GTP Cool Wall: 1995-1999 Vector M12

[GranTurismo916]

1995-1999 Vector M12 nominated by @Liquid

Engines: 5.7L V12 (Lamborghini)
Power: 499 hp
Torque: 425 lb-ft.
Weight: 1600 kg
Transmission: 5-speed manual
Drivetrain: Mid engine, rear wheel drive
Body Styles: 2-door coupe
Additional Info: "An American Lamborghini Diablo. 17 cars were produced during a period of corporate turmoil for Vector. It was given the M prefix in deference to then parent company Megatech, as opposed to the W prefix of company founder Gerry Wiegert. Of the seventeen produced, sixteen were road cars and one was a race car. Fifteen road cars are left and the race car was refitted into a Vector SRV8."​

Spoiler: Additional Pics

 

[Liquid]

Absolutely adore it. Love it to bits. In my Top 3 Halo Dream Car. I'll take one in purple, please.

But it's a rare museum piece, a flop during it's lifetime and above all, an ostentatious American supercar.

Seriously Uncool

 

[Space Dynamics]

YES YES YES!

 

[Niku Driver HC]

Absolutely adore it. Love it to bits. In my Top 3 Halo Dream Car. I'll take one in purple, please.

But it's a rare museum piece, a flop during it's lifetime and above all, an ostentatious American supercar.

Seriously Uncool

You hit the nail in the head with that last sentence, Liquid. Yes, it was a valiant effort to keep the Vector brand alive, but with less horsepower and a weaker perfomance (despite having a bigger Lamborghini engine of all things), the M12 simply didn't stand as much as the crazier W8. You are allowed to think that the M12 is the more elegant of the two, but with such a flop in terms of cars sold, it didn't really fulfill its promise of being the saviour of Vector.

I just prefer the less Megatech-influenced personality of the W8. Seriously Uncool.

 

[Leonidae@MFT]

Sub zero because it's about as un-american as it can get.

 

[AudiMan2011]

Looks like some horrible attempt at a Lamborghini kit car by someone with very poor eyesight after they saw a picture of a proper Diablo.

Uncool.

 

[Heldenzeit]

Fun Fact: The turn signals were taken from a Miata.

 

[Liquid]

The headlights also look like they're stolen from an NA MX-5.

 

[Heldenzeit]

The headlights also look like they're stolen from an NA MX-5.

Not sure what these were taken from.

 

[SlipZtrEm]

I've actually never noticed the bit of glass on the door before. Neat.

Seriously Uncool.

 

[Niku Driver HC]

The headlights also look like they're stolen from an NA MX-5.

I cannot unsee that, after you've mentioned it. They really do look like NA MX-5/Miata's headlights, moreso than the turn signals.

Not sure what these were taken from.

They sort of look like Cizeta pop-up headlamp units, if you ask me...

 

[ShiftingGears]

Three spoke wheels and so hideously 90's.



COOL.

 

[Liquid]

Oh no. The pop-up headlights make it look sad like the Edonis.

Either that or a librarian with glasses hanging low over the nose.

 

[Wiegert]

Vector AWX-3: Hostile Takeover Edition.

Probably the only time I would consider the prototypes* (hell, even the racecar in this case) to be the cooler iteration(s).



*Registered, functioning prototypes, mind.

 

[Tornado]

May very well be the easiest Seriously Uncool ever made.

 

[Ingram]

But it's a rare museum piece, a flop during it's lifetime and above all, an ostentatious American supercar.

If I saw one not treated as a museum piece, then the other two points wouldn't be an issue.

On the basis that I hope at least one of the remaining fifteen are still used as intended, I have to go for SZ, because it's mad, incredibly rare and would turn heads unlike anything else.

 

[Liquid]

May very well be the coolest Seriously Uncool ever made.

LMFTFY

But point most certainly taken.

 

[The87Dodge]

An American supercar?

Sub Zero

 

[Tornado]

Vector AWX-3: Hostile Takeover Edition.

Probably the only time I would consider the prototypes* (hell, even the racecar in this case) to be the cooler iteration(s).



*Registered, functioning prototypes, mind.

You would say that, wouldn't you...



GERALD WIEGERT!!

 

[INEEDNAWZZZ]

I know wayyy too much about these things, more than I'd care to admit. Absolutely love them, but they are horrendously uncool.

 

[TheCracker]

I can't think of many cars uncooler than a Vector, other than a Hummer H2 perhaps.

 

[playnthru]

Sub zero for the haters it creates.

 

[Wiegert]

You would say that, wouldn't you...



GERALD WIEGERT!!

It's not like I he still owns and drives those prototypes or anything!

 

[Famine]

A car so ludicrous that just about the only person I can actually imagine owning one of these is Adam Sandler.

 

[Heldenzeit]

It's not like I he still owns and drives those prototypes or anything!

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I've seen these cars in person. Coolest interior ever!

 

[Joey D]

While I do like this car, it's not the W8, which I think is one of the coolest cars of my youth. Still, I think I can must a cool out of this since it was just such a bonkers car.

 

[JTB10000]

Ugly with a cool engine.

Meh.

 

[Gerarghini]

Gran Turismo 2 = SZ

Megatech, Vector = SU

I liked the car for what it is but best I'll give is a low cool.

 

[Northstar]

Sub zero because it's about as un-american as it can get.

It's fat, loud and obnoxious. Since when were these three things not American traits?

 

[All Your Base]

Chintzy. Plus, so ridiculously 90s, it hurts.

Seriously Uncool.