The Time We Tested a Vector W8 Highlights Why We Test Cars in the First Place
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 thing about vaporware?it?s all too easy to be seduced by a great-looking body and assurances that it works as advertised. Vector struggled to build a production car in the ?80s, but the W2 prototype enjoyed supercar mystique and street cred nonetheless. C/DÂ was guilty of helping to foster that image. It started with a story in our December 1980 issue in which then associate editor Larry Griffin heaped praise on the car and its creator, Gerald Wiegert. But Griffin never drove the Vector. Arty shots on a dry lake bed helped make a car years away seem real. READ MORE ??
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