From: utzoo!decvax!microsof!uw-beaver!cornell!vax135!floyd!whuxlb!gummo!harpo!seismo!rlgvax!guy
Newsgroups: net.auto
Title: Re: Musclecars
Article-I.D.: rlgvax.318
Posted: Thu Apr 21 23:10:13 1983
Received: Sun Apr 24 04:55:08 1983
References: tektroni.1071 sdccsu3.554

The new 'Vette may not be all that much better than anything else, but anything
that (claims to have) handling better than a 928 at a fair bit less $ (25-26K
for the 'Vette, 38K for a 928, now 43K for a 928S) isn't too shabby.  And
consider that it's an American car; as previous commenters have noted, American
muscle cars have traditionally been mostly straight-line machines.

Speaking of American world-class supercars, anybody know what happened to the
Vector W2?  It was going to be America's answer to the Lamborghini Countach and
the Ferrari 512BB (actually, even more like America's answer to the Aston
Martin Bulldog - the cars had a number of design similarities; twin-turbo
5.4(Bulldog)/5.7(W2) litre V8, De Dion rear axle, BIG tires, etc.).  Aircraft
grade parts all over, 700+ HP out of a twin-turbo all-aluminum Chevy 350,
no expense spared (i.e., in the 100K price range).  Haven't heard anything
about it recently.  Did the guy sort of fall off the edge of the earth, or
is it still in gestation, or is it coming Real Soon Now?

						Guy Harris
						RLG Corporation
						{seismo,mcnc,we13}!rlgvax!guy