In 1971, Gerald Wiegert founded a design house called Vehicle Design Force and teamed up with Lee Brown to create a new car called The Vector. 

            Vector Motors Corporation is an American automobile manufacturer originally based in Wilmington, California. Its history can be traced to Vehicle Design Force,                                    which was founded in 1978. Vehicle production by Vector Aeromotive began in 1989 and ceased in 1993. The company was later revived as Vector Motors                                                  Corporation, and has continued to develop supercars. When founded, Vector represented America's first attempt to compete with European performance car                                            manufacturers like Ferrari, Lamborghini, and Lotus. Altogether around 50 Vector supercar models were developed.

 

Headquarters Wilmington, California, United States

m12  1995-1999

The Vector M12 was a sports car manufactured by Vector Aeromotive under parent company Megatech, and was the first car produced after the hostile takeover of the company from Jerry Wiegert by the Indonesian company Megatech. The model was produced from 1995 to 1999, when production was halted, partly due to slow sales of the cars and mismanagement of the company.

The car was based on the Lamborghini Diablo utilising most of its mechanical components and its V12 engine as Megatech owned Lamborghini at that time and took such steps to produce the car in higher volumes at a low cost. The engine was centrally mounted in front of the gearbox rather than behind it as in the Lamborghini.

The M12 was able to accelerate from 0–100 km/h in 4.8 seconds and had a top speed of 304 km/h.

Vector M12 (youtube.com)

1971-2021