Vector "Avtech" WX-3

Vector "Avtech" WX-3
Debut series	Vector Employee Release
Produced	1993 - 1996
Designer	Larry Wood
Number	3050

Description

The Vector WX-3, officially the Avtech WX-3, is a prototype high-performance American sports car designed by Jerry Wiegert. Shown off at the 1993 Geneva Motor Show, the WX-3 was intended to be the successor of the W8 he also designed. The car was intended to be equipped with a new 7.0L V8 with variable boost, capable of producing upwards of 1200 BHP; the prototypes however were fitted with the same V8 as the W8. The car was painted in aqua to assist in advertising the colors of Wiegert's other company, AquaJet, producing personalized watercraft; it was initially painted silver. A second roadster version, the WX-3R, was also produced; a total of two cars were produced. Both cars featured minor differences from each other.

Wiegert had intended to produce the WX-3 but problems began to surface when MegaTech, an Indonesian company with Bermudan ties, forced a hostile takeover of the company, angering Wiegert and leading him to be fired from his own company. When the now MegaTech-owned Vector attempted to produce the WX-3, Wiegert had copyrighted the designs and Vector could not produce the car without his approval; this meant that the only WX-3s ever produced were the two cars produced when Wiegert was still at the helm of the company. Both are currently in private ownership, having been sold off by Wiegert to fund development of his next vehicle, the WX-8; development of the WX-8 would ultimately cease following Wiegert's death in January 2021.

Versions

The Vector "Avtech" WX-3 has come out in the following versions:

Col #	Year	Series	Color	Tampo	Base Color / Type	Window Color	Interior Color	Wheel Type	Toy #	Country	Notes	Photo
	1993	Vector Employee Release	Silver	Red Vector logo & Black stripe on sides	Black / Plastic	Tinted (Black)	Tan	UH	2171	Malaysia	500 produced Packaged in baggie
207	1994	Mainline	Metalflake Lavender	Black stripe & Vector logo on sides	Black / Plastic	Tinted (Black)	Tan	UH	3050	Malaysia
207	1994	Mainline	Metalflake Lavender	Black stripe & Vector logo on sides	Black / Plastic	Tinted (Black)	Tan	5SP	3050	Malaysia
	1996	Super Show Cars 5-Pack	Metalflake Black	Red Vector logo & stripe on sides, HW logo on rear wing	Black / Plastic	Clear	Red	5SP	13502	Malaysia
	1996	Super Show Cars 5-Pack	Metalflake Black	Magenta Vector logo & stripe on sides, HW logo on rear wing	Black / Plastic	Clear	Red	5SP	13502	Malaysia

See Also

• Vector W8 Twinturbo

Gallery

Luis Montesdeoca Resin Prototype

Prototype from the 1994 Mattel Catalog

Larry Wood Prototype

International Card

Short Card

1994 Rare BW variation