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Old 07-13-2009, 01:30 AM
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Default Remember Vector Aeromotive?

Well, probably not. The only car they built that got any attention was the W8 TT supercar that debuted in 1989 (unofficially the world's fastest street legal car until the McLaren, at around 240mph (the prototype, named the W2, touched the magical 250mph mark, but again, not official...and not widely known facts). They made a brief appearance in Gran Turismo 2 and 3 (I think the M12 was in GT3). Well, they're at it again, and this time they're going REALLY big. Bugatti set the bar at a whole new height in the Veyron, and SSC re-raised the bar yet again in the Ultimate Aero GT. So, what's Vector got? It's called the WX8. It's the next generation of the W8TT, and it's BADASS on a whole new level. With the big block option, and appropriate gears, it will do 300mph (set for Bonneville). The best part of all: it's a home-grown all-American supercar. Enough of my talk, check it out:

Vector WX8

I just wish I knew how to get one of their previous models...


Also, on a side-note, Vector builds jets for its main income. So, the best in aerodynamics is guaranteed.
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Old 07-15-2009, 02:32 PM
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I have to correct you on your fastest car in 1989 and the McLaren, the fastest street legal car was the 1988 Callaway Corvette Sledgehammer, at 254.7 mph.
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Old 07-15-2009, 04:51 PM
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I said 1989, not '88. And I meant production car, not street-legal. There's a difference. In '89 the official record was held by the Ferrari F40 at 201mph. And, I was talking unofficial records. There was never a proper official calculation of how fast the W2 and W8 actually went because they both buried the speedos at 240mph. Both cars undoubtedly went over 250mph, but again, not a properly recorded figure, and unofficial. And the McLaren set the official record in '94, so maybe you misread what I typed. What I meant was Vector had built a production car that was faster than the McLaren, before the McLaren was even conceived. Having said that, if Vector had challenged the official record with the W8, then the McLaren would never have made the books at 243(ish).
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Old 07-18-2009, 02:57 AM
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