During the 1990s, the whole industry became embroiled in some seriously radical experimentation, both in terms of engineering and styling, that also translated into unusual and sensuous driving experiences. Well before driving aids were considered standard equipment and before every car was all-carbon-fiber everything, a handful of extreme manufacturers were out there taking performance and […]
Ahead of Their Time: Engineering Innovations of the Vector W8 and Ford GT90
Much like the arrival of active aerodynamics, carbon-fiber monocoques and digital cockpits within our modern hypercars, adventurous designers and engineers had been trying the impossible before us, in the 80s and 90s. A few US manufacturers pushed the boundaries of the established European supercar designers, with designs that arrived from the distant future. Their data […]
Vector W8: The Fighter Jet on Wheels America Almost Forgot
The Vector W8 was born into a world where the identity of the American supercar wasn’t established. The traditional supercar images of Italian curvaceousness or German precision had already claimed the European landscape, whilst the US was still predominantly identified by brute American power. That alone was supposed to make an “American” supercar in any […]