M12

[Chris]

I was under the impression that they werent financing lamborghini a whole bunch, and thats why they took so long to get the new lambo developed, and why the baby Lambo and sucessor to the LM SUV's.

[Hudson]

It's not that they didn't have the money. It's that the Indonesian government was overthrown about this time.

[Chris]

It's not that they didn't have the money. It's that the Indonesian government was overthrown about this time.

Oh. That always puts a dint in your schedule, huh

[Chris]

Thanks for the info

[Gunman]

Originally posted by vectorclub

2000 Vector Closes it doors (The SRV8 is unknown if it was real. It mauy have just been a M12 with altered body. Nobody can find this vehcile at this time. New owner of vector ahs no records related the SRV8 being real)

Define "real"? I know the project leader for the SRV8, it was based on the M12 chassis, but with a new body, and power plant. The SRV8 has a Corvette LS1 engine, and he says it was probibly the quickest 0-60 M12 era Vector built. Body changes aside from the obvious asthetics include doors that opened "butterfly" fashion, as opposed to the traditional Vector "scissors" style. He has the complete build documented with photos.

The main reason for doing the SRV8 was the Lamborghini engine wasn't available, and a domestic V8 would be easier to homologate than another import.

To see 3 photos of the Vector SRV8, check out my Vector website:

http://home.adelphia.net/~gunman/vector.html

[Chris]

Its probably in a barn or ware house somewhere. Like a 959 in Florida, cuz Bill GAtes couldnt import it. Or the 4.5 million dollar Shelby Cobra Daytona, that sat in a storage shed for 20+years.

[Gunman]

I'll pass the word along...my friend claims to know where almost all of the Vectors are.

[Gunman]

Vector Files knows his Vectors.

The Agassi car is legendary. Have you ever seen any pix of it after it burnt? I'm curious how messed up it got. I know its on my list of cars I'd like to see, right next to the SRV8 and the Avtech Spyder.

[cars_rule2]

Originally posted by jay@af
All I know about the M12, I learned from GT2, but I like it enough to have this picture in my screen saver.



Can anyone expand on the history blurb?

that is one sweet a$$ pic man.

[vectorclub]

But there were only 22 or so W8's made, so it could have been an M12 just as easily

Minor correction, there was 19 W8s. 17 production W8s, 2 PreProduction W8s. There was 2 Avtech concept cars created, then came the ugly legal break up between Wiegrt and Vector Aeromotive. The Florida Vector Aeromotive group built 17 M12s. Then came the SRV8 and a couple of SRV8 race cars. The race cars bombed in the few IMSA races they attempted.

[Hudson]

Originally posted by vectorclub
Minor correction, there was 19 W8s. 17 production W8s, 2 PreProduction W8s. There was 2 Avtech concept cars created, then came the ugly legal break up between Wiegrt and Vector Aeromotive. The Florida Vector Aeromotive group built 17 M12s. Then came the SRV8 and a couple of SRV8 race cars. The race cars bombed in the few IMSA races they attempted.

Sorry to correct you back, but there were 22 W8s built: four prototype/pre-production cars and 18 production cars (VIN 1-18). And then came the two Avtech show cars, three M12 prototypes, and 14 M12 (VIN 1-14) production cars (plus the one SRV8 prototype).

[Afturmath]

Correction- There were 35 Vectors made total from the time Weigart started to the time MegaTech gave up. Between the W2, WX2, WX3, W8, M12 and Avtech SC Coupe, they sold 35. The SRV8 was never produced, it was merely a concept.

The Chevy V8 powered the W2, WX2, and WX3. It was twin-turbocharged (the 2 in W2 stood for the number of turbos, the W stood for Weigart) and made up 1100 bhp (the WX3 model).

[Chris]

Well, given the general state of the company, it is very hard to say exactly how many cars were produced.
This is the same as two cars with the same vin exist, usually racecars. The factory races it, and parts get changed. Some of those are restored, sometimes by the factory (ie, rip the engine/tranny out of that E-type, replace them with new ones. Fix the old ones, put them in a new car). Before anyone knows what happened, there are 2 cars out there with the same vin/racing history. This can create quite a dispute between present owners.

[Omni Freak]

That thing can master 120 MPH still in 1st Gear!!!!!

[Chris]

Thats because it only has 3 gears. Its gearbox is easily its worst feature.
And its an automatic; so first can be very tall, because the torque converter does all the slip.