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For fans of 1980s and '90s supercars, the Vector W8 and WX-3 are as iconic as the Lamborghini Countach, Ferrari F40, and Porsche 959. The brainchild of Art ...
They've already seen the underside of an auction hammer, but Aeromotive's inventiveness is still worthy of attention | PistonHeads.
Vector Motors is selling off the 1993 prototypes of its never-produced WX-3 supercar, apparently to fund development of its planned WX-8 hypercar. For those ...
Measuring the magnitude and defining the direction of America's supercar.
Before the word “vaporware” existed, there was the Vector. The promises were big, the styling jaw-dropping, and a drivable production car elusive. That's the ...
Two one of a kind prototypes of the 1993 Vector WX-3 model will be going on an RM Sotheby's auction on 17th of January in Scottsdale, Arizona. Vector Motors ...
That spectacular Tucker 48 isn't the only car you should grab at the RM Auction in Monterey next month. Oh no. There's a Vector!
In case you were ever worried about looking too conservative in your Vector W8, RM Sotheby's has a pair of wild Vector Avtech WX-3 prototypes ready to cross ...
One man's dream to build a fighter jet for the road was derailed by short-lived Lamborghini owners Megatech taking over – the Vector M12 is wha...
A documentary about Vector, the supercar company inspired by fighter jets, filmed in 1992 when Vector still existed.
Here's something we can file under "extremely tragic": People don't talk about the Vector W8 nearly as much as they should. And when they do talk about the ...
If it is this hard just to establish what a supercar really is, no wonder the manufacturers themselves occasionally get it wrong.
Here are 25 that gained fame for flopping so badly in the marketplace that their very names became symbols of failure.
RM Sotheby's will present the 1993 Vector Avtech WX-3 Prototype at its 20th annual Arizona sale, to be held at Arizona Biltmore Resort & Spa in Phoenix, ...
Supercars tend to be cherished by the car world, but sometimes they can be forgotten through history.
Some never got off the drawing board while others didn't progress beyond a full-size mock-up – most are now long forgotten. We've collected 25 such glorious ...
Call it a “Meh Car” all you want, but this minty *fresh* 1999 Oldsmobile Intrigue had my coworker Andrew and me, well, intrigued. Among the many gems at ...
It's not every day you get a chance to buy a brand new Vector chassis from 1978, but a W2 prototype's most important part just found its way to Ebay. Just think of ...
Let's take a look at 19 lighting fast cars from the 90s that everyone forgets exists.
Vector hasn't made a splash in the supercar scene since the W8 arrived in 1990 with a 6.0-liter twin-turbocharged V-8 and 625 horsepower of grunt.
Pebble Beach plays host to the crème de la crème of the automotive world during their annual Concours d'Elegance, but this year a vehicle of truly questionable ...
Alphabet subsidiary Waymo will launch the world's first commercial self-driving taxi *service* within weeks, according to a report. The Google spin-off aims to ...
It's got an 8.2-liter twin-turbo Cadillac V8 sitting in the trunk and driving the rear wheels. Apparently that changes the handling a bit.
Volkswagen and Seat have been accused by consumer group Which? of selling thousands of vehicles with a “potentially lethal” rear seatbelt fault. In May ...
The noble supercar, a machine whose sole purpose is to do one thing, push the boundaries of what is possible. The best supercars love to ride the edge of what ...
A trio of grandmothers have taken a road trip across Europe for a new web series that has been compared to Top Gear and Thelma and Louise. Pat Jones, 75 ...
Recently we asked you which wedged-shaped cars are your favorites. As always, we got a ton of responses. Here are the answers we saw repeated the most.
Just as the pop charts are filled with one-hit wonders, the automotive industry has more than a few shining stars that burned out pretty quickly. Nowhere is this ...
These Vector WX-3s never made it into production, but a pair of 1000bhp+ prototypes are now up for auction. You can even take your pick; coupé o...
This tops the cake for strange '90s cars. Well, maybe this and a Vector W8, but that's besides the point. During this period, Lancia was in kahoots with Ferrari, ...
When it comes to designing swoopy and sexy sports cars, perhaps the most storied name is Pininfarina. The design house has designed some of the sexiest ...
What is the best car for a full on assault on the Cannonball Run record? I'm not talking about rallies by any name. I'm talking about a full-on, balls out race from ...
The big-money motors that dared to be different in a bid for fame and fortune – but were huge flops instead Building a supercar to rival mainstream names such ...
More and more of today's cars are getting digital instrument clusters, but these have been around for decades. Here are some worthy examples from the 80s.
Japan does the New Year differently. There aren't any major fireworks displays, instead countdowns are done at shrines and temples and people eat soba ...
It can be tricky for even the most elegant of drivers to alight from their six-figure carriage. Here's the best way to do it.
Once a myth that turned into a legend, the Bonzai Runners evaded cops and chased the 200 mph barrier.
What if, indeed. Many may remember Vector as the American company that attempted to build a world-class supercar but couldn't quite get its act together. Th.
In car design, the wedge is something we can appreciate. Here's our list of the top ten most influential wedge-shaped designs of the 60s, 70s and 80s.
Wow. No, make that whoa. Why? More rumor and myth than car, this here is an honest to goodness Vector M12. And its yours for the taking. Unsure as to what ...
In the world of supercars, there are many success stories. The likes of Pagani and Koenigsegg that spring up and challenge the establishment. However, these ...
America may not produce supercars in the same quantity (or, we might argue, of the same quality) as some of its European counterparts. But it has produced its ...
Supercars come in many different shapes and sizes. The question is, where do they come from and when did they get here? But first, let me ask a different ...
Bugatti Royale On the ground at the 2018 Concours d'Elegance of America Photo 1 Bugatti Royale On the ground at the 2018 Concours d'Elegance of America ...
Yesterday we asked you what the coolest obscure, rare cars you could buy were. You came up with a ton of answers, but here are the 15 cars we saw ...
Lamborghini's and Ferrari's are supercars that everyone remember, but do you remember these?
Supercars are built to represent the pinnacle of automotive technology. Brutally fast and impossibly expensive, they are objects of desire and the stuff dreams ...
Who remembers Vector? Back in the 90s, they were creating some angular and outlandish super cars , and somehow they're still around today, likely performing ...
EyesOn Design doesn't officially bill itself as a concours d'elegance, but this show, which is organized by car designers themed around elements of automotive ...
198X, an upcoming game by a Swedish studio and team of international pixel artists, isn't just set in the 80s. It's visiting most of the decade's biggest genres in ...
The soft, gentle and voluptuous curves of traditional automotive design made a radical right turn in the late 1960s, when cars like the Alfa Romeo 33 Carabo ...
These will take you straight to jail. Or a mechanic. Or worse.
One in eight male motorists have a pet name for their cars - with "Scarlett O'Cara", "Ford Fiasco" and "Matt CAR-dle" among the more bizarre monikers.
There is no shortage of supercars on the market at the moment, which may be a good thing or a bad thing depending on your theory of financial boom-bust ...
Ferrari F40? Please. These ten supercars make that piece of junk seem as common as a Toyota Corolla.
Chevrolet's worst-kept secret has returned in another quick video snippet. The mid-engine C8 Corvette was caught on camera somewhere in Colorado, and a ...
Updated November 19, 2017: There's only one fastest car in the world at any given time, and the car that holds that title has captured the public's imagination ...
It'll be the latest in a long line of ultra-high performance cars that wealthy enthusiasts have been able to buy, but at what point did the supercar turn into the ...
Take note, Faraday: You need vision, luck and a car that people actually want to buy.
Depending on who you ask the first american supercar was either the 1911 mercer raceabout or the 1992 vector whowever when it comes to production (...)
Digital gauges first started showing up in 1980s cars to varying degrees of success. Automakers pushed hard for them, but the trend all but died in the 1990s.
Turbocharging technology has come a long way, becoming more and more efficient with time. Engineering Explained goes in depth to explore a new type of ...
Only a few months ago we saw the new AMG Project One hypercar, and since then McLaren has shown its new Senna and Senna GTR concept hypercars.
The Youabaian Puma debuted earlier this week at the Los Angeles Auto Show, and I think it's great. It's hilarious, it's loud, and its logo is possibly a thong ...
Entering the supercar market against the established names is like joining a fixed high-stakes poker game. Even if you're ready to back your dream with hard ...
Can a couple of clutches and a pair of planetary gears transform a car's handling? Find out at Car and Driver.
Even when a designer or firm achieves the goal of making the world's fastest supercar, they don't necessarily have a winner on their hands.
When it comes to supercars, Ferrari and Lamborghini are usually the center of the discussion, with a few other well-known players like Audi, Mercedes-Benz, ...
If you've never heard of a Vector M12, we can't say we are shocked, only 18 were built between 1995 and 1999 before the company folded for the same reasons ...
Toyota's got a new sports car to slot above the 86 on its way. Here's what we know about the MkV Toyota Supra as we approach the 2019 Detroit International ...
For those thinking that the name 'SSC Tuatara' sounds awfully familiar, then you're correct: the car first appeared back in 2011. And, well, not a great deal ever ...
Nobody had ever created anything like it but it would be another 30 years before the technology would become more widely adopted. By the late 1960s and ...
LG Electronics partners with upscale retailer, Bloomingdale's, to offer high-end appliances and TVs in a store-within-a-store at its flagship NYC store as well as ...
The ratio of people lusting after supercars to those that will ever own one is depressingly low, but that's no reason not to dream. Here we present a definitive list ...
British Airways has suffered a data breach. Or, more appropriately, British Airways' customers have suffered a data breach and have had their information stolen ...
Considering how contentious a discussion over the definition of the term “supercar” can be, trying to figure out which supercar is the greatest of all time seems ...
Car interiors should be simple, clear, and not distracting. Jalopnik readers, however, have found ten absurd dashboard that don't follow that formula.
For every successful person, there are countless others who tried to reach those heights, only to get stepped on and overshadowed. Such is the case in the ...
It seemed like a good idea to start this series off with a cautionary tale, an example of how not to start your own supercar company. This should help not only to ...
To celebrate Independence Day (no, not the Will Smith movie), we've put together a list of American cars that broke the mould. Automobiles that deserve a virtual ...
A yellow Vector M12 has been listed for sale at Cats Exotics, its a rare example of one of only 17 that were made. View more details here.
If the name Gerald Weigert sounds familiar, you're probably a car nut of a certain age that remembers his travails trying to launch his pet supercar project.
The offer stands, but NHRA Funny Car driver Alexis DeJoria is never going to accept it. Her father, John Paul DeJoria, says he'll pay his daughter a million ...
The McLaren F1 turns 25 years old in 2017. Owners, drivers, and the team behind it give us the full story of this astounding vehicle.
LG OLED65C8PLA review: a big and beautiful TV with a vibrant picture rich in detail, this is another LG OLED we'd be proud to own – read at What Hi-Fi?
The Los Angeles-based fashion designer and auto enthusiast shows us her cars.
Movie drag races are different than normal drag races. The burnouts are bigger. They shift more frequently. They take much longer than they should. And they're ...
The pagani huayra made its debut as the successor to the zonda though several special-edition zondas showed up subsequently. the huayra like the zonda (...)
Pagani has been known to create some pretty wild vehicles. i mean look at models like the zonda revolucion and the huayra bc for example. they are (...)
Automotive understatement didn't exist among New York brokers of the 1980s and 1990s. The million-dollar bonuses of the 'Wall Street Boys' were spent on ...
click above image to view additional high-res photos of the Vector V8 Biturbo concept.
For those who thought the 2002tii was to be the ultimate BMW in the "02" series, the Munich factory had a surprise in store. Unveiled at the Frankfurt Motor Show ...
When bugatti introduced the grand sport vitesse la finale the last production unit of the supercar at the 2015 geneva motor show i honestly believed (...)
Ferrari will make 499 examples of the new LaFerrari. Ha! Jalopnik readers know ten limited-run supercars that make it look as common as a Camry.
PEBBLE BEACH: Ferrari Enzo Designer, Ken Okuyama, Reveals The Kode 0 — Are You IMPRESSED Or DEPRESSED This Use To Be An Aventador?
Robert Pond was an industrialist, an aviator, a Navy pilot, an aircraft designer, a genuine car enthusiast, a philanthropist, a Minnesotan at heart and a man who ...
Some of the finest cars in the Middle East – and, indeed, the world – went on display on the lawns of the Burj Al Arab on December 7 as the second Gulf ...
James Bond's Aston Martin DB5 sells for nearly £3m at RM Auction. Enzo, F40, Zonda R and Miura also sold.
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