Vector WX-3 vs. which Ferrari?

Looks wise I'd say F-50

 

With that picture I'd say it kinda looks more like an F40. The F50s front had those two scoops, so it changes the apperance. imo.

 

Well rear looks like F-50

 

I obviously have never driven one, but as I recall reading, many thought this car was nearly impossible to handle. I would think either the f40 or f50 would be a much more favorable expierence as opposed to the point and shoot style(to borrow a term from motorcycle racing) of the vector.

 

Looks butt ugly too and the name sounds like a spaceship...Thumbs way down.

 

The Vector Wx-3 model never went into production. Only 1 prototype was built. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vector_WX-3

Some Vector M12's made it to the street, though (5707 cc Lamborghini V12 engine, which produced 492 hp).

Earlier Vectors used the Chevy Corvette V8, one boosted to 600hp.

Automatic transmissions, I believe in all. None command even their original sticker price of $455,000...showing what the market thinks of them (try buying a Ferrari 250 GTO for sticker today!).

 

A three speed tranny if I remember right.

 

why do you want to compare it to a ferrari?

best
jeff

 

My mistake. GM transmission, not engine.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vector_W8
The Vector W8 was an American sports car from the early 1990s. It was manufactured by Vector Supercars, and was designed by Gerald Wiegert. Just 21 W8s were produced, the car retailing for $455,000 USD brand new (on today's used market they are available for $200,000).

The car was based around a 6.0 L V8 engine, coupled to a three-speed automatic transmission provided by General Motors. The engine had twin turbochargers, which produced 625 hp (634 PS/466 kW) at 5700 rpm and 834 N·m (650 ft·lbf) of torque. The car was estimated to do 210 mph (338 km/h).

 

Only only a three speed?? On a 600 hp car? How much could you do in first?

 

We've had a W8 and an M12 (not to mention Mr. Weigert himself) visit Crystal Cove on occasion and both are still head-turners. More of an oddity like a Delorean than as a true supercar, they were certainly an ambitious project that can slot in alongside cars like the Cizeta, Bugatti EB110, and Jaguar XJ220 as cars that were victims of bad market timing and lack of development or fulfillment of promise and never really caught on with the buying public. You can group them with the 288 GTO and Porsche 959 for performance potential if not lasting impact. Feels a bit like deja vu with our current crop of uber-expensive supercars seemingly saturating the market right now.

 

The Vector was a good concept, but it missed a few key things:
#1, the supercar buyers of the early 1990's wanted stick shifts, not automatics
#2, the sticker price was too high for a car with no name/heritage (lower pricing would have created a buying fenzy that would have driven prices up to the necessary levels) - call this a "marketing" mistake
#3, the Vector lost, badly, the races that it entered
and #4, the interior sucked (and I'm being kind, see picture below).
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I read somewhere, the interior was supposed to look like the cockpit of a fighter jet. But it does suck. No getting around that.

 

The only aviation part was the clever aviation-style breaker box instead of fuses, but the aesthetics of everything else (column shift! - Camaro dash cover - faded black airbag and carpet) makes you wonder.

 

It is not comparable to any Ferrari. Perhaps you meant a Fiero? ;-)

Terrible exterior, terrible interior, a company named after some math term, well..you get the point.

 

That's how Saab is trying to sell their cars but it ain't workin'.

 

JUNK.

 

The Vector W8 never raced.

The Vector W8 never had a column shifter. It was a ratchet style in the drivers door sill.

Actually the rivets were aircraft grade, the use of so much composites, plus the gauge display was 'reconfigurable' like an aircraft (and may/may not have been an aviation part). But certainly more than the fuse box.

 

That's great, but there were 3 models of Vector: W8, M12, and WX-3. The **PICTURE** that I posted on this very thread of one Vector interior clearly shows column shift.

And the Vector M12 raced (and lost badly).

 

The vector wx-3 was never a production car, and vector w8 and jet-x know what they are talking about. Vector w8 , owns a w8 so im sure he knows allot more about the marque than most others! As for the column shift you see thats an indicator stalk.

 

Technically there were four models including the WR8.

Anyway, your picture shows the turn signal/windshield wiper. Vectors never had a column shift.

 

Hey Guys, just circle the shifter that you see (which is to say, you don't see one) in this photo...
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