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Old 01-22-2009, 12:38 PM
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looks like the dash it out of a early 90's buick
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Nice looking engine but ugly car imo.
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Originally Posted by defaced8
Nice looking engine but ugly car imo.

Yeah, the W-8 wasn't my idea of sexy either. Then they came out with the M12 and, although that was an improvement, it still wasn't a beauty queen. Now they have the WX8 with Supra headlights and what almost look like FTO tail lights. And I read somewhere (can't remember where exactly) that the engine block might be from the Diablo SV. The WX8 looks pretty cool, but I don't know what they were thinking using foreign car parts. Kind takes away from whole "American Supercar" thing.
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i only know about it because of gran turismo =P

is that engine transversely mounted? =/
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Uhhhmmm. how do you shift? I don't even see a lever for an auto trans unless its on the floor between the drivers seat and door.
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Originally Posted by mr poo
i only know about it because of gran turismo =P

is that engine transversely mounted? =/

same here.
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Originally Posted by jweller
Uhhhmmm. how do you shift? I don't even see a lever for an auto trans unless its on the floor between the drivers seat and door.
3-speed auto column shift.
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From what I overheard, the shifter is near the door sill to the left of the driver. 3 Speed Automatic... Sounds very space age huh
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when did that come out?
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i dont know what year that one is but i do know Vector has been around awhile. when i was a kid i had a book on supercars and the Vector was a car in there.
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