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Ah yes. Grand Turismo flashbacks. I used to own one of these in the game

  • @michaelkapp6444
    @michaelkapp6444 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Beautiful long forgotten piece of Art. The Cobra from South Africa also had the same fate dying off slowly but being a very well made high end vehicle

  • @kvirk7583
    @kvirk7583 หลายเดือนก่อน

    these cars designs interior are so great for that era they was way ahead

  • @michaeledmonson1981
    @michaeledmonson1981 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Built in Wilmington California . I met him personally . 😁👌

  • @cupasmell3325
    @cupasmell3325 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I had a calendar as a kid with a Vector W8 twin turbo! It was by far the coolest car in that calendar!😎

  • @HillaSkrilla2006
    @HillaSkrilla2006 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I used to have a 1984 Pontiac Fiero painted the exact same shade of metallic green! Man, I miss that car! :-)

  • @branhub
    @branhub หลายเดือนก่อน

    How have I, born in 2000, never heard of these cars or this brand? It looks very well put together.

  • @TheTyisawesome
    @TheTyisawesome หลายเดือนก่อน

    Dude that purple ones windshield frame is sooo sickkk!!🔥🔥

  • @justonequestion46
    @justonequestion46 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I love the looks and style quite timeless

  • @martinj.gonzalez3149
    @martinj.gonzalez3149 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    That’s some unique car aesthetic it’s so sad it didn’t continue more in that era

  • @jorishenger1240
    @jorishenger1240 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    That interior design screams 80s, love it!

  • @mrglobul12
    @mrglobul12 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Your showroom is incredible. Gotta stop by again when up in Miami

  • @FalloutUrMum
    @FalloutUrMum หลายเดือนก่อน

    I love the bench seat tbh. A supercar I can take a nap in.

  • @arielf361
    @arielf361 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Beautiful, imagine the kind of car they could be doing if the company was still in existence.

  • @t3h51d3w1nd3r
    @t3h51d3w1nd3r 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Vectors are so cool, I really wish they'd show up in more games.

  • @JayWilkins-zh7fx
    @JayWilkins-zh7fx 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    How cool would it be if someone made a body kit to make a faux version, tbh using a 2015 to 2020 standard sports car as the base it would be way faster and better handling and feeling than the old 1980s one had

  • @MikePlatkowsky
    @MikePlatkowsky 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I viewed a vector in Santa Monica in the early 80s I loved it like nothing else Jerry made the best. Cars

  • @cydonian0417
    @cydonian0417 3 วันที่ผ่านมา

    God, i probably jacked to the Vector W2 in the early 80s. Totally bonkers!

  • @Higgwigg2882
    @Higgwigg2882 หลายเดือนก่อน

    The bench seat in a super car is awesome!

  • @Dickiesmall
    @Dickiesmall 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    These cars look like someone said “make an 80s car” and they actually did it.. ridiculously cool!!!

  • @karamb1t_420
    @karamb1t_420 10 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา

    Looks like a mixture of Ferrari and Lamborghini. Very good looking car