Gerald Wiegert, the entrepreneur born in the Detroit area who for three decades aimed to build an American supercar faster and sexier than anything out of Europe, died Jan. 15 in California. He was 76 ...

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 not in the know, Vector Motors is an ...

We all love an entrepreneur with lofty ideas of supercars and dreams of exotic performance figures. If the first design sketches of a flat, wedge-shaped sports car come along, we're well and truly ...

Vector Motors Corporation (founded in 1971) is one of the early examples of American automobile manufacturers chasing the European sports car/supercar dream. And then ultimately failing to achieve it ...

Somewhere at the Los Angeles auto show, while the world's automakers are splaying their latest show ponies under million-dollar lighting kits, a revival of sorts is quietly taking place. Car freaks of ...

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 ...

America has a rich history of performance cars. But in the supercar world, it's not as populus as you might think. While we know America for cars like the Ford Mustang, Chevrolet Corvette, and Dodge ...

What’s better than buying a supercar? Acquiring the first one of its kind. A 1990 Vector W8 Twin Turbo, chassis number 001, is currently up for auction on Bring a Trailer. The car may be all but ...

Gerald Wiegert's company claimed they've created "the ultimate in automotive design, power, comfort and safety" with the Vector W8. It seems from this crash test that at least the last was true. The ...

Apart from being a symbol of ’80s excess, the Vector W8 is perhaps one of the most outrageous supercars ever made, thanks to the combination of insane design and extreme rarity. Made by Gerald Wiegert ...