Classic: Vector W8

Posted on 06-08-2014 at 20:57 by MauritsH – 37 Comments”

The American Vector built in the early ’90s, only 17 customer cars of the W8, an alien-like supercar which, despite his extraordinary appearance very serious performance down.

The W8 was based on the W2 prototype and was powered (or fired, if you will) by a 6-litre V8 with two turbos. This power source was good for about 660 hp and 880 Nm of torque. Put that against, for example, a Ferrari F40 (which is built in the same period was), and you’ll understand that the W8 the world of his socks blew. The price tag was completely in line with the performance figures astronomical. New copies of W8 were sold for half a million dollars.

Of 0-96 km/h was the thing in 4.2 seconds and the kwartmijl was in 12 seconds with a speed of 200 km/h. Well, lovers of cars of the caliber of the McLaren P1 will not wake up from, but remember that the W8 over 20 years ago was built. The top speed of this particular supercar is not exactly known, but during tests with the W2 prototype was the 389 km/h tapped. Indeed, that’s Veyron-territory!

If your hands start to itch from all this beauty, then you have luck. Soon will be the one under the hammer during the Monterey auction by RM Auctions. This copy belonged to the American autoverzamelaar Bob Pound and gave ever make an appearance in the movie “Rising Sun” with Wesley Snipes. The red speed demon is expected to be between 300,000 and 500,000 muster. If you have a video of the W8 crash test want to see, then check your autojunk.nl.

Gallery: Vector W8 1992

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