Merry DougCember from the Vector W8!

@Ahxmde

4 жыл бұрын

merry christmas and use autotrader.com and borrow and steal vehicles from cnc motors cuz they’re kinda annoying

@nadiakster

4 жыл бұрын

oof

@fouzan7417

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks papa doug

@tj55749

4 жыл бұрын

Merry Christmas

@aidanmatta154

4 жыл бұрын

Merry Chrysler

Imagine driving this through Miami at night, in 1989..

@MustafarRecRoom

4 жыл бұрын

TOCZICK ...looking for blow.

@caga34

4 жыл бұрын

😥😥😥

@zeerah

4 жыл бұрын

@@MustafarRecRoom Haha, those were different times..

@shawnsiya4132

4 жыл бұрын

@@MustafarRecRoom That's about as accurate as it gets lol.

@zeerah

4 жыл бұрын

@Nitro Boy Exactly, i wish i was able to experience something like it, always been a fan of those kinds of settings and atmospheres..

Sadly, Vectors creator, Jerry Wiegert passed away yesterday (January 15th 2021). Rest in peace sir. You did things by your own rules!

@largol33t1

3 жыл бұрын

What?! I'm heartbroken. The Vector was and still is my favorite supercar. RIP Mr. Wiegert. Please say hello to Mr. Ferrari when you meet him...

@deathstrike

3 жыл бұрын

RIP Jerry Weigert you made a hell of a car!!! And on that note I want to clarify something. The reason Weigert used a.Corvette V8 because at the time the in house engine (V12) was not ready and customers who preordered were getting close to suing Vector. So the decision was made to use a low cost, high potential output V8 which any gear head knows that a Corvette engine is a gold standard for power. As for the 3 speed Hydramatic. There is nothing wrong with this transmission setup as it can handle the enormous power and torque of the V8. What the content creator didn't tell you was that the 3 speed Turbo Hydromatic has been used in MANY muscle and sports cars. One famous one is the Ferrari 365 GT4 2+2 and the Ferrari 400i. Both used the 3 speed auto for their entire run. And now many features the Vector has are now standard issue in the automotive industry. So Weigert can rest knowing he created a car ahead of its time and many exotics follow the basic design Weigert used in the Vector.

@donvirgo

3 жыл бұрын

Jerry was super cool! I'm sad to hear that! I hate that we lost touch 🥲We went riding one day in his convertible Vector which was crazy because I could see over the actual metal frame of the front windshield. We went out to eat and then back to his boat, where we drank some crazy rum he had in a crystal bottle and talked about a new car he wanted to build. Hell, I may have the drawings laying around somewhere!

@annona718

3 жыл бұрын

Rip. I loved his company

@angeleeadams4692

3 жыл бұрын

Woah, he died the day before my birthday

Doug, thanks for the trip down memory lane! Vector was a customer of mine back in late 1989, early 1990. I was able to walk right into their fabricating area from the street and spoke to a supervisor. No security, just a few guys working on their projects. I sold them a hand brake for bending small sheet metal parts and some punches. I had no idea what I was walking into, I just figured I could sell them something for sheet metal fabrication as I worked for Kennedy Machinery in Anaheim and we specialized in everything for forming sheet metal. I only saw parts of the car, there wasn't a completed unit at that time. What an experience, a story I still tell to this day and almost everyone I tell it to has no idea what I'm talking about....lol.

@brandall101

6 ай бұрын

There weren't any W2s around? They made nearly as many of those as W8s and they had been around for about a decade prior, just couldn't get them past the prototype phase. I had a poster of a W2 on my wall for much of the 80s and many an automotive journalist had written about it.

Lamborghini: "Countach is the most 80's car, period" Vector: "Hold my cocaine..."

@dotancohen

4 жыл бұрын

I think you got your Italians mixed up.

@Sizifus

4 жыл бұрын

@@dotancohen Oh shit, I totally did, god damn😂

@luckyred1818

4 жыл бұрын

Delorean... both

@markdonaldson5834

4 жыл бұрын

Your not too far off, both Vector and Delorean had founders that turned into con men to keep the company afloat. Autoweek did a big expose on Vector when Vector was still in business.

@grawgnak9479

4 жыл бұрын

Not going to lie, this made me laugh out loud.... alone.....

I also have a factory boost button in my Yaris, it's just called as AC off.

@flusteredweasel7483

4 жыл бұрын

Lol

@customjohnny

4 жыл бұрын

I always say to myself: "Divert all power to the main thrusters" when i press that...

@doalwa

4 жыл бұрын

Custom Johnny Official I do the same, I always close with “Engage!”

@juanzingarello4005

4 жыл бұрын

And no other passengers. That was the boost in my 96 Accent.

@getchasome6230

4 жыл бұрын

Oof

If any car needed to be Red, it's this one. What a lovely piece of art

@ravenx0x033

Жыл бұрын

I think yellow would add to its uniqueness.

@moses7049

3 ай бұрын

@@ravenx0x033no no no. But black 😍

@aaron62877

2 ай бұрын

White in honor of the cocaine that designed the car.🎉

I live a few miles from Vector’s old ”factory" in Wilmington, CA. My dad was merchant marine, and the MM&P hall was a block away from Vector, and Jerry Wiegert’s silver Vector was usually parked out front. To 10-14 y.o. me, that thing looked like an alien craft. It still does actually.

@JoeVinson

5 ай бұрын

They were here in Florida, too. Green Cove Springs.

@Masssshysteria

Ай бұрын

holy hell their factory is wilmington? i use to live very close to wilmington in the south bay That cities a gang haven

@______IV

Ай бұрын

@@Masssshysteria : Wild to know how close you were, huh? Their address was 330 N. Marine Ave. Now it’s just a nondescript white building mostly blocked by a fence. On Vector Motors Wikipedia page though, you can see what the facade looked like back in the 80s, and even see Jerry Wiegart’s original Vector W-2. My dad took me to the maritime union hall one time when he knew Jerry’s car was parked in front of the Vector "factory." He told me about a time before he knew about Vector Motors, when he had been driving from L.A. to Vegas. He was in the desert lcruising at 65 mph (which he thought was a pretty good clip) in his early 70s Citroen DS, when in his words "A UFO passed me on the street going so fast it felt like I wasn’t moving at all." He stopped at the next gas station, and saw Jerry’s silver W-2 parked there, but said even then it looked more like a fighter jet without wings than it did a car. He talked with Jerry for a bit and that’s when he found out how close Vector was to the maritime union hall. After I saw that silver Vector, I became obsessed, and went to every annual Los Angeles car convention so I could see the Vector. Almost 40 years later and I still have the various single sheet brochures they handed out at the auto shows.

4.2 seconds 0-60, with an automatic, was insane. It also had, if I remember correctly, a 2.42:1 final drive.

@indigomizumi

11 ай бұрын

Road & Track claimed in their testing that first gear could go to 70 mph.

@bakedthepotato5489

6 ай бұрын

Didn't it have like a modified GM 3 or 4 speed?

The airbags go off and CD’s fly at the passenger like frisbees of death.

@franklatin2411

4 жыл бұрын

K ris dougs the type of guy to crash the vector to see if it has an air bag

@wino0000006

4 жыл бұрын

Because they die like real men.

@ibelieveicansoar

4 жыл бұрын

Doug's the type of guy to crash a Vector so it will eject his vintage Air Supply CD which got stuck while doing a Target run

@ChrisBrideauMedia

4 жыл бұрын

Slice their neck with a Fugees CD and stick Lauren Hill with the coroners bill.

@gregorizi

4 жыл бұрын

You got it wrong, the forces in front collision (activated airbag), makes things fly forward toward impact .

Considering how outlandish it is, the design has actually aged very well I think. Looks better now than it did in the 80s! - SynthWave on wheels.

@davebenedict7986

2 жыл бұрын

I wonder if it would sell today. Still looks as cool as when I got the poster of it 30 years ago!

@vesper1538

2 жыл бұрын

@@davebenedict7986 well maybe to a smaller demographic, but I'm sure they'd be flying off the lot of they still made it with maybe some updated tech. They probably go for millions nowadays

@rsuriyop

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah, I could just envision myself driving this thing while pumping "Dream Machine" by Lazerhawk.. Lol

@Sam_artsy80

Жыл бұрын

Pure 1980s

@ochiamu

Жыл бұрын

I've always thought it was one of the most cyberpunk looking cars

I wish they would still build cars like this. An absolute gem!

I love the visible Alan key bolts that hold everything in place on the dashboard. Wish other cars had this functional styling.

This is the very first ACTUAL review of a Vector I’ve ever seen.

@ultraguy8771

4 жыл бұрын

@@GlennC789 Did you watch the video until the end?

@ThomasFerrugia

4 жыл бұрын

Glenn Carpenter : This is part one. He is going to link Part 2 shortly (watch until the end).

@ultraguy8771

4 жыл бұрын

@@ThomasFerrugia Yeah, it's not like his Enzo and Saleen reviews, where he couldn't even drive the cars.

@hamiltonsol

4 жыл бұрын

Glenn Carpenter kindly unsubscribe if you’re not gonna actually watch Doug’s hard work . I scanned it haha . Get out

@ThomasFerrugia

4 жыл бұрын

Glenn Carpenter : Doug drove it, scored it, snd it’s all coming soon.

That screen is actually cool, and I don’t even mean “for the time the car was made”.

@chicoh22a

4 жыл бұрын

vaxt I agree,I guess because I love airplanes

@csours

4 жыл бұрын

The "tape" style interface is awesome

@Real_MisterSir

4 жыл бұрын

I'd want that screen above most modern "trendy" screens we see today, that all just look like an iOS integration from a first generation iPhone. This car and its screen is timeless classic and cool

@bigfutus

4 жыл бұрын

I heard it's from M1 Abrams tank

@stuchly1

4 жыл бұрын

It reminds me of tron for whatever reason.

What the hell? That’s actually so friggin cool. I want one.

@dwoolaver1549

Жыл бұрын

Lol good luck only 20 made and how many got totalled?

I'm a military aircraft mechanic and i can verify that those circuit breakers in the cabin are identical to the ones we still use in military aircraft today, as are those AC vents, the compass, and the fuel cap/door

"What's your Vector, Victor?" "We've got clearance, Clarance" "Roger, Roger"

@EddieOtool

3 жыл бұрын

Those rhymes were rich, Ritchie. But I don't want to be your bully, Billy I just want to be in your club, Billy Club. (Was I just repeating, Pete?)

@jojob6703

3 жыл бұрын

Lol. Awesome reference!

@EddieOtool

3 жыл бұрын

@@jojob6703 Oh, that was from Airplane, was it not? I didn't ever watch that movie in english if that's the case. XD

@billyclub9733

3 жыл бұрын

@@EddieOtool 😂

@sprintmademe

3 жыл бұрын

That would be great if he had license plates that said Victor.

That screen is genuinely cooler than anything else I've ever seen in a car before or since.

@FellowshipOfTheAviatorZ

2 жыл бұрын

Definitely Unique. Check out the Aston Martin Lagonda. Doug does a video of it. But it has old "Atari-like" tv screens in it. Wild. Another odd and unique vehicle full of quirks. Worth a look.

@HPPalmtopTube

2 жыл бұрын

I'm not 100% sure, but I think it's an amber plasma display panel. (PDP) basically a monochrome, much older version of the plasma display televisions that were all the rage during the 2000's, now superseded by OLED and various LCD/LED types... These amber plasma panels were used on some early portable computers in the 80's...

@suwoobalin2592

2 жыл бұрын

2006 Infiniti g35 coupe

@ibibleflop

2 жыл бұрын

The 1986 Buick Riviera had a TOUCH screen with more statistics, including fan speed and interior temperature.

@kestassiaurukas3585

2 жыл бұрын

It looks like its from a 80's concept car

This one, Lotec Sirius, Lister Storm, Saleen S7... There were so many unusual rare supercars when I was young.

I know about Vector. And I'm from Romania. Mainly, because the car was in a chewing gum pictures collection, of Turkish origin, called "Turbo". Somewhere in 80's. I think this is well known in all Eastern Europe. I mean, it was so outrageus, it got a place there, among some 59 cars.

This car honestly looks like it's straight out of cyberpunk

@xidropkillzx3246

4 жыл бұрын

Kaliper now this is dlc I’ll pay for

@Gatitasecsii

4 жыл бұрын

Don't you mean "the car you saw on cyberpunk looks like it was inspired by this one"? I would say so...

@smothdude

4 жыл бұрын

Yeah, its aesthetic is incredible

"Blows cold, blows well" - Doug 2019

The way those wipers work is glorious. You can tell they knew that people wouldn’t be driving this in the rain.

I remember looking at this craft when I was about 1st grade. I am born in Bulgaria and we had this chewing gums called Turbo. Vector W8 was N110 and it was one of my favourite vehicles. Still it looks to me at present as a UFO...I simply LOVE it and would love to own one of them :o) Thanks Doug!

“The 1980s, the decade of excess.” That just about sums up this car.

@WarriorsPhoto

4 жыл бұрын

I agree with you. Definitely the era of excess in the USA. (:

@davidcampbell4174

4 жыл бұрын

This thing is ugly af. Maybe it's just me?

@WarriorsPhoto

4 жыл бұрын

David Campbell You’re correct on the looks. Gotta give the man credit for attempting to create a super car in America though. (:

This looks like something a cartoon villain would drive.

@jaydottt_transitfanner

3 жыл бұрын

@Mr. Poopybutthole are you really laughing your ass off?

@killermaxomus136

3 жыл бұрын

@@jaydottt_transitfanner yes

@vladimirlenin5637

3 жыл бұрын

nah the evil villain would drive a hongqui

@jaydottt_transitfanner

3 жыл бұрын

@Mr. Poopybutthole people just say that even though they're not laughing just to like compliment the comment it I'm not saying it's bad but I was just asking

@RealNameNeverUsed

3 жыл бұрын

Pause at 10:12. There's your villain right there.

The throttle controls on a fighter jet are similar to the shifter and are on the left. This was the driving factor that drove Vector to design the car with the shifter on the left as well as many of the other push button controls. The push in breakers are also taken from a fighter jet.

The vector w8 is 1 of my favorite car to play in gt2

@BlitzenBugatti

Жыл бұрын

Lucky. I want it in The Crew 2.

I feel like the hardest part of Doug DeMuro’s job at this point is coming up with titles unique from previous ones

@RicardoRodriguez-qb8kn

3 жыл бұрын

The NEW Toyota TITAN is thee TOP TITILATING truck to TOUCHDOWN And TRANSCEND today's tumultuous truck TRENDS. All Doug needs is barely comprehendible alliteration and he will be FINE.

@Silverpaste

3 жыл бұрын

Yooo fr

@MartinAston00

3 жыл бұрын

When does, or has that happened?? Ever..?

@caremotor86

3 жыл бұрын

Dude the kid is a natural car kid stop hating on DeMuro.

@osamabinladen824

3 жыл бұрын

I agree. Hahahahahaha! 😜

Doug, the only KZreadr that's always dressed for hiking/gardening emergencies

@jeffreyfrancett8985

4 жыл бұрын

That's just one of his insane quirks and features....crazy.

@xm1193

4 жыл бұрын

Dbn Poldermans hey now...he wears it pretty good!!

@BarileoBarilei

4 жыл бұрын

Still better than those tight skinny jeans every moron is wearing these days

I absolutely loved this video from beginning to end. You did a great job!! 🍻 🍻

Doug had me dying after describing the transmission choice. Doug- Im not kidding 😅😅😅

Doug: Maybe there is an airbag in there? Plot twist: Its a parachute.

@kareemelsadek

4 жыл бұрын

Seat eject chute

@redram5150

4 жыл бұрын

Looks like the pad boxers use to train

@Gringorican

4 жыл бұрын

Car: *has an accident* Also car: ejecto Seato cuz!!! *Ejects my already broken corps to softly (not softly) land on unsuspecting bystander's lawn*

@jgreenjeans

4 жыл бұрын

I don't know for sure in this instance, but I remember the early days of air bags stuffed into big, ol', fat, ugly, steering wheels. This one looks like it fits the bill.

@projectedclarity1256

4 жыл бұрын

Ejecto seato cuz!

This car got more features than a brand new 2019 Toyota Corolla

@ned8249

4 жыл бұрын

I don’t know what t say. I’ve never been this early. Long live Doug Demuro!

@lucasrem

4 жыл бұрын

@@ned8249 this early for what, what did you do this early? You do Coke too, long live?

@805NAVE

4 жыл бұрын

That’s not saying much lol, corollas aren’t known for having many features

@Viktorian3d

4 жыл бұрын

Compare the price also, please.

@basementbronze

4 жыл бұрын

@@805NAVE well it is still a sedan from 2019. a lot of stuffs are mandatory.

One of my favorite cars ever. I remember when it was first released and saw the pictures for the first time and fell in love with it. Never got to see one in person tho.

I love the styling of the vector w8, the interior looks amazing and the screen is awesome definitely way ahead of its time and the reason for the gear selected being on the left of the driver is because that is where the throttle controls are in a fighter jet so it's intensity and part of the styling same reason why the seats are close together

Vector: “Uh we don’t have any money for those engines but do you want one of these weird ass cars instead?” Lamborghini: “Yes”

@soupfork2105

3 жыл бұрын

A.G.M if they still have it, that was a good deal.

@calska140

3 жыл бұрын

This offer was very savvy to propose to the executive suite of an Italian sports car company, they couldn't resist a garrish, triangular car, with absolutely stupid horsepower. Porsche would've told them to go to hell.

@davecrupel2817

3 жыл бұрын

Lamborghini: "All your assets are belong to us"

@djstatyk1540

3 жыл бұрын

@@davecrupel2817 Ha! That was good lol the remix is fun lmao

@bootywarrior6958

3 жыл бұрын

@Robert I don’t think it does but I rather have a model X over it

The Lamborghini Countach is the wildest car ever made Vector: hold my absinthe!

@beauchamphuberville1355

4 жыл бұрын

The 80's...hold my Cocaine.

@dominator35000

4 жыл бұрын

@@beauchamphuberville1355 hold my crack

@fucuszullanti7877

4 жыл бұрын

KeenCrafting yawn, got a better joke?

@dominator35000

4 жыл бұрын

@@fucuszullanti7877 I know you liked mine

The best part about this car is that it has obviously been driven and at the same time it is slick and everything works. Salute.

The missing "stock for the horn" (20:04) as he calls it is actually the hazard button the you'd push to activate or pull to deactivate. It's a GM steering column.

"Do you know what speed you were doing" *"No officer but I felt like I was F***ing flying"*

@peggyfranzen6159

4 жыл бұрын

240.

@Winglessflight97

4 жыл бұрын

"Mach under 1"

@carl-stevensinkler7894

4 жыл бұрын

Fresh Prince ikr😂

Cyberpunk 2077: "come Vector W8, we have been waiting for your arrival."

@jaydottt_transitfanner

3 жыл бұрын

I'm literally like 11 years old and I'm a memer but I literally don't know what cyberpunk 2077 is who are you and who do you work for and what is cyberpunk 2077

@Terminator-di7qw

3 жыл бұрын

@@jaydottt_transitfanner it's a game that just came out.

@PepeLePewPew

3 жыл бұрын

@@jaydottt_transitfanner google is your best friend

@carper1220

3 жыл бұрын

@@jaydottt_transitfanner lmao "I'm a memer"

@bigsmoke6482

3 жыл бұрын

@@jaydottt_transitfanner Ur funny

Been watching all your videos, big thanks for posting them. Question: have they showed or mentioned anything about ray tracing on track? None of the footage they showed features that. Screen space reflections are great but it's very noticeable that the view mirrors don't reflect the cars they're attached to, nor can you see cars reflecting each other when they're side by side during an overtake.

I love that super car! I would love to see a new version of it with updated military style controls. it also would be sweet to see it with a center mounted jet fighter control as the shifter with a electronic activated clutch on the trigger to shift, it would give single leg amputees the ability to drive a manual transmission again. As the late great Chris Farley would say “that would be awesome“.

The parking brake looks like someone took a straight piece of plastic and just pulled on it until it bent enough to fit into the space

@yeahitskimmel

4 жыл бұрын

Metal and prob bent with a torch right on the line but I agree

@justicewarrior9187

4 жыл бұрын

You literally just described American car engineering

@jdmitchell6995

4 жыл бұрын

No one thought to just make it shorter?

@jabelsjabels

4 жыл бұрын

@@yeahitskimmel yeah you can even kinda see where the material got scrunched up from the bend!

@jerometaylor2019

4 жыл бұрын

Justice Warrior agreed aside from the fact American engineers basically revolutionized the auto industry in every single aspect conceivable not to mention just about every bit of technology over the last 150 years. 😃

The seats are Recaro seats, and those are the Classic series of their seats.

@studio-flash

4 жыл бұрын

Good looking seats look like Corvette C4 seats.

@joaquinfranco9012

4 жыл бұрын

Recaro N-joy

@bradshawmountainman4473

4 жыл бұрын

@@studio-flash wouldn't surprise me if Recaro made the Corvette seats as they make many manufacturers seats.

@GuinessOriginal

4 жыл бұрын

Bradshaw Mountain Man best bit of the car

@bradshawmountainman4473

4 жыл бұрын

@@GuinessOriginal I'd actually say the engine is as it's actually a nascar engine. If I recall correctly, it's an all aluminum block with steel sleeves, etc.

As a teenager in the early to mid 90s I worked at a hotrod shop/ speed shop in Kingston NY called AUTOMOTION, (hi Mr Duffy) and I had privilege to see, sit, ride in lots of crazy cars of the time, we put wheels and tires on a vector, had it in our shop over a weekend actually and I gotta say I was shocked how similar the interior was to a Camaro or Corvette of the same time. They most definitely shared A LOT with the GM sports cars

‘Hobbs meter’ as standard in every GA aircraft, the vents are aero ball vents also found in nearly every light aircraft. The fuel filler cap is also standard aeronautical. I think you’re mistaken about the design inclusion of the number plate, it took consideration to place it there and the offset TwinTurbo badge balances the offset.

I don't think anyone would have cared if the video hit 1 hour, not for this car.

@MrBOB39

4 жыл бұрын

That's for sure. This is the Tops of Any Exotic car Ever Built.. For it paved the way for Future Insane cars.

@htpchtpc4140

4 жыл бұрын

view count milking by splitting up the videos

@triple7marc

4 жыл бұрын

HTPC HTPC Oh come on, Doug doesn’t do that. This is the first video he’s ever done it with; he didn’t even do it with the McLaren F1. Or both of the Koenigseggs he reviewed. Or both of the Bugattis he reviewed. There’s a reason he did it, plus why else would he put the second video on his second channel, which is much smaller than this one, if he was only doing it for money?

@AmericasAnimals

4 жыл бұрын

Agreed

@sethchandler2539

4 жыл бұрын

HTPC HTPC or he literally said why he’s splitting it up if you didn’t watch... btw have you heard of something called respect?

The rear end looks like Wesley Snipes glasses in Demolition Man

@atiredblue

4 жыл бұрын

Serby funny you say that, this car was in a movie called “the rising sun” with Wesley snipes

@osamabinladen824

4 жыл бұрын

@@atiredblue Really?

@TheWaitingRoomTWR

4 жыл бұрын

what seems to be your boggle?

Wow! What a master piece. A big thank you to the owner for sharing. And dude you presented and covered the details of the car well. Too bad more cars are not made like this. It's all about pleasing the masses for an affordable price

When everyone else had Ferraris and Lamborghini posters on their walls this was the big poster I had . Vector W8

@johnj.baranski6553

4 жыл бұрын

Same. I even sent for the VHS marketing tape. My letter sounded like I was a rich 40 year old looking to trade in my Ferrari ...but I was 13.

@Ashkanman

4 жыл бұрын

not like the other boys

@velko2433

4 жыл бұрын

my brother had a poster of this car and thats how i know it .. i was 4-5 years old

@kbfan2424

4 жыл бұрын

I use to play gran turismo 2 and they had Vector in the game !

@dvyngl4453

4 жыл бұрын

Real deal futuristic flight influenced automobile this car is too fire 🤦‍♂️

Of note that's not mentioned; The left-hand door sill mounted gear selector mimics a jet fighter throttle control ... in both location and general shape.

@noc8076

4 жыл бұрын

Air vents also from or mimics those on planes. Too bad they didn't add landing lights.

@biggsdarklighter4586

4 жыл бұрын

And the whole engine bay is full of aviation bits.

The Riley Pathfinder has its gearstik on the right side of the drivers seat (Right hand drive car), and it makes for some special driving when your hand keeps slamming the doorcard when you shift.

Doug thanks for this amazing review! This car is awesome!!!!

Doug while reviewing the Vector: "Why do I hear synthwave music?"

@shaft9000

4 жыл бұрын

_[nerdgasm alert]_ said synthwave must be made using VECTOR synthesis only...one Korg Wavestation comin' up :o)

@brandonwright6578

4 жыл бұрын

MrZebub wth is that

@potterfanz6780

4 жыл бұрын

@@brandonwright6578 futuristic electronic music for driving.

@potterfanz6780

4 жыл бұрын

I think it's funny that he refers to this car as the company name, where most cars he refers to by the model name.

Those 18” OEM wheels look incredible on that car. The entire car is just a monument to 1980s excess. I hope to drive one before I die.

@MrBOB39

4 жыл бұрын

I wonder if the guy had the speedo recalibrated after going from 16 to 18 inch wheels.. It looks Better with those 18's

@dezertrat0

4 жыл бұрын

MrBOB39 you know the tires are the same size right ?

@tzeichi

4 жыл бұрын

It might be easier to 3D print and assemble one than to have a chance to drive an original.

@soldieroftafari

4 жыл бұрын

amen brother

@venom5809

4 жыл бұрын

You literally have a better chance of winning the Powerball 10 times in a row than ever being able to drive one of these. LOL But if you ever do, major props.

I sat in one of these when i was 14. It rolled up in my dads driveway it was like a fighter jet landing in our front yard. The guy who owned it was one of the original investors and he got paid with a car instead of a return of cash...not bad looking back.

16:38 I travelled to LA with my friend to visit his family. We actually went to the factory. They did not do tours, but all the guys working were engineers. One of them showed us around and we saw the promotion video used to sell the W8. I got to sit inside one. At that time, the HUD worked. But he told us that they would have to disable it because they were told that it would cause too much distraction to the drivers and the car could not be sold with it.

Damn. That must of felt like a fighter jet cockpit back in the day. Especially on coke.

@beastabuelos6421

4 жыл бұрын

Must've

@broodo1

4 жыл бұрын

It was the 80's to 90's so probably New Coke

@jackiejohnston202

4 жыл бұрын

And quaaludes, don't forget the ludes.

@anthonyhernandez3536

4 жыл бұрын

Jaja

@roddydykes7053

4 жыл бұрын

Dustin Platt I cannot imagine driving this in the 80s, fresh off a couple lines, would’ve felt otherworldly

Looks like someone tried drawing a Lamborghini Countach from memory.

@LittleRapGuy

4 жыл бұрын

:)

@robmausser

4 жыл бұрын

It looks like someone built a real car based on a knock off "Lamborghini Countach" in an early 90's video game that didn't want to pay the rights for the actual Lambo

@JohnGoundry

4 жыл бұрын

😭🤣🤣🤣

@dimitarkuncev9366

4 жыл бұрын

Both cars are inspired by alfa romeo carabo

@marviltron9562

4 жыл бұрын

LOLLLL this brought me back memories of elementary school of me doing the same thing. And your comment is pretty accurate

I got to meet Jerry and sit in his very own, personal gloss black V8... many years ago but this video brings that memory racing back to life. Crazy times. Crazy car!

Bro that screen looks very cool! I always loved using this car in Gran Turismo 2 but I never knew it had that jet plane screen inside it!

"What should we name it?" "Vector?wait.." "There we go!"

@sebastianfernandez2905

4 жыл бұрын

Ali-M 750 smart

@rickc2102

4 жыл бұрын

🤦‍♂️

@lucasrem

4 жыл бұрын

Ali-M 750 Tiny organism that transmits a pathogen from reservoir to host... What do you drive yourself, you did that yourself?

30 years on, and that dash is still cool AF!

@Min4Mass

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah forreal. I wish someone would take the jet concept back and run with it.

@largol33t1

3 жыл бұрын

And still looks better than some of blingy interiors seen on today's supercars. Take Pagani for example: their interiors were probably designed by pimps!

It's perfect. It came out when I was in high school and never thought any less of it. I even have a Road & Track featuring it I bought in 1987.

To be fair, the passenger’s head would be in the lap of the driver of this car at the time so no need for airbags on their side.

@Maarlooonnn

4 жыл бұрын

Clark W 😂

@marquisethomas5611

4 жыл бұрын

Mhmm

@djharry2821

4 жыл бұрын

I swear that's the reasoning behind the shared footwell as well

@preciousjose

4 жыл бұрын

😂😂

@alexairconditioning1581

4 жыл бұрын

Haha

33:27 Doug: If you ever wanted to see how these wipers operate, here you go! Wipers: Smashing into eachother at different intervals. Ahh classic!

@scarfysgap

4 жыл бұрын

THANK YOU. NEVER GO IN DRY BOYS. ALWAYS MAKE IT WET.

@samlung2724

4 жыл бұрын

@Jack Jonas them late 80s and early 90s way of solving things.

@aszbzpszbz9786

4 жыл бұрын

Thats how you know it was designed by GM.

@Eksamen0774

4 жыл бұрын

If you look closely on the background, you can see that it's actually the video that is lagging. Take a closer look, I'm sure they work fine, but somehow his camera went a bit crazy or he made a mistake when editing.

@scythelord

4 жыл бұрын

@Jack Jonas Requirement of being a road legal vehicle. They would never have considered someone actually driving their vector in the rain.

This brings me back to gran Turismo 2 on the PS1, when I was a kid this car was my first high priced car purchase and it was amazing.

I remember stumbling across the shop where it was made. I was surprised a car like that came from a shop where it was. LOL Love the video. I had seen a couple but never got to see the interior just hear about it.

“Hey buddy can you accelerate for me? My foot itches” “Yeah no problem bruv”

@MrBOB39

4 жыл бұрын

Haha.. Good one

@sirajalden4453

4 жыл бұрын

why i am reading your comment with an indian accent 🤔

@andresfernandez2405

4 жыл бұрын

@@sirajalden4453 because you're racist. Jk

I didn’t even realize the video was 40min lmao I need moreeee

@virgilio123

4 жыл бұрын

Me neither! Only when Doug mentioned it.

@veljkoobradovic5925

4 жыл бұрын

@@virgilio123 same lol

Despite having low production numbers, Vector was a titan of the 80s. Lots of ink in sports car mags was dedicated to the W2 which served as the prototype for a freaking 10 years or so. I had a poster of one on my wall for years and quite a few children of that era would point to it as the coolest car in the world.

There was one at the Malibu car show a lit while back. Same place had the Maserati Super car as well. That crazy one that you drove around Santa Monica. To bad the car show got shut down. Leno would always bring something cool as well. Cars there that you'll never see anywhere else. 👀 cool video. I remember the Vector for the LA car show, from when I was a kid. Never saw another one till the one in Malibu.

That gear lever looks just like a throttle in some aeroplanes, fits the jet design perfectly.

@joshstump3905

4 жыл бұрын

All of the screens look very aero focused as well which is really cool, especially the rolling speedo and tach, looks similar to glass cockpit airspeed and altitude gauges of today.

@joshstump3905

4 жыл бұрын

Oh, and I just saw there is an hours gauge too just like a plane!

@tori9365

4 жыл бұрын

When GM and Lockheed Martin have a baby

@joshstump3905

4 жыл бұрын

And the fuses and compass!! Wow, I want this thing!

@esaedvik

4 жыл бұрын

Even Saab didn't go this far and they build actual fighter jets too :D

The “Classic” font could be because the seats looks like Recaro Classic seats. Wich could be the reason.

@goofyleo3869

4 жыл бұрын

Douggies research was up to his normal, shit standards. The seats ARE Recaro Classics.

@Kappafied

4 жыл бұрын

@Re Dacted Yet here you both are, watching a 40 minute video by him...

@JeremyWorkGoogle

4 жыл бұрын

Very surprised Doug hasn't encountered Recaro Classics before... His point does stand though- I've always thought it odd that 'Classic' was displayed so prominently once installed. Adding 'Recaro' would've made more sense.

@frankie9259

4 жыл бұрын

@@goofyleo3869 The seats were the first thing I noticed when he showed the interior.

@babayega_

4 жыл бұрын

Exactly the Recaro seats in this car were not that uncommon and in fact the Mitsubishi Starion had very similar seats in it also made by Recaro. And I believe they were the same production year cars.

I love it! I missed how high it was. Is it less than 40 inches?

Watched this when it came out but wanted to see it again and I noticed the seats not having the power movement, I wonder if that was not to "cheap out" but just the fact that they had no room. They are just so close to the floor seems like it would be hard to lift them enough for the motors but idk. Love the video and the 2nd watch was just as good!

This and the Tesla Truck look like they're straight out of a game

@thebiggestmac4202

4 жыл бұрын

The Tesla truck looks like a it's from a game from the Nintendo 64 with extra low graphics

@themoviebay

4 жыл бұрын

@@thebiggestmac4202 it belongs to starfox

@sunnylive85

4 жыл бұрын

Maxwell Hopkins intel pentium rendered truck

@martinv8681

4 жыл бұрын

Maxwell Hopkins thats the whole point of its design to look like a pixel car .

@boreragnarok2549

4 жыл бұрын

When you select a bunch of random parts

It’s like a DeLorean and a Countach had a love child 😳

@tylercouture216

4 жыл бұрын

No this this john connor and the Tesla truck is Kyle reese

@alam4017

4 жыл бұрын

Mixed with a countach

@Sevan_UP

4 жыл бұрын

B-RI you mean a countache and a Delorian

@booferz4391

4 жыл бұрын

B-RI this is just a fucked up looking countach 😂

@Tyler-md4qk

4 жыл бұрын

but better

That was my dream car when I was in grade school. It was everything awesome about the 80’s. I remember seeing in at the Chicago auto show. First super car I ever touched. Interior was like a spaceship. Just awesome in every way

I had a huge poster of a Vector just like this one on my wall when I was a teen. Brings back so many memories!

That jet screen is the coolest thing i've seen this day

Looks like how the 80's thought future cars would look like.

@justadummy8076

3 жыл бұрын

It still looks kinda futuristic, or what I’d like futuristic cars to look like (unfortunately it seems Tesla interior design is the future)

@gerardorodruiguez5928

3 жыл бұрын

@@justadummy8076 no thats just what we think, just like thats what they thought in the 80s. Whats to come? Who knows..

@bradcogan8588

3 жыл бұрын

I wish. I love the retro futuristic designs of mid engined cars in the '70s and '80s. Vector W8, Lancia Stratos, Toyota MR2, Honda NSX, pretty much any '80s Ferrari. Many '80s cars still look futuristic to me and I think we've mostly lost that. Cars these days don't seem to age well at all. After 10 years they just look outdated. New cars are built not for style but for fashion. Fashions don't last but style lasts forever.

@CertifiedFella

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah, I love that Cyberpunk aesthetic. I wish more cars followed in the vector’s foot steps.

@burntchickennugget191

3 жыл бұрын

Correction how the cars of the future should look like.

Doug is the only person that I would watch a 38 minute video on a car from. He makes a entertaining I love his style.

Late to the party here, but I just realized that this car has what appears to be the A-platform GM steering column/ignition assembly, which is significant because all you needed to steal the car was a hammer and/or a big screwdriver; just break through the pot metal collar below the ignition switch and you can move it manually. You didn't even need to break the steering lock. I had two Monte Carlo SS models that were both stolen this way.

@Chopski64

9 ай бұрын

The "hole" in the column was were the hazard button was from GM but Doug said it was for the horn.

Doug: This is the rarest car I've ever reviewed Mini Clubvan: Am I a joke to you

@increbubble

4 жыл бұрын

he never says that, he says that this is ONE of the rarest that he ever reviewed

@ultraguy8771

4 жыл бұрын

50 Clubvans vs 20 W8s

@anrktcjj

4 жыл бұрын

tested* but okay eee

@julienducro6281

4 жыл бұрын

50 Clubvan in the US (plenty in Europe) against 20 Vector in the world !

@Totone56

4 жыл бұрын

Well, i've seen 3 Clubvans this morning while going to work, but i have yet to see a Vector W8

Going through the one through four screens for each button I started feeling like I was on Price is Right and couldn't wait to see what was behind the door lol

I love that they used the TPI intake runners and just changed the plenum. Those small blocks are bullet proof.

Doug: "Man its getting hot in here, lemme open the windows" Owner from the Living room: Noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo...

@RyanDarling5280

4 жыл бұрын

Reading this in Kevin Malone’s voice when Dwight adds walnuts to the brownies

"Air conditioner blows cold, blows well." Then turns the temperature to 69. Good job Doug.

@danielr5157

4 жыл бұрын

You could say, "Good (blow) job.".

@egold2071

4 жыл бұрын

Doug stole Kevin's move from The Office. Tee hee! It should be noted that's a lovely digital aircon unit from a New Yorker. Ah, the ol' Chrysler/Lambo days. Good times!

@dt7751

4 жыл бұрын

@@danielr5157 that's what the whole point of my comment is

@Northanteus

6 ай бұрын

@@egold2071 My grandfather bought a New Yorker and I loved riding inside when I was a kid back then! They felt so luxurious! 😁

@egold2071

6 ай бұрын

@@Northanteus Pfft you know it! I'll always remember when my Dad and I first looked at a Chrysler LHS. The moment we got in, and both noticed how the 'theatre' interior lights slowly dimmed instead of just cutting off like a normal car, we were sold. I would sit in the cushy back seat and do my homework sometimes, while the car was in the garage.

Is that sunroom removable? If it is, or was ment to be in later designs, ill bet thats where it would go. Kinda like the NSX?

I sat in one of these at Laguna Seca back in the 80's. It was amazing.

When I was a kid I thought this car was the coolest thing ever I went to an auto show and they had one there. I bought a t-shirt with a Vector on it, I still have that t-shirt lol

@michaelmoronez5980

4 жыл бұрын

Ha! I got a poster of it.... somewhere....

@marco77ar

4 жыл бұрын

Formula one, built to win on the original NES, had a W2 in it....these car were the craziest things I'd ever seen.👍🤙✌️

@BillSwearingen

4 жыл бұрын

I wonder if this was the exact car that you saw as a kid!

@almostserious75

4 жыл бұрын

This was my dream car as a kid as well. I have an old magazine with a full story on it from back then too...

@octave1

4 жыл бұрын

lol

"this kind of luxury crossover you see in massive numbers where you live" *>Laughs in third world country*

@wronggg

4 жыл бұрын

Cries in poverty

@corwin881

4 жыл бұрын

Besides stupid SUVs not being rational 🤢🤮

@RJLevy2000

4 жыл бұрын

@@sirmckain not even that here

@austinzimmerman3596

4 жыл бұрын

Then move

@RJLevy2000

4 жыл бұрын

@@austinzimmerman3596 oh, what a good idea! That has never occurred to me before! You must be a genius!

That fuel door is a fuel door for gravity fuelling for a helicopter or jet, and is usually engraved with the max fuel in gallons for whatever it's installed on (But they usually are not keyed to lock)

I still have my poster from 1985 of the W2..!.. And they were all designed after a Mako shark. Any W2's still around?

engineers: "so how 80's do you want the design" Vector: "Yes"

@jaketswanson

4 жыл бұрын

r/inclusiveor

@PeterBalssuweit

4 жыл бұрын

It`s ridiculously ugly! XD

@badbatch974

4 жыл бұрын

Would also have excepted, ALL

@SubieNinja

4 жыл бұрын

well i mean it was designed in the 80s

@TheNachoDaddy

4 жыл бұрын

Hahahaha, so true!

"Looks insane" Yes "6 liter twin turbo V8" YES "3 speed automatic" *Y-* wait what?? "from an RV" ???????

@spurgear

4 жыл бұрын

The Turbo 400 can be pretty impressive with aftermarket race modifications and parts, but I don't think that was the case for this one

@chrissellshomes150

4 жыл бұрын

Late 80's and early 90's car design insanity.

@bigggmustang73

4 жыл бұрын

It's a front wheel drive transaxle that was used in the Cadillac Eldorado/Olds Toronado and the front drive GMC motorhome. That's why the motor is mounted sideways. Compact design.

@1DEADBEEF1

4 жыл бұрын

@@spurgear durable? Yes! Impressive? Hell no! Its a god damm 3 speed auto with no overdrive and no lock up! There is a reason it works so well in UPS trucks!

@tomeklevy14

4 жыл бұрын

torque and durability?