The Vector W8 Is the Craziest Supercar Ever Made

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The Vector W8 is the craziest supercar in history. Today I'm reviewing the Vector W8 to show you why it's so insane, and I'm going to show you all the quirks and features of the crazy Vector W8.
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[@DougDeMuro]

Merry DougCember from the Vector W8!

[@Ahxmde]

merry christmas and use autotrader.com and borrow and steal vehicles from cnc motors cuz they’re kinda annoying

[@nadiakster]

oof

[@fouzan7417]

Thanks papa doug

[@tj55749]

Merry Christmas

[@aidanmatta154]

Merry Chrysler

[@Sizifus]

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

[@dotancohen]

I think you got your Italians mixed up.

[@Sizifus]

@@dotancohen Oh shit, I totally did, god damn😂

[@luckyred1818]

Delorean... both

[@markdonaldson5834]

Your not too far off, both Vector and Delorean had founders that turned into con men to keep the company afloat. Autoweek did a big expose on Vector when Vector was still in business.

[@grawgnak9479]

Not going to lie, this made me laugh out loud.... alone.....

[@ricsi21]

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

[@flusteredweasel7483]

Lol

[@customjohnny]

I always say to myself: "Divert all power to the main thrusters" when i press that...

[@doalwa]

Custom Johnny Official I do the same, I always close with “Engage!”

[@juanzingarello4005]

And no other passengers. That was the boost in my 96 Accent.

[@getchasome6230]

Oof

[@user-mg4yk1hm2r]

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.

[@brandall101]

There weren't any W2s around? They made nearly as many of those as W8s and they had been around for about a decade prior, just couldn't get them past the prototype phase. I had a poster of a W2 on my wall for much of the 80s and many an automotive journalist had written about it.

[@beamlarochelle5001]

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

[@ravenx0x033]

I think yellow would add to its uniqueness.

[@moses7049]

@@ravenx0x033no no no. But black 😍

[@aaron62877]

White in honor of the cocaine that designed the car.🎉

[@zeerah]

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

[@MustafarRecRoom]

TOCZICK ...looking for blow.

[@caga34]

😥😥😥

[@zeerah]

@@MustafarRecRoom Haha, those were different times..

[@shawnsiya4132]

@@MustafarRecRoom That's about as accurate as it gets lol.

[@zeerah]

@Nitro Boy Exactly, i wish i was able to experience something like it, always been a fan of those kinds of settings and atmospheres..

[@cookedit]

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

[@largol33t1]

What?! I'm heartbroken. The Vector was and still is my favorite supercar. RIP Mr. Wiegert. Please say hello to Mr. Ferrari when you meet him...

[@deathstrike]

RIP Jerry Weigert you made a hell of a car!!! And on that note I want to clarify something. The reason Weigert used a.Corvette V8 because at the time the in house engine (V12) was not ready and customers who preordered were getting close to suing Vector. So the decision was made to use a low cost, high potential output V8 which any gear head knows that a Corvette engine is a gold standard for power. As for the 3 speed Hydramatic. There is nothing wrong with this transmission setup as it can handle the enormous power and torque of the V8. What the content creator didn't tell you was that the 3 speed Turbo Hydromatic has been used in MANY muscle and sports cars. One famous one is the Ferrari 365 GT4 2+2 and the Ferrari 400i. Both used the 3 speed auto for their entire run. And now many features the Vector has are now standard issue in the automotive industry. So Weigert can rest knowing he created a car ahead of its time and many exotics follow the basic design Weigert used in the Vector.

[@donvirgo]

Jerry was super cool! I'm sad to hear that! I hate that we lost touch 🥲We went riding one day in his convertible Vector which was crazy because I could see over the actual metal frame of the front windshield. We went out to eat and then back to his boat, where we drank some crazy rum he had in a crystal bottle and talked about a new car he wanted to build. Hell, I may have the drawings laying around somewhere!

[@annona718]

Rip. I loved his company

[@angeleeadams4692]

Woah, he died the day before my birthday

[@______IV]

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.

[@JoeVinson]

They were here in Florida, too. Green Cove Springs.

[@Masssshysteria]

holy hell their factory is wilmington? i use to live very close to wilmington in the south bay That cities a gang haven

[@______IV]

@@Masssshysteria : Wild to know how close you were, huh? Their address was 330 N. Marine Ave. Now it’s just a nondescript white building mostly blocked by a fence. On Vector Motors Wikipedia page though, you can see what the facade looked like back in the 80s, and even see Jerry Wiegart’s original Vector W-2. My dad took me to the maritime union hall one time when he knew Jerry’s car was parked in front of the Vector "factory." He told me about a time before he knew about Vector Motors, when he had been driving from L.A. to Vegas. He was in the desert lcruising at 65 mph (which he thought was a pretty good clip) in his early 70s Citroen DS, when in his words "A UFO passed me on the street going so fast it felt like I wasn’t moving at all." He stopped at the next gas station, and saw Jerry’s silver W-2 parked there, but said even then it looked more like a fighter jet without wings than it did a car. He talked with Jerry for a bit and that’s when he found out how close Vector was to the maritime union hall. After I saw that silver Vector, I became obsessed, and went to every annual Los Angeles car convention so I could see the Vector. Almost 40 years later and I still have the various single sheet brochures they handed out at the auto shows.

[@RoberinoEldorado]

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

[@ThomasFerrugia]

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

[@ultraguy8771]

@@GlennC789 Did you watch the video until the end?

[@ThomasFerrugia]

Glenn Carpenter : This is part one. He is going to link Part 2 shortly (watch until the end).

[@ultraguy8771]

@@ThomasFerrugia Yeah, it's not like his Enzo and Saleen reviews, where he couldn't even drive the cars.

[@hamiltonsol]

Glenn Carpenter kindly unsubscribe if you’re not gonna actually watch Doug’s hard work . I scanned it haha . Get out

[@ThomasFerrugia]

Glenn Carpenter : Doug drove it, scored it, snd it’s all coming soon.

[@GarethWonfor]

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.

[@davebenedict7986]

I wonder if it would sell today. Still looks as cool as when I got the poster of it 30 years ago!

[@vesper1538]

@@davebenedict7986 well maybe to a smaller demographic, but I'm sure they'd be flying off the lot of they still made it with maybe some updated tech. They probably go for millions nowadays

[@rsuriyop]

Yeah, I could just envision myself driving this thing while pumping "Dream Machine" by Lazerhawk.. Lol

[@Sam_artsy80]

Pure 1980s

[@ochiamu]

I've always thought it was one of the most cyberpunk looking cars

[@MGRracing]

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

[@joeynerd608]

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

[@dwoolaver1549]

Lol good luck only 20 made and how many got totalled?

[@redram5150]

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

[@franklatin2411]

K ris dougs the type of guy to crash the vector to see if it has an air bag

[@wino0000006]

Because they die like real men.

[@ibelieveicansoar]

Doug's the type of guy to crash a Vector so it will eject his vintage Air Supply CD which got stuck while doing a Target run

[@ChrisBrideauMedia]

Slice their neck with a Fugees CD and stick Lauren Hill with the coroners bill.

[@gregorizi]

You got it wrong, the forces in front collision (activated airbag), makes things fly forward toward impact .

[@hellboy1976]

To be fair, the passenger’s head would be in the lap of the driver of this car at the time so no need for airbags on their side.

[@Maarlooonnn]

Clark W 😂

[@marquisethomas5611]

Mhmm

[@djharry2821]

I swear that's the reasoning behind the shared footwell as well

[@preciousjose]

😂😂

[@alexairconditioning1581]

Haha

[@supremefantastic]

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

[@IonutTudorica]

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.

[@RolandSchlosser]

"Blows cold, blows well" - Doug 2019

[@vaxt]

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

[@chicoh22a]

vaxt I agree,I guess because I love airplanes

[@csours]

The "tape" style interface is awesome

[@Real_MisterSir]

I'd want that screen above most modern "trendy" screens we see today, that all just look like an iOS integration from a first generation iPhone. This car and its screen is timeless classic and cool

[@bigfutus]

I heard it's from M1 Abrams tank

[@stuchly1]

It reminds me of tron for whatever reason.

[@kristianthekhan]

I remember looking at this craft when I was about 1st grade. I am born in Bulgaria and we had this chewing gums called Turbo. Vector W8 was N110 and it was one of my favourite vehicles. Still it looks to me at present as a UFO...I simply LOVE it and would love to own one of them :o) Thanks Doug!

[@blitzwing870]

The way those wipers work is glorious. You can tell they knew that people wouldn’t be driving this in the rain.

[@MetalWarrior223]

This car honestly looks like it's straight out of cyberpunk

[@xidropkillzx3246]

Kaliper now this is dlc I’ll pay for

[@Gatitasecsii]

Don't you mean "the car you saw on cyberpunk looks like it was inspired by this one"? I would say so...

[@smothdude]

Yeah, its aesthetic is incredible

[@bradshawmountainman4473]

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

[@studio-flash]

Good looking seats look like Corvette C4 seats.

[@joaquinfranco9012]

Recaro N-joy

[@bradshawmountainman4473]

@@studio-flash wouldn't surprise me if Recaro made the Corvette seats as they make many manufacturers seats.

[@GuinessOriginal]

Bradshaw Mountain Man best bit of the car

[@bradshawmountainman4473]

@@GuinessOriginal I'd actually say the engine is as it's actually a nascar engine. If I recall correctly, it's an all aluminum block with steel sleeves, etc.

[@MagicH8balls]

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

[@deanfowlkes]

Yes, they are identical to the same items in most civilian Piper and Cessna training aircraft. So are the fuel tank filler tube caps, Hobbs meter and warning indicators.

[@dovaskostasgr]

The vector w8 is 1 of my favorite car to play in gt2

[@BlitzenBugatti]

Lucky. I want it in The Crew 2.

[@stevee8318]

The parking brake looks like someone took a straight piece of plastic and just pulled on it until it bent enough to fit into the space

[@yeahitskimmel]

Metal and prob bent with a torch right on the line but I agree

[@justicewarrior9187]

You literally just described American car engineering

[@jdmitchell6995]

No one thought to just make it shorter?

[@jabelsjabels]

@@yeahitskimmel yeah you can even kinda see where the material got scrunched up from the bend!

[@jerometaylor2019]

Justice Warrior agreed aside from the fact American engineers basically revolutionized the auto industry in every single aspect conceivable not to mention just about every bit of technology over the last 150 years. 😃

[@ninja_tony]

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

[@FellowshipOfTheAviatorZ]

Definitely Unique. Check out the Aston Martin Lagonda. Doug does a video of it. But it has old "Atari-like" tv screens in it. Wild. Another odd and unique vehicle full of quirks. Worth a look.

[@HPPalmtopTube]

I'm not 100% sure, but I think it's an amber plasma display panel. (PDP) basically a monochrome, much older version of the plasma display televisions that were all the rage during the 2000's, now superseded by OLED and various LCD/LED types... These amber plasma panels were used on some early portable computers in the 80's...

[@suwoobalin2592]

2006 Infiniti g35 coupe

[@ibibleflop]

The 1986 Buick Riviera had a TOUCH screen with more statistics, including fan speed and interior temperature.

[@kestassiaurukas3585]

It looks like its from a 80's concept car

[@Bravo-5-K9]

The throttle controls on a fighter jet are similar to the shifter and are on the left. This was the driving factor that drove Vector to design the car with the shifter on the left as well as many of the other push button controls. The push in breakers are also taken from a fighter jet.

[@carlossantana1424]

Doug had me dying after describing the transmission choice. Doug- Im not kidding 😅😅😅

[@southendparaquest]

30 years on, and that dash is still cool AF!

[@Min4Mass]

Yeah forreal. I wish someone would take the jet concept back and run with it.

[@largol33t1]

And still looks better than some of blingy interiors seen on today's supercars. Take Pagani for example: their interiors were probably designed by pimps!

[@ATruePrince]

"Do you know what speed you were doing" *"No officer but I felt like I was F***ing flying"*

[@peggyfranzen6159]

240.

[@Winglessflight97]

"Mach under 1"

[@carl-stevensinkler7894]

Fresh Prince ikr😂

[@jasonstone3231]

I absolutely loved this video from beginning to end. You did a great job!! 🍻 🍻

[@jbrownjetmech-4783]

The best part about this car is that it has obviously been driven and at the same time it is slick and everything works. Salute.

[@billyclub9733]

"What's your Vector, Victor?" "We've got clearance, Clarance" "Roger, Roger"

[@EddieOtool]

Those rhymes were rich, Ritchie. But I don't want to be your bully, Billy I just want to be in your club, Billy Club. (Was I just repeating, Pete?)

[@jojob6703]

Lol. Awesome reference!

[@EddieOtool]

@@jojob6703 Oh, that was from Airplane, was it not? I didn't ever watch that movie in english if that's the case. XD

[@billyclub9733]

@@EddieOtool 😂

[@sprintmademe]

That would be great if he had license plates that said Victor.

[@FOH3663]

Of note that's not mentioned; The left-hand door sill mounted gear selector mimics a jet fighter throttle control ... in both location and general shape.

[@noc8076]

Air vents also from or mimics those on planes. Too bad they didn't add landing lights.

[@biggsdarklighter4586]

And the whole engine bay is full of aviation bits.

[@vmoya6631]

Wow! What a master piece. A big thank you to the owner for sharing. And dude you presented and covered the details of the car well. Too bad more cars are not made like this. It's all about pleasing the masses for an affordable price

[@brandall101]

Despite having low production numbers, Vector was a titan of the 80s. Lots of ink in sports car mags was dedicated to the W2 which served as the prototype for a freaking 10 years or so. I had a poster of one on my wall for years and quite a few children of that era would point to it as the coolest car in the world.

[@nybotor]

“The 1980s, the decade of excess.” That just about sums up this car.

[@WarriorsPhoto]

I agree with you. Definitely the era of excess in the USA. (:

[@davidcampbell4174]

This thing is ugly af. Maybe it's just me?

[@WarriorsPhoto]

David Campbell You’re correct on the looks. Gotta give the man credit for attempting to create a super car in America though. (:

[@dvran]

The rear end looks like Wesley Snipes glasses in Demolition Man

[@atiredblue]

Serby funny you say that, this car was in a movie called “the rising sun” with Wesley snipes

[@osamabinladen824]

@@atiredblue Really?

[@TheWaitingRoomTWR]

what seems to be your boggle?

[@nismojukerich2994]

One of my favorite cars ever. I remember when it was first released and saw the pictures for the first time and fell in love with it. Never got to see one in person tho.

[@Slimax]

Doug thanks for this amazing review! This car is awesome!!!!

[@dylancoulter2782]

I feel like the hardest part of Doug DeMuro’s job at this point is coming up with titles unique from previous ones

[@RicardoRodriguez-qb8kn]

The NEW Toyota TITAN is thee TOP TITILATING truck to TOUCHDOWN And TRANSCEND today's tumultuous truck TRENDS. All Doug needs is barely comprehendible alliteration and he will be FINE.

[@Silverpaste]

Yooo fr

[@MartinAston00]

When does, or has that happened?? Ever..?

[@caremotor86]

Dude the kid is a natural car kid stop hating on DeMuro.

[@osamabinladen824]

I agree. Hahahahahaha! 😜

[@DustinPlatt]

Damn. That must of felt like a fighter jet cockpit back in the day. Especially on coke.

[@beastabuelos6421]

Must've

[@broodo1]

It was the 80's to 90's so probably New Coke

[@jackiejohnston202]

And quaaludes, don't forget the ludes.

[@anthonyhernandez3536]

Jaja

[@roddydykes7053]

Dustin Platt I cannot imagine driving this in the 80s, fresh off a couple lines, would’ve felt otherworldly

[@marklister2400]

I love the styling of the vector w8, the interior looks amazing and the screen is awesome definitely way ahead of its time and the reason for the gear selected being on the left of the driver is because that is where the throttle controls are in a fighter jet so it's intensity and part of the styling same reason why the seats are close together

[@sherry73]

As a teenager in the early to mid 90s I worked at a hotrod shop/ speed shop in Kingston NY called AUTOMOTION, (hi Mr Duffy) and I had privilege to see, sit, ride in lots of crazy cars of the time, we put wheels and tires on a vector, had it in our shop over a weekend actually and I gotta say I was shocked how similar the interior was to a Camaro or Corvette of the same time. They most definitely shared A LOT with the GM sports cars

[@codsam25]

I didn’t even realize the video was 40min lmao I need moreeee

[@virgilio123]

Me neither! Only when Doug mentioned it.

[@veljkoobradovic5925]

@@virgilio123 same lol

[@IacobucciB]

Those 18” OEM wheels look incredible on that car. The entire car is just a monument to 1980s excess. I hope to drive one before I die.

[@MrBOB39]

I wonder if the guy had the speedo recalibrated after going from 16 to 18 inch wheels.. It looks Better with those 18's

[@dezertrat0]

MrBOB39 you know the tires are the same size right ?

[@tzeichi]

It might be easier to 3D print and assemble one than to have a chance to drive an original.

[@soldieroftafari]

amen brother

[@venom5809]

You literally have a better chance of winning the Powerball 10 times in a row than ever being able to drive one of these. LOL But if you ever do, major props.

[@bobfrye448]

I got to meet Jerry and sit in his very own, personal gloss black V8... many years ago but this video brings that memory racing back to life. Crazy times. Crazy car!

[@DanBlackRacing]

It's perfect. It came out when I was in high school and never thought any less of it. I even have a Road & Track featuring it I bought in 1987.

[@GalaxySilver00]

Doug: Maybe there is an airbag in there? Plot twist: Its a parachute.

[@kareemelsadek]

Seat eject chute

[@redram5150]

Looks like the pad boxers use to train

[@Gringorican]

Car: *has an accident* Also car: ejecto Seato cuz!!! *Ejects my already broken corps to softly (not softly) land on unsuspecting bystander's lawn*

[@jgreenjeans]

I don't know for sure in this instance, but I remember the early days of air bags stuffed into big, ol', fat, ugly, steering wheels. This one looks like it fits the bill.

[@projectedclarity1256]

Ejecto seato cuz!

[@enigmaPL]

33:27 Doug: If you ever wanted to see how these wipers operate, here you go! Wipers: Smashing into eachother at different intervals. Ahh classic!

[@scarfysgap]

THANK YOU. NEVER GO IN DRY BOYS. ALWAYS MAKE IT WET.

[@samlung2724]

@Jack Jonas them late 80s and early 90s way of solving things.

[@aszbzpszbz9786]

Thats how you know it was designed by GM.

[@Eksamen0774]

If you look closely on the background, you can see that it's actually the video that is lagging. Take a closer look, I'm sure they work fine, but somehow his camera went a bit crazy or he made a mistake when editing.

[@scythelord]

@Jack Jonas Requirement of being a road legal vehicle. They would never have considered someone actually driving their vector in the rain.

[@Weener927]

Great to see! I can recall the Vector promotion when I was a teenager. A awesome car in those days! Greetings from NL.

[@nickinportland]

The boost dial should always be gated. Makes it much more cool.

[@janprazakjr]

The “Classic” font could be because the seats looks like Recaro Classic seats. Wich could be the reason.

[@goofyleo3869]

Douggies research was up to his normal, shit standards. The seats ARE Recaro Classics.

[@Kappafied]

@Re Dacted Yet here you both are, watching a 40 minute video by him...

[@JeremyWorkGoogle]

Very surprised Doug hasn't encountered Recaro Classics before... His point does stand though- I've always thought it odd that 'Classic' was displayed so prominently once installed. Adding 'Recaro' would've made more sense.

[@frankie9259]

@@goofyleo3869 The seats were the first thing I noticed when he showed the interior.

[@babayega_]

Exactly the Recaro seats in this car were not that uncommon and in fact the Mitsubishi Starion had very similar seats in it also made by Recaro. And I believe they were the same production year cars.

[@RacerJT613]

When everyone else had Ferraris and Lamborghini posters on their walls this was the big poster I had . Vector W8

[@johnj.baranski6553]

Same. I even sent for the VHS marketing tape. My letter sounded like I was a rich 40 year old looking to trade in my Ferrari ...but I was 13.

[@Ashkanman]

not like the other boys

[@velko2433]

my brother had a poster of this car and thats how i know it .. i was 4-5 years old

[@kbfan2424]

I use to play gran turismo 2 and they had Vector in the game !

[@dvyngl4453]

Real deal futuristic flight influenced automobile this car is too fire 🤦‍♂️

[@troublets3060]

I remember stumbling across the shop where it was made. I was surprised a car like that came from a shop where it was. LOL Love the video. I had seen a couple but never got to see the interior just hear about it.

[@dhritimansen3111]

Doug's been covering some real ones since i've last been on this channel. BRAVISSIMO!!!

[@alanwatts8239]

This looks like something a cartoon villain would drive.

[@jaydottt_transitfanner]

@Mr. Poopybutthole are you really laughing your ass off?

[@killermaxomus136]

@@jaydottt_transitfanner yes

[@vladimirlenin5637]

nah the evil villain would drive a hongqui

[@jaydottt_transitfanner]

@Mr. Poopybutthole people just say that even though they're not laughing just to like compliment the comment it I'm not saying it's bad but I was just asking

[@RealNameNeverUsed]

Pause at 10:12. There's your villain right there.

[@Drivewithshary]

This car got more features than a brand new 2019 Toyota Corolla

[@ned8249]

I don’t know what t say. I’ve never been this early. Long live Doug Demuro!

[@lucasrem]

@@ned8249 this early for what, what did you do this early? You do Coke too, long live?

[@805NAVE]

That’s not saying much lol, corollas aren’t known for having many features

[@Viktorian3d]

Compare the price also, please.

[@basementbronze]

@@805NAVE well it is still a sedan from 2019. a lot of stuffs are mandatory.

[@zacharyfillmore6424]

Glad to hear that the drive is going to happen

[@dbnpoldermans4120]

Doug, the only KZbinr that's always dressed for hiking/gardening emergencies

[@jeffreyfrancett8985]

That's just one of his insane quirks and features....crazy.

[@xm1193]

Dbn Poldermans hey now...he wears it pretty good!!

[@BarileoBarilei]

Still better than those tight skinny jeans every moron is wearing these days

[@macbrown99]

Avionics Technician here, those things on the "fuse panel" are Klixon circuit breakers. They are extremely handy as you can not only push the breaker back in if it happens to pop, but you can manually pull the circuit breakers if you want to pull power from a specific piece of equipment. Great for diagnostic/maintenance/emergency power shedding purposes. Very surprised to see them alongside a Hobbs meter front and center in a production road vehicle. The wet compass, air vents and fuel cap are also absolutely aircraft parts. Very cool stuff.

[@darrinbunston5932]

Going through the one through four screens for each button I started feeling like I was on Price is Right and couldn't wait to see what was behind the door lol

[@spencermckim7607]

I love that super car! I would love to see a new version of it with updated military style controls. it also would be sweet to see it with a center mounted jet fighter control as the shifter with a electronic activated clutch on the trigger to shift, it would give single leg amputees the ability to drive a manual transmission again. As the late great Chris Farley would say “that would be awesome“.

[@Enucentro]

That gear lever looks just like a throttle in some aeroplanes, fits the jet design perfectly.

[@joshstump3905]

All of the screens look very aero focused as well which is really cool, especially the rolling speedo and tach, looks similar to glass cockpit airspeed and altitude gauges of today.

[@joshstump3905]

Oh, and I just saw there is an hours gauge too just like a plane!

[@tori9365]

When GM and Lockheed Martin have a baby

[@joshstump3905]

And the fuses and compass!! Wow, I want this thing!

[@esaedvik]

Even Saab didn't go this far and they build actual fighter jets too :D

[@habdman]

That jet screen is the coolest thing i've seen this day

[@slickrick3650]

The missing "stock for the horn" (20:04) as he calls it is actually the hazard button the you'd push to activate or pull to deactivate. It's a GM steering column.

[@enginepy]

That was my dream car when I was in grade school. It was everything awesome about the 80’s. I remember seeing in at the Chicago auto show. First super car I ever touched. Interior was like a spaceship. Just awesome in every way

[@a-a-ron4870]

I like how he over explains the controls and all the buttons. "Here we have the hazard lights and if you press that button, the hazard lights turn on".

[@therealbahamut]

Heh, yeah he uses a lot of extra words doesn't he?

[@rocker10039]

KZbin money i think

[@IsraelDixon]

"This is the accelerator pedal, I bet you don't have that in your car"

[@azyinc]

it consumes time, i hate it

[@shedman7306]

That's why i watch his videos at 2x speed

[@302ci1968]

Sooo cool. I remember when the car was in the magazines. It was a space shuttle compared to any other supercar. Awesome !!!!!

[@TeslaReels]

Doug is the only person that I would watch a 38 minute video on a car from. He makes a entertaining I love his style.

[@EvanRath]

Cyberpunk 2077: "come Vector W8, we have been waiting for your arrival."

[@jaydottt_transitfanner]

I'm literally like 11 years old and I'm a memer but I literally don't know what cyberpunk 2077 is who are you and who do you work for and what is cyberpunk 2077

[@Terminator-di7qw]

@@jaydottt_transitfanner it's a game that just came out.

[@PepeLePewPew]

@@jaydottt_transitfanner google is your best friend

[@carper1220]

@@jaydottt_transitfanner lmao "I'm a memer"

[@bigsmoke6482]

@@jaydottt_transitfanner Ur funny

[@thecman26]

The Lamborghini Countach is the wildest car ever made Vector: hold my absinthe!

[@beauchamphuberville1355]

The 80's...hold my Cocaine.

[@dominator35000]

@@beauchamphuberville1355 hold my crack

[@fucuszullanti7877]

KeenCrafting yawn, got a better joke?

[@dominator35000]

@@fucuszullanti7877 I know you liked mine

[@OnlyDubai]

Very rare . I have watched the whole video ❤️👍 well done. Thanks for the kind owner to share it with us ❤️

[@captainejo]

I sat in one of these when i was 14. It rolled up in my dads driveway it was like a fighter jet landing in our front yard. The guy who owned it was one of the original investors and he got paid with a car instead of a return of cash...not bad looking back.

[@a.g.m8790]

Vector: “Uh we don’t have any money for those engines but do you want one of these weird ass cars instead?” Lamborghini: “Yes”

[@soupfork2105]

A.G.M if they still have it, that was a good deal.

[@calska140]

This offer was very savvy to propose to the executive suite of an Italian sports car company, they couldn't resist a garrish, triangular car, with absolutely stupid horsepower. Porsche would've told them to go to hell.

[@davecrupel2817]

Lamborghini: "All your assets are belong to us"

[@djstatyk1540]

@@davecrupel2817 Ha! That was good lol the remix is fun lmao

[@bootywarrior6958]

@Robert I don’t think it does but I rather have a model X over it

[@Tantrum777]

When I was a kid I thought this car was the coolest thing ever I went to an auto show and they had one there. I bought a t-shirt with a Vector on it, I still have that t-shirt lol

[@michaelmoronez5980]

Ha! I got a poster of it.... somewhere....

[@marco77ar]

Formula one, built to win on the original NES, had a W2 in it....these car were the craziest things I'd ever seen.👍🤙✌️

[@BillSwearingen]

I wonder if this was the exact car that you saw as a kid!

[@almostserious75]

This was my dream car as a kid as well. I have an old magazine with a full story on it from back then too...

[@octave1]

lol

[@markknight5178]

This is and will always be my dream car....

[@douglasfloyd4539]

I had a huge poster of a Vector just like this one on my wall when I was a teen. Brings back so many memories!

[@Juggernaut40KDM]

This was my favorite car as a kid. Absolutely blew me away the first time I saw it. This is the first time I've ever seen the interior, and I'm a kid in awe all over again. I had no clue only 20 were ever made.

[@bentaugur2129]

yeah Brother = ditto.

[@fastindy]

That display refreshes faster than those in most modern cars. I like that.

[@josephw2905]

That's what an aircraft digital display will do! The military had it but the other automakers still can't get it!

[@ethant.presland7438]

I'll admit, that's really advanced for the time. Even in today's standards that's really good.

[@evantimm6053]

It looks so cool too. I love the aircraft inspired graphics.

[@FachriHDVlog]

Time?

[@G41headache]

The handbrake really had me laughing, I mean, I get what the engineer was thinking when he tried to make it fit :)

[@Tilemason1]

This interior is far more refined and like you mentioned WAY BIZARRE. The one i rode in had basic round gauges and wires everywhere. Like prototypes are known to. Thanks for bringing back an amazing afternoon on my birthday 4/14/78

[@MrWinterblade]

Doug you made my day. When I was about 7 I had a book with all the cars in the world at the time, and there was the Vector. Without internet and without any other information about this car, I had only a single low quality photo and a brief specs description to fire my imagination. The book claimed a top speed of 400km/h, something unbelievable for the nineties. Thanks Doug!

[@budja1501]

@Jasper Percabeth that's about 217 mph- an absolutely bonkers top speed for a car of that time

[@crazymiloyko6621]

Unbelievable for the nineties? Look up jun-blitz 300zx.

[@GTAfan421]

@@budja1501 I’m shocked we haven’t heard of any crazy crashes with one or anything like that. Usually with vehicles like this, someone famous, or at least very rich, will get it and raise some hell and something will go wrong. You heard a lot about things like that with the early Vipers.

[@skipintroux4098]

I wonder if I had the same book as I recall the exact experience, just this single image and couple of details of it amongst all the other cars. Completely memorable.

[@benjaminhawthorne1969]

The fastest I ever drove was in my 1988 Mazda RX-7, in the middle of nowhere in Nebraska, where I could see from horizon to horizon that I had the entire highway to myself. I worked the tranny up to fifth gear, then pushed the pedal to the floor I was mostly looking out the windshield only glancing at the Speedo as I climbed past 120 and hit 121 mph! It was ridiculously fast, but the RX-7's "sport suspension" kept everything quiet and stable. Unless I was on a racetrack, I do not want to drive faster than that. 😮

[@mathewgodfrey1517]

Looks like how the 80's thought future cars would look like.

[@justadummy8076]

It still looks kinda futuristic, or what I’d like futuristic cars to look like (unfortunately it seems Tesla interior design is the future)

[@gerardorodruiguez5928]

@@justadummy8076 no thats just what we think, just like thats what they thought in the 80s. Whats to come? Who knows..

[@bradcogan8588]

I wish. I love the retro futuristic designs of mid engined cars in the '70s and '80s. Vector W8, Lancia Stratos, Toyota MR2, Honda NSX, pretty much any '80s Ferrari. Many '80s cars still look futuristic to me and I think we've mostly lost that. Cars these days don't seem to age well at all. After 10 years they just look outdated. New cars are built not for style but for fashion. Fashions don't last but style lasts forever.

[@CertifiedFella]

Yeah, I love that Cyberpunk aesthetic. I wish more cars followed in the vector’s foot steps.

[@burntchickennugget191]

Correction how the cars of the future should look like.

[@marcoslemes5643]

Been watching all your videos, big thanks for posting them. Question: have they showed or mentioned anything about ray tracing on track? None of the footage they showed features that. Screen space reflections are great but it's very noticeable that the view mirrors don't reflect the cars they're attached to, nor can you see cars reflecting each other when they're side by side during an overtake.

[@brendenramsey3989]

Watched this when it came out but wanted to see it again and I noticed the seats not having the power movement, I wonder if that was not to "cheap out" but just the fact that they had no room. They are just so close to the floor seems like it would be hard to lift them enough for the motors but idk. Love the video and the 2nd watch was just as good!

[@berni8k]

There is way more aircraft themed stuff than is even mentioned: - The dials on the display are very aircraft style. Especially the speedtape style speedometer - The vents are the same style as used in aircraft - The panels are mounted in the same hex screw modular rack style as equipment in aircraft cockpits - Interior door latch lever mimics the motion of opening latches used on aircraft canopies. - Fuse panel is exactly the kind used in aircraft. They are circuit breakers that can be manually pulled to trip or pushed to reset - Fuel cap is the exact kind of cap that is used on aircraft - Text on all panels is very aircraft style

[@GiordanDiodato]

it just screams "I wanna be a real jet fighter when I grow up!"

[@richardbutton1179]

Screen is probably from an F-16

[@michaelforansich8090]

@@richardbutton1179 F-15, when Weigert was at an air show he got to sit in the cockpit of one.

[@richardbutton1179]

@@michaelforansich8090 I bet that was awesome. I sat in a Harrier a few years back

[@class1xgames599]

@@richardbutton1179 Its not from a 16. The MFDs in the 16 are more square and this one also looks a bit larger than the ones found in an F-16. But so many of the other parts look exactly like they came out of a 16 or at least a 4th gen airframe.

[@claudiuspulcher2440]

holy crap that aviator screen is awesome, even in 2019

[@getchasome6230]

I want it implanted on my chest.. like a tattoo, but not.

[@ricchatrc]

I remember first seeing this car in a TV program in Australia called Towards 2000. (as in the year of futuristic whatever). It was followed up by another program called Beyond 2000. The car was rated at running at a speed of 400 km/h. It was a true super car back then. Perhaps it still is today.

[@amuxpatch2798]

@@ricchatrc Its a kit car built on standard GM sedan (Corvette or trans AM with a modified V8 engine) .

[@ricchatrc]

@@amuxpatch2798 back then it was being sold like it was a Lamborghini alternative....

[@shifty2755]

Looks like a modern Chinese supercar.

[@alexanderwingeskog758]

Totally forgot this car, I do remember it now and it was some sort of "top trumps car in the 80's". Looking at it now, I'm in love... this is just the most awesome car... I want one :-)

[@SmokeyMcPiEcE]

This is the most 80's Outrun style car I've ever seen

[@totophi]

Except for a genuine Testarossa convertible. ;-)

[@joedesalvo3316]

screams 80's Synth Wave

[@Tom.J.O]

First thing that entered my mind when I saw it :p

[@LateDude96]

This car was ahead of its time with those features.

[@microstorm]

The Riley Pathfinder has its gearstik on the right side of the drivers seat (Right hand drive car), and it makes for some special driving when your hand keeps slamming the doorcard when you shift.

[@brettlangley5556]

16:38 I travelled to LA with my friend to visit his family. We actually went to the factory. They did not do tours, but all the guys working were engineers. One of them showed us around and we saw the promotion video used to sell the W8. I got to sit inside one. At that time, the HUD worked. But he told us that they would have to disable it because they were told that it would cause too much distraction to the drivers and the car could not be sold with it.

[@francisfrench2062]

He did this vid before the Tesla truck was released for sure

[@abysmaldryer]

This looks a hella lot better though!

[@ElectricGlider2016]

@@abysmaldryer no it doesn't. It looks like a polygon fish.

[@OKANGUVEN99]

@@abysmaldryer i think tesla truck also would look pretty cool if they were going to make a few of them. It sure would look interesting in a car show, not really on the parking lot of a regular mall though

[@yeahitskimmel]

@@OKANGUVEN99 Perfect way to describe it. Cool concept, too strange to live with

[@The1ich]

Thought exactly the same

[@cody4516]

When you drove it, i hope the people who saw it realized that they would never see another one of these cars again in their entire life time

[@sliknik1025]

Cody or they see it from time to time when the owner takes it out for a drive, perhaps once in a while.

[@dcfromthev]

@@sliknik1025 ahaha my thoughts exactly

[@zairmorningstarmusic]

Just Watch it here lol

[@jeraldplays9828]

Unless they see the owner driving it

[@jeraldplays9828]

@@zairmorningstarmusic true LOL

[@drunvert]

I remember watching the vector saga and anticipating this car for so many years and it never came to fruition

[@pendragnx]

oh man -- never heard of this thing before, but I love the styling!

[@MichaelSplanefromMaine]

My bedroom was full of Vector posters growing up. This is so fun to watch.

[@thefrugaljeeper4054]

Same. Something lost in young people nowadays.

[@ryanjofre]

Awesome

[@Pepe-dq2ib]

@@thefrugaljeeper4054 now they have posters of BTS.

[@jaimealvarezmd7245]

Had a vector poster and the alpine Lamborghini posters

[@dt7751]

"Air conditioner blows cold, blows well." Then turns the temperature to 69. Good job Doug.

[@danielr5157]

You could say, "Good (blow) job.".

[@egold2071]

Doug stole Kevin's move from The Office. Tee hee! It should be noted that's a lovely digital aircon unit from a New Yorker. Ah, the ol' Chrysler/Lambo days. Good times!

[@dt7751]

@@danielr5157 that's what the whole point of my comment is

[@Northanteus]

@@egold2071 My grandfather bought a New Yorker and I loved riding inside when I was a kid back then! They felt so luxurious! 😁

[@egold2071]

@@Northanteus Pfft you know it! I'll always remember when my Dad and I first looked at a Chrysler LHS. The moment we got in, and both noticed how the 'theatre' interior lights slowly dimmed instead of just cutting off like a normal car, we were sold. I would sit in the cushy back seat and do my homework sometimes, while the car was in the garage.