In Wilmington, California, USA, there is a company called Vehicle Design Power, which was founded by Gerald Wigott. Founded in 1978 and 1989, it started the automobile manufacturing business and changed its name to Vector Aeromotive. However, like some "manual workshops" in contemporary automobile circles, Vector closed down on 1993. Subsequently, the company restarted in the name of Vector Motors Corporation and continued to develop supercars.
You may have seen the name Vector in some "hardcore" racing games. Don't underestimate this unreliable American product! Their original intention is to compete with European powers such as Ferrari, Lamborghini and Lotus! During the manufacturing process of Vector's short-lived sports car, according to statistics, about 50 finished cars rolled off the assembly line, some of which were converted into racing cars (of course, the result was a mess).
Vector ASR2
Gerald Wigert is ambitious. After graduating from college, he studied sports car manufacturing with lee brown, a car designer. Of course, it is not easy to make sports cars, so they also use ready-made engines in Europe and then design their own bodies. At the 1976 Los Angeles International Auto Show, they released the first Vector prototype to the world. 1977 When the partner left, Mr. Wigott introduced the first mass-produced sports car Vector W2.
Vector W2
Many auto media have commented that Gerald Wiegert and his Vector are "absurd", but at present, the barbaric growth of this crazy brand is "normal". It's just that the company's development path seems absurd.
After Vector W2, the company has successively launched W8 and WX3 sports cars, but the most impressive one is Vector M 12. The car is upgraded based on WX3, and its engine is the same as Lamborghini Diablo's V 12 engine. In addition, the manufacturing of parts M 12 was completed in Lamborghini's American factory. The reason is simple: Vector's relocated office is next to Lamborghini's Florida office.
So at that time, the media commented that Vector M 12 was an Italian sports car, not an American sports car. 1996, Vector showed M 12 to the world at the Detroit International Auto Show, but the new car with a price of189,000 dollars was hardly sold, and the company was forced to stop production of M 12. Vector didn't resume production until MegaTech sold Lamborghini to Audi. Until 1999, only 14 M 12 went offline. The reason for the delay is that Lamborghini didn't provide us with enough engines! But the fact is that there is serious corruption at the top of the company, which makes Lamborghini's bill unable to be settled.
Vector, who was caught in the financial and raw material crisis of the company, was about to die. Perhaps the fate of bankruptcy has been doomed since the company was sold to Megatech. Anyone familiar with the history of car companies knows that this Indonesian company has a bad reputation. Tommy Suharto, the boss with 50% shares, the son of dictator Muhammad Suharto, embezzled the property of Vector and finally impeached Gerald Wiegert, the founder of the company.
Vector M 12, pure Italian origin, American super-running culture, produced in 1995- 1999. The delay of new car sales and poor management of the company will make Vector close down soon. The company hopes to adjust its strategy and reduce the manufacturing cost to develop the Vector SRV8 sports car, but this (and only) new car with Corvette engine and Porsche gearbox still fails to save Zhang Guan's fate.
Actually, the quality of Vector M 12 is very poor. In the "Top Gear" program in the 1990s, "Hammer Hammer" Jeremy Clarkson once commented that M 12 is a "Bulgarian power plant": the doors that can't be closed, the strange seat position, the oil leakage and the incomprehensible center console make people feel a real headache whether driving or watching the car.
Vector was finally packaged and sold to American Aeromotive, and the founder Wiegert got some money back. "Die-hard" Wigott was still unwilling, so he founded Avtech Automobile Company, later renamed Vector Supercars, and later renamed Vector Motors Corporation, which is the last name. From this perspective, if you want the company to live for a long time, you can change its name.
Vector WX8
In June 2007, Mr. Wiegert announced the brand-new revival model of Vector WX8! This thing is equipped with 10.0L all-aluminum V8 engine. It is said that the output horsepower is as high as 1850 horses! Dude, you have to pull over when you see anything. But so far, no one has seen it reach the declared top speed of 443 kilometers per hour.
Such a sad Vector company is a drop in the ocean in the history of sports cars. Later, people regarded Vector M 12 as the "undertaker" of Vector. However, although this car is ill-fated, it is an important part of American supercar in the 1990s, and the output of only 17 sets makes it a rare species. ......
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