{"id":64898,"date":"2013-02-24T02:01:49","date_gmt":"2013-02-24T01:01:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gtspirit.com\/?p=64898"},"modified":"2013-02-23T22:06:23","modified_gmt":"2013-02-23T21:06:23","slug":"ultra-rare-vector-w8-spotted-in-beverly-hills","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gtspirit.com\/2013\/02\/24\/ultra-rare-vector-w8-spotted-in-beverly-hills\/","title":{"rendered":"Ultra-Rare Vector W8 Spotted in Beverly Hills"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/gtspiritmedia.com\/gtspirit\/uploads\/2013\/02\/IMG_3144.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/gtspiritmedia.com\/gtspirit\/uploads\/2013\/02\/IMG_3144-640x479.jpg\" alt=\"Ultra-Rare Vector W8 Spotted in Beverly Hills\" width=\"640\" height=\"479\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-64908\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>With just 17 Vector W8\u2019s being produced, the supercar has gone onto become a true collector\u2019s must-have and is still a household name for most automotive enthusiasts and thanks to its dramatic styling, and massive twin-turbocharged V8 racing engine, the Vector W8 also promised to be one of the world\u2019s fastest supercars in its hey-day.<\/p>\n<p>As a matter of fact, Vector claims that the car could sprint all the way to over 220mph thanks to its engine delivering an impressive 625hp at 5,700rpm and 630lb-ft of torque. However, thanks to competition from the much more popular Lamborghini Countach and the Vector\u2019s near-$500,000 price tag, production ended just four years after it had begun.<\/p>\n<p>However, a few Vector W8\u2019s are still kicking around and automotive photographer <a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/countach_fan\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Andrew Olson<\/a> recently stumbled upon the extremely rare Vector W8 in Beverly Hills!<\/p>\n<p>Be sure to check out <a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/countach_fan\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Olson\u2019s Flickr page<\/a> for more pictures!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With just 17 Vector W8\u2019s being produced, the supercar has gone onto become a true collector\u2019s must-have and is still a household name for most automotive enthusiasts and thanks to its dramatic styling, and massive twin-turbocharged V8 racing engine, the Vector W8 also promised to be one of the world\u2019s fastest supercars in its hey-day. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":190,"featured_media":64908,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[10,51],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gtspirit.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64898"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gtspirit.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gtspirit.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gtspirit.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/190"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gtspirit.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=64898"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/gtspirit.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64898\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gtspirit.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/64908"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gtspirit.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=64898"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gtspirit.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=64898"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gtspirit.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=64898"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}