Vector W8 Twin Turbo (w/ engine start)

A very rare Vector W8 Twin Turbo, one of 17 built, starting up and driving at Montage Beverly Hills.
(August 9, 2015 / Beverly Hills, CA)

[@MRSLAV]

If cocaine was a car, this would be it.

[@eE-wn3fs]

True

[@hoobaguy4311]

Cocaine already is a car. The DeLorean. It's perfect because the DMC-12 is just a big ball of confusion just like what people think they know about cocaine.

[@phant.714]

wut r u doing here senpai

[@EngiNetion]

ikr

[@macyvandeusen6611]

This vehicle has been my dream car for over 20 years.

[@vasekvi]

Ive always loved the W8, since I first saw it at the New York auto show in the early 90s. There was a Ferrari F40 there, but the W8 is what I went home dreaming about. Looks like this owner needs a new gas door strut. But I love that he has it out and about.

[@dennelclayton5188]

I loved this car when it first arrived on the scene in the early 90s, and I still love it! I was so lucky to speak with a representative of the company at the time. And they were so gracious to actually mail me a brochure of the W8 Twin Turbo (which I hate I no longer have). I've only ever seen one of these on the streets of Los Angeles. And that's saying alot as to how rare they are. Considering you can see just about any kind of superexotic in L.A. I'll never forget it, a red colored Vector W8 Twin Turbo (like the one in the movie Rising Sun) passing opposite me on the 405 freeway. As a footnote, I met Wesley Snipes during pre-production for the film "Rising Sun".

[@howardmckenna]

242mph recorded top speed!! I LOVED this as a kid. So many buttons inside, insane speed and looks, fighter aircraft digital display. It was even more mental than the kings of mental, Lamborghini. As a 17 year old car nut, this was IT! Rarer than rocking horse shit, too. Gerry Wiegart, I salute you.

[@TTGTO288]

Total junk.

[@bigrigJim]

That was never a recorded top speed. That was an estimate from the manufacturer. Car and Driver reported that with the factory gearing and engine at redline the actual top speed would be 218 mph.

[@howardmckenna]

@@bigrigJim... (The Vector) was able to achieve 242 MPH during internal testing at the Bonneville Salt Flats using a detuned engine. Courtesy of audrainmotormuseum

[@_huskysoul1512]

stunning project and car Jerry Wiegert. I adore this design. :(

[@cars-ln8330]

Pretty rare car, I actually like the design!

[@castironbandito]

This car is so awesome that I love it. The first time i've seen this car is in Gran Turismo 2 and it also made an appearance in the 1993 movie called Rising Sun. Out of all the exotics out there, this one doesn't get much love, which is sad. You couldn't imagine how much one of them costs nowadays.

[@Headbanger9000]

Faster than ANY European super car, proof that America is the innovator, EU just steals our technology and over prices their pieces of crap for only ignorant Americans to buy

[@chiefyeat]

Scott Lantz My dad has the vector used in that movie

[@abelucious]

Nice looking car for its era but this was no American innovation that Europe had to steal technology from , this was a 4000 pound car with a 3 speed transmission from an Oldsmobile , the Porsche 959 came out in 1986 with all wheel drive , 6 speed manual transmission and can do 0-60 in 3.6 seconds , oh yeah , and the Porsche didn't need its own tow truck to haul it around because it won't start .

[@lordperezident]

Scott Lantz actually you could imagine the price on one. About 3million

[@jakeboyyy98]

King of Kings what do you mean american innovator? innovator of what exactly???

[@rottman542]

Love the car , and was truly a short drive !

[@theothistledon6935]

That throaty rumble sounds awesome. 😛👍

[@isaiahledoux4422]

This car is so good, it could beat other hypercars that were made a decade or two after it was made

[@MelancoliaI]

Still my favorite supercar, just freaking awesome

[@RandomnessTube.]

If this car was built in Italy everyone would be talking about it out of all the exotic cars ever made this one will always stand out for me.

[@pickles9774]

Bad ass car with GM twin turbo reliability and easy maintenance.

[@JohnnyBong69]

The Cars are so rare you not found any new Video of a W2 in youtube

[@jessezandstra1]

If robocop were a car XD

[@Bruningable]

Fantastic!

[@YAHUAH870]

a real W8

[@shugertits]

What would you call that style of wheel? I'm looking for something similar. A slicer? I think somebody made a fairly popular wheel back in the day that looked much like that. Naturally I don't need the crazy dimensions. Any help would be appreciated.

[@imaginaryfriend9942]

That car is the sheet😎

[@yvanmastrolilli4928]

super vector

[@Tommyblueeyes]

This is the one i like with the different vents and deeper front spoiler...no 2 vector w8s are the same

[@gwillis9797]

Yes that's the way to do it.

[@angurisloud]

I would love to own one of these one day... but that will never happen - I'd even own a replica if someone would modernize the interior to 2018 specs.

[@tonif.3314]

I think it would be interesting to see this car design in new electric supercars!

[@henningandersen4728]

At approx. 0.55. Did someone say “ Delorean”? I know its not for everyone to recognice a rare car like tjhis, but a Delorean!

[@FastCarsNoRules220]

Can somebody make a video of a Vector driving in the rain? I want to see what it's like with the strangely arranged wipers in motion.

[@jamescree6331]

I'll get right on it...

[@102Crypto]

FastCarsNoRules220 watch Doug Demuro‘s video about this car

[@mmiracastro2347]

“It was legendary threw a tv out the Montage “

[@gerald4027]

Vector did not have a w8 engine.it was powered by a chevy v8 engine coupled to a front wheel drive system mounted in the vectors rear end.

[@pyromig]

If Synthwave was a car, this is how it would look like.

[@bigpat_4295]

0:55 wtf ist he calling It a delorean?

[@mellamopepe619]

It looks like the love child of a Countach and Ford GT

[@se7ensnakes]

what an extremely beautiful car. This design should be redone in carbon fiber

[@RahulSabu221]

There are only 20 of them 😱😱😱

[@Zr--xp9nx]

Gorges car I wish to have be back.

[@pawejacek7448]

i here very much

[@chrisx2k6]

A drive?

[@thewedge8823]

it looks like a sturgeon

[@socalsupercars420]

Did the guys at the Montage kick you out?

[@ExoticAffinity]

SoCalSupercars I got most of the footage from the sidewalk, so they didn't say anything :)

[@Pedro-tf1fy]

thhose are the days he loves his job a little bit more the parking guy

[@alexisrios9127]

Only 20 made nice

[@Pedro-tf1fy]

if i ever find that pot of gold at the end of the rainbow

[@ricodog3652]

That car is sporting Enkes

[@gweinrich]

I could not imagine how much that car cost!!!

[@largol33t1]

+Hanz Solobuger in the early 1980s, Road & Track test drove this and listed the price at around $250-280,000, which was a LOT of money in those days. I have heard of a Vector go on the auction block for almost $500,000. I have no idea what made it more special than the other W8s as there were very few made.

[@dillydilly3680]

largol33t1 currently a vector w8 costs 1.6 million US dollars

[@garyhaber333]

One just sold at auction for 320k

[@topfitnessssss]

Well over $500K in today's market ..

[@KB_Grimweaver]

I would be sweating being valet and knowing this is a rare car and if I break it I would buy it... and that would break me-- they're probably aware of that, and it's why they had it parked so far away from the others lol

[@bebeluck9096]

I always got that car in GTA SA

[@realitywithmj4334]

hennessey of the 80´s and 90´s. vette engine, kit car body

[@jimgoodwin6294]

Having seen three I think you're talking tripe.....

[@avilaluis8760]

Your hand print is on my window

[@WheelEstate]

Lol at the minivan

[@id104335409]

its a nice van, lol

[@themagicboy6548]

short drive indeed

[@chiefyeat]

My dad owns this car

[@garyhaber333]

This.... or a mid priced home in the suburbs??? Hmmmm. Let me think.

[@realgrape]

0:57 he closed it by the glass >:(

[@oscarrenejimenez6844]

GT.one playa station game

[@jamesmusisca7547]

above my pay grade way above

[@mattapple2105]

The Engine sound doe´s not match the Supercar look ... :(

[@radioactivecockroach9959]

crap looks like something from night rider

[@chapmanmerchant]

wow short drive if that lol

[@jetdr]

Amazing, it didn’t break down!! That is the furthest I have ever seen one move!

[@Tommyblueeyes]

have a look on this site called "youtube" it's awesome and has many W8's in action

[@mini_worx]

Awesome performance. Design execution is lacking.

[@jamesmusisca7547]

doors right there to hit your head on that's not cool

[@tonyengland9744]

A guy making $100 a day driving a million dollar ride. Never trust a someone else to drive your car.

[@dhritimansen3307]

no power steering by the looks of it, but who cares

[@MrMethadrine]

The only good thing about this car is how it looks.Otherwise its awful.

[@sirlillo2734]

this car looks so sad

[@keeperofeurobeat8421]

Considering what happened to the company, i dont blame it.

[@garyhaber333]

That's not driving it!!

[@hector69ize]

The Automotive world has its share of odd and bizarre autos, some ugly and some horrible and "THEN" there is this abomination from bloody hell. If I had it my way I would drive it like I stole it, crash it and burn it to da ground. Yes it is that hideous.

[@cristianfotbalistu]

So horrible driveing

[@Jdfan-ps2ek]

That is the ugliest car I have ever seen

[@calumkylee]

well you're blind

[@KROW115]

@@calumkylee savage 😂