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Origins
The WX-3 of 1993 was to be Vector's second act: a smoothed, matured evolution of the W8's aerospace wedge, shown as a coupé and roadster pair with promises of enormous power from developed twin-turbo V8s. Weeks after the Geneva debut, the company's hostile takeover by Megatech ended Wiegert's control in a literal office siege, and the WX-3 pair remained prototypes; the new owners pivoted to the Lamborghini-engined M12 instead. Wiegert kept the show cars through the legal wreckage, exhibiting them for decades as evidence of the road not taken. As with much of Vector's story, the might-have-been is the substance: the WX-3 is American supercar ambition preserved at the exact moment the money men took the keys.
1993 Vector WX-3 · Supermac1961 from CHAFFORD HUNDRED, England · CC BY 2.0
