Vector W8 Twin Turbo - Ride Rev Accelerate

[@nickp9406]

The most underrated car of all time.

[@nickp9406]

The W8 had boost control that can increase engine output to 1000 horsepower. That's amazing considering how old it is. It was the bugatti veyron of its time .

[@nickp9406]

Lol alright so sorry

[@manorly12]

SUB ZERO LIN KUEI omg the bugiiti is teh bast cer ur stupid

[@Tommyblueeyes]

+SUB ZERO LIN KUEI people will be saying what you are about the veyron in 20 years man. Its like, that music today man! Its nothing like it was in MY day lol. Now, if only autoart would do a 1/18 of the w8!

[@Tommyblueeyes]

+AwesomeJoe1 why dont you eat a bunch of scrabble tiles right? then take a laxative, then crap out all the letters. then you will have made more sense than you just did then

[@CptHiker]

This looks like an 80's competition of who can do the most blow and still be able to design a functioning car.

[@siler7]

'80s.

[@carharttblade]

Hahahah thats a one way to sum it up, vector did it right and should have made a lot more of them

[@MelancoliaI]

Either that or a competition to see who can out-Countach the Countach. Even more flat, even more sharp angles, even less rear visibility. I say Vector succeeded.

[@stephenmurphy1136]

I fell in love with the Vector I saw at the 1981 Long Beach Grand Prix car show-was red , had 9 speakers in each door plus airplane (halogen) head lights!!!

[@Tommyblueeyes]

+Stephen Murphy That was a w2

[@1badgmc91]

As a kid, I followed the stories of Gerald Weigert and his Vector Aeromotive in the car magazines and absolutely fell in love with the W8. Maybe I just miss the dreams of my adolescence, but I still think this car is just amazingly cool. As I understand it, this yellow car was originally owned by a Texas oil man. Back in 1993, I saw this car driving down Cooper St. in Arlington, TX. I about crapped my pants when I saw it. If I ever came into some money, I would LOVE to get my hands on a W8...

[@CubeCyclone]

That dashboard is insane

[@perchancethishandleiswens]

here after Doug Demuro's review.

[@mousealexander6412]

Iben Kusumawardhana why are you worried about that?

[@FerrariDMC]

I always liked this car and it sounds killer.

[@iloper]

my childhood bedroom poster. it's a crazy, crazy car and it sounds amazing!

[@jtsn667]

Possibly the most aggressively styled car in history Love it! Damn dat side shot my lawwwd!

[@iinvokemyfirstamendmentrig7937]

A beast. It is a shame so few were made.

[@ryandeketenor932]

Fastest 3 speed production car ever?

[@themagicboy6548]

@stanselb because you would destroy the clutch if it was a manual. The automatic that was used is a common GM transmission so it would be easy for you to find parts/replacement transmision

[@robertelmo7736]

Strength.

[@robertelmo7736]

That would be great but I doubt there is ANY room in that thing lol. Seen that on those drag week cars.

[@turnip5359]

Gives it a unique sound, love the sound of those American automatics even though manual is obviously much better 😁

[@Xantylon74]

Is it fast? Never saw one running 350Kmh or just 300.

[@RoberinoEldorado]

One of the coolest cars ever made. Easily on par with the DeLorean. A true Dream Machine!

[@petertullemans]

The only difference is the sales figures…. 9000 De Loreans, 17 Vectors lol 😂

[@edwinvalencia3981]

I used to live in Bel-Air, CA., and would often see a W-2 driving down the hill. What a beautiful car.

[@KB_Grimweaver]

I've never heard an engine sound like that! It's beautiful!

[@Giganaut233]

hands down the W8's engine sound so.... euphoric... it gives me tingles hearing that engine revving

[@michealangel1556]

Giganaut233 yeah it’s the most pathetic engine noise ever heard it’s sounds like a dying 80’s ram

[@Inacoma989]

thanks for sharing such a great walk around of an amazing car that just never had the chance to really show what it could do.

[@BrianZuk]

Inacoma989 Quite an old clip, but you are very welcome!

[@Inacoma989]

BrianZuk your car? do you still have it?

[@BrianZuk]

Inacoma989 Not my car, a friend's - he sold it years ago.

[@Inacoma989]

BrianZuk wow. as a car guy just seeing a car like the W8 in real life would be fantastic. thanks again for the video. I stumbled onto it and now follow your page. thanks. 😊

[@BrianZuk]

Inacoma989 No problem! I hope you enjoy the videos :)

[@iant720]

Love the W8, it's the sexiest kit car that's not a kit car aha.

[@guerrillaradio9953]

It's what every Fiero and kit car dreams of being....someday....

[@angeldust43091]

I remember staring at a black one with gold rims in du pont registry back in 91 salivating. Gawd I wanted one so bad

[@thewiz448]

Who’s here from Doug?

[@GamingWithMari]

thewiz448 yepp

[@mrire3365]

yuppp

[@paladin3116]

Ye

[@TassieLorenzo]

It looks so much more exotic than the Lotus Esprit it's parked next to! :) To think, a car that makes the Esprit looks plain! Incredible.

[@87ferrarif40]

I want the Vector W8!

[@FerrariDMC]

This is one you either love it or hate it. I had a poster of one next to a jet when I was a kid..loved it then and love it now.

[@gdlkinbi]

Vector W8 - a beautiful Twin Turbo charged wedge shaped beast ! This car is hands down amazing & reminds me of the Cizeta V16T....both look too fast & futuristic for their times.

[@tinapuccini9753]

I can't believe how fast this goes!!!!!!! AWESOME♡♡♡♡

[@gdlkinbi]

tina puccini Claimed top speed was over 240mph in the W2 model, this had the stronger motor ! Too bad the company went under :(

[@tinapuccini9753]

g00dl00kinb0i this is way n2 future 2 me♡♡

[@tinapuccini9753]

g00dl00kinb0i​ they dont make this anymore? ??♡♡♡this reminds me a bit like a Delorme♡ ♡

[@gdlkinbi]

tina puccini LOL, this car is 23 years old, it was brilliant. Made by a jet enthusiast, even with some jet parts in the dash, body was from carbon-firbe & other synthetic materials. It cost almost $450k back in 1991 !! It was destroyed by an indonesian company that financed it at one point :(

[@SPEEDLSDADDICT]

What a classic! Vector is so rare and exclusive, brought back my old memories when this car was in the crazeee~

[@westinvines9763]

I can’t be the only one to notice the ostrich skin steering wheel. Lol

[@MisterGasMan]

i think this car will be forever 'futuristic'. Unique thing

[@taltigolt]

it sounds like a bus lol 4:53

[@Brooks22n]

Looks like one too 🚌

[@mykehunt2430]

Yeah not to impressive of a rev

[@siler7]

@@Brooks22n Thanks for the new dumbest thing I've ever read.

[@Brooks22n]

@@siler7 naaaaa just look at that last thing you wrote down I’m sure it dumber lol, I just don’t like the rear end styling , plus it was a car that ( creator) who promised a lot and ultimately delivered little

[@RayanM50B25]

@@Brooks22n I agree on the fact that you wrote the dumbest thing I've ever readen

[@SCDC-Channel]

One of the most EPIC car ever...I wish there were more than only 20 units :(

[@OldskoolHiFi]

For those who think this car is crap, do a little research. This car was so ahead of it's time it's ridiculous, it was a couple unfortunate series of events that ended it before it got started, mainly due to believe it or not, Andre Agassi the idiot tennis player. This was a legitimate American made super car, when such things did not exist.

[@phantom5573]

What an exotic car. I'm sure it turns heads where ever it goes!

[@ftffighter]

Great car with a TERRIBLE looking steering wheel lol

[@Vercus100]

+ftffighter Agreed, it reminds me of a golf cart wheel.

[@derekstocker6661]

Superb looking and sounding car, what a road presence as well, thanks for this video, great viewing!

[@bugattiincroyable]

My favorite car in Gran Turismo 2 !

[@HawkOfGP]

I love the way this car looks.

[@bigvjza80]

pure 80's

[@chapstickwarrior9277]

It's so freaking cool looking! Dream car right here.

[@Averoxis]

It's brother the M12 is trash, this however is the American BMW M1. I love it.

[@chicolittle5409]

+A A R I Y O R O The M1 only had a straight 6 in it. No comparison.

[@Overstear]

Awesome machine. I think this was one of the first of the breed of super cars I've ever seen (photo of course) way back in school. Thanks for this!

[@buickkkkkk1]

The Tucker of it's day.

[@NISM0F0]

Rare example of a historical supercar for the U.S. Great video as always and a very nice timepiece. I get to see a lot of exotics new/old at cars and coffee and I STILL have not seen a Vector in my lifetime yet. Great video Brian and tell your friend thanks for allowing you to post it up.

[@DimebagCFH4Life]

That look like the engine in my camaro :-)

[@keithsclassicgarage1133]

Because it is!

[@deckan315]

I remember the Wiegert from GT2. That was one beast of a car to get behind the wheel of. If I am correct, 1st gear takes that baby all the way up to 80+ mph. Maybe not everyone's dream car, but definitely ahead of most in the mid 80's, which was when this car made its debut. Exhilarating.

[@the14u36]

this car is far better than any lambo. Rip off i think not

[@TaylorMadejdm1975]

It's ugly as hell 😂

[@ClaudeMagicbox]

the14u36 Hahahahaha..... yeah sure. The mechanics are all from normal GM production, the gearbox if a 3 gear hydraulic from a fucken motorhome of the late 1970s, look it up. There is no available video of anybody having the guts (and insanity) to go fast, say 280-300 km/h on this crap. This was basically a scam, there is no real race-level engineering in it, no special alloy parts....just a big GM engine modified to 6000cc and with two large turbos mounted on a boxed frame with a weird body kit, mostly in plastic, mounted on it. The company failed miserably for a reason buddy.

[@turnip5359]

@@ClaudeMagicbox despite all this I still think its a great curio

[@tony2ta]

So you know this special car very well? original delivered to a wealthy car collector in TX. I had a 88.5 Countach & 94 Diablo VT, the craftmanship not even come close to the W8. Always good to hear someone know about the car.

[@ComandanteJ]

damm fucking masterpiece, love it!

[@matthewm.1598]

So glad someone spec'd one in yellow

[@Stoffer66]

What an traitor!!!! drives an Wector W8 and has his key in an Ferrari keyhanger??? WTF dude!!!!

[@charlieanddadreviewsandcha2243]

Jens Christian Jensen the man could also have a Ferrari at home. You don’t know.

[@MikeSmith-mp7lf]

I agree! And theres no chance there's a Ferrari at his home. Supercar owners have and never will put their house key on the same keyring as the car key. If you ever purchase one, you will be given a talk as to why you don't put the 2 together. It has nothing to do with looks. Its a security issue.

[@-sturmfalke-]

First saw this car in a german museum in Speyer, really liked the design. Got a card game there, which featured the car, since then it became my favourite car.

[@phantom5573]

This car is sick. Looks like a fighter jet on the road. Forget Ferrari or Lamborghini. Vector is what rare and exotic is all about!!!

[@kirinlager49]

when i was a kid i had this exotic car book that dad gave me, and the vector was my favourite

[@abbeykroeter2352]

Great catch! This was a bit of a "unicorn" vehicle to me and friends back in the 80's, knowing it had serious power but other things about it made it seem sort of kit car, cheesy and unfinished... yet another look and I thought it was bad ass again! I always had respect for it though-- starting a company like that was nearly impossible in the late 20th century. That one looks in pretty good shape, and though I hate the ostrich skin, I'd take one if I found one like that and had the money. I noticed a lot of low-angle shots from your camera lol; I used to do that a lot to when the Ferrari club came to town each year where I grew up. I thought it was what I was supposed to do -- like the "Road and Track" photographers! Yeah! Funny thing is, the reason the cars looked dramatic is when looked at from a typical human height... standing up, with other cars and people near them for scale. That's when they look the most dramatic. All the car shows and magazines do the same thing (low angle), and for years I wondered "why do the cars look better in person?". It's because you're not squatting down and trying to be artistic; you're just standing there looking at it with a crappy Ford Taurus next to it or something...

[@HorizoSun]

+Abbey Kroeter I thought it was know to be one of the best cars ever made. Unfortunately only 17 were ever made.

[@kevindragonbringer8292]

2 of my favorite cars sitting next to each other when i was younger

[@DoctorPetrol]

Wow, amazing car! Incredibly rare and what a sick sound does it produce!

[@thepostfk]

Saw this exact car today leaving the Safeway parking lot. Awesome looking car.

[@naughtycolin]

so many negative comments its hard to think of a reply. Jerry Wiegert came up with this master piece. not to everyones taste i know but concider this . it was the most advanced car of its time and the only other car to move supercars forward as much as this one did is the bugatti veyron. i am not comparing them by any means but the vector was truly spectacular.

[@bugattiincroyable]

Incredible car !!! I hope to see a W8 one day ...

[@maxazmtb]

I love the fact that peoples' opinions of what's aesthetically pleasing are so varied. If we all liked the same look, everything would look the same and nothing would be unique. Kudos to vector for making this car, and to all seventeen people that thought it was attractive. ;-)

[@chance8139]

WoW!! Amazing supercar. So awesome.

[@BrianZuk]

Yes, you are :)

[@EstorilMPower]

That has such an awesome sound!!!

[@darren1naudi]

I'm not at all surprised that only 17 were ever made. Thank Heavens for that!

[@snarlingrabiddog5150]

This was a great car. I fell in love with it in the 1980's. Its odd to see how bad the back looks though. The car was a great car and still is. They have made improvements since then, but it is still not in production as I would like to see it. I could never afford a car like this. Just to look at one and ride in one would be neat. Thanks for showing us the video!

[@JasonWW2000]

@JD0x0 Where are you getting your info? The W1, W2 and W3 cars used the same V8 engine. An aftermarket block utilizing GM smallblock chevy sized parts. 366ci, forged rods and crank. Basically the best aftermarket parts you can get. It was rated at 1100-1200hp at 14psi boost and 110 octane racing fuel. On pump gas and 5-6 psi they made around 550-600hp all day very reliably.

[@EddieofSWE]

one of my favoritecars! looks and sounds awesome!

[@RetroRoberino]

Coolest car the world has ever seen. The 80s and 90s were badass.

[@dylanh4657]

I'm curious how high the boost dial was turned up for this video. There is a dial to the left of the steering wheel to adjust boost on the fly.

[@tonyblitz1]

When I tinker with my car I'm glad to know that I'm making it my own, that I'm reinventing it as my personal machine. I know it's a "different" philosophy and it often results in our "stock" model cars being sub-par in performance. You have to remember how many big names in Europe send cars to American based tuning companies, who spent years squeezing power out of low octane fuel and archaic engine designs. They seem to have become specialists in making Horsepower appear from nowhere

[@shock25sr]

Superb! Just superb! Thanks for the insight! Cheers!

[@ryanking23]

What is amazing about these cars is that they featured a 3 speed transmission. First gear, you can travel up to 70 mph. Amazing technology for the time. Also the "cockpit" design featured real screens from a fighter jet for the displays.

[@DJMadMax]

The man had great visions! And although only for himself, he realized them! The W2 is even more impressive from its ideas, age and durability, infact its just a concept car but still runs well under Gerald Wiegert´s possesion. I find that very impressive, kudos to Vector and Jerry Wiegert!

[@Gierap]

I love this car, know it for a long time, never seen in yellow but it's preety as hell.

[@squeakD]

WOW! Now this is a car you don't see often. This was Americas answer to the Lambos ;-)

[@dwadelebronkobe]

this was one of my favorite cars on Gran Turismo 2, it may not look that well, but it's still badass today

[@RonaldReaganRocks1]

Haha! The license plate is "Land Jet." That's awesome!

[@lucab9562]

Omg this was the car owned by Frank Griga right?? He collected several yellow car like Viper and Vector M12 if I don't go wrong

[@themofokillah]

BrianZuk, good video. Vector is one of the best cars in the history of cars. I've the 1:18 model in my collection. Fancy this car, nice, original and strange! the 3 automatic gears are fantastic. Carentancod, you don't know about cars... Who says this car is ugly... go out to do other things in the life! Peace!

[@liljeros123]

ahh havnt seen this car since i had it on a poster in my room like 15 years ago..! amazing!!!

[@KingArthursFinest]

I was one of the people who built that car. Thats 6 hides of Texas Ostrich skin. This particular car is of very high quality, it was later in the production run. I have been all through a Countach and it looked like crap construction compared to what we were doing. It's a chromoly chassis with structural aluminum bonded and riveted. The wiring and electronics were made by a military wiring contractor, 1" honeycomb core aluminum sandwich floor. |

[@superbran2008]

sounds like its going to brake down n running on 6 with the backfiring it was doing is the timing out slightly ??

[@goldbullet50]

You might hate it, but for me, thats one of the coolest fast cars I know. Only it sounds like a tractor.

[@timsgta]

A wet compass and circuit breakers like an aircraft...I love it!

[@Microwaved87]

beautiful, my favorite car from gran turismo 2

[@michaelsmulkowski5088]

Is this the car with the Bison Aeroflux central computer module?

[@pistonbloke]

It was TOTALLY cool when it originally came out, a classic now

[@Celsus1984]

I liked photos on your site, thank you!

[@Medic397]

Thanks Brian, I enjoyed it!

[@Uswesi1527]

This is not a car . It’s a landmark until eternity.

[@ricky302v8]

'Even panel gaps' three words never heard in the Vector factory.

[@AznBoiiBTW]

"One of 17 made!" No wonder why i never heard of this car

[@Nbuilder1]

I wanted one of these back in the 80's so bad. Its still a cool looking car. Except for the rear end.

[@goldenzeroanimations732]

[03:57] _Here's the revving._

[@pmassistantllc1226]

Class Vector W2 portfolio 1987 press kit now available at Amazon.

[@andrewdannunzio5283]

Excellent looking car just underpowered!

[@IAI777]

whoa! thanks 4 sharing!

[@BrianZuk]

Of course! :)

[@Uswesi1527]

That car doesn’t make noise. It makes harmonic , tranquilizing sounds of music

[@imateo44]

Very nice Car. There is a doctor here in Bismarck ND that has 2 of them. He has a black and a purple one.

[@Imprexer]

love the rectangular exhausts!

[@drewmurray2583]

That is a TPI engine like in the Camaro and Corvette?

[@rogerbeltz2370]

Awesome looking piece of machinery but I was hoping that in this video we would have gotten to see (and hear) this Twin Turbo monster out on the track where he could have opened up this baby and we could have seen and heard this monster at its peak performance. ........and oh yes, a $100,000 + exotic car and the brakes squeak!

[@CLUTCH_THE_DEADGREASER]

It a USA made car just so you know, not exotic, it's more like US sports car. I'm just sayin not arguein A'ight

[@YourGodStalin]

Also, this car is worth far more than $100k, it was $400k brand new in 1990, they range anywhere from 400k to 1.2mile nowadays.

[@10072018]

Slim Jimma How is it not exotic when it cost 400k (in 1990 dollars) and only 17 were made? It's more exotic than about anything else out there. Not to mention it's built with jet parts and is famous for it's build quality and reliability. So the brake pads are wore out, big deal.

[@iant720]

They need to warm up, it has mettalic racing brakes.

[@CostaRicaTowSurfer]

how do you back up if its raining? do you still have to open the door to see behind? nobody said supercars were practical.