But as we know all too well, it often ends in melancholy. Take the Vector W8 for instance. Conceived by the late Gerald Wiegert, an American engineer who created the now-defunct Vector brand in ...

Ah, the Vector W8. Designed in the 1970s and finally built ... where it finally has a chance to stretch its legs. The Wiegert-designed wedge claws back some lost ground, but it's still not enough ...

Gerald Wiegert, Chairman and Founder of Vector Motors ... structure with a full chrome-moly race ready roll cage. The Vector's W8 structure attained the highest test results of any automotive ...

Powered by a 625-hp twin-turbo V8, the aircraft-inspired machine designed by Vector co-founder Gerald Wiegert was produced in 22 units from 1989 to 1993. While few remember the W8, even fewer ...