| 词条 | Gerald Wiegert |
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| name = Gerald Wiegert | image = geraldwiegert.jpg | image_size = | alt = | caption = Wiegert with a mock-up prototype of the Vector WX-8 at the 2007 Greater Los Angeles Auto Show | birth_name = Gerald Alden Wiegert | birth_date = {{Birth year and age|1945}} | birth_place = Dearborn, Michigan, USA | death_date = | death_place = | death_cause = | education = Transportation design, vehicle and product design[1] | alma_mater = Center for Creative Studies[1] Art Center College of Design[1] Northrop University[2] | occupation = Entrepreneur Vehicle engineer and designer | years_active = 1970 – present | employer = | children = | organization = | known_for = | notable_works = }} Gerald Alden "Jerry" Wiegert (born 1945) is an American automotive engineer and businessman. He is notable as the founder of two companies, Vector Motors and Aquajet, and for designing the products marketed by those companies. Wiegert initially became well known in the late 1970s when he began development of The Vector, a high-performance sports car intended to be America's answer to European cars such as Ferrari, Lamborghini, and Porsche.[3] This concept would be further developed into the Vector W8 supercar, which was manufactured and sold between 1989 and 1993. Life and careerDuring his youth, Wiegert developed an interest in automobiles and aerospace. During high school, he won a design contest that provided a full scholarship for University design courses and encouraged him to pursue engineering as a career. In 1970, he began his career in the automotive industry by working as a design consultant at Chrysler, Ford, and General Motors; in 1971 he formed Vehicle Design Force to develop an American supercar.[4] The first concept car designed by this company was called "The Vector." Wiegert announced that the Vector would use the Wankel rotary engine and that it would be priced at $100,000. The concept appeared on the cover of Motor Trend, and after evolving over a period of several years and preliminary marketing as the Vector W2, it entered production as the Vector W8. In the 1990s, Wiegert entered into dispute with investor Megatech, which initiated a hostile takeover of his company and eventually fired him.[5] Wiegert, via the courts, eventually won back the assets, trademarks, and copyrights to Vector Motors, and in 2008, revived the Vector brand name and began development of a new supercar named the WX-8.[6][7] Wiegert also founded Aquajet, a personal watercraft company, in the 1990s.[7] Company literature markets Aquajet's Jetbike models as handling like "motorcycles for the water"; they also incorporate futuristic styling cues. The Jetbike won Boating Magazine{{'}}s Innovation Award 2000.[8] The Jetbike has been featured on Beyond 2000, The Extremists, Planet X, The Next Step, and on CNet. References1. ^1 2 {{cite journal|last=Griffin|first=Larry|date=December 1980|title=Vector W2: This is Wiegert at War, and we wish him Godspeed.|journal=Car and Driver|url=http://www.caranddriver.com/reviews/vector-w2-archived-instrumented-test}} 2. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.vectormotors.com/company.html|title=Company Information: Biography of Gerald Wiegert|work=vectormotors.com|accessdate=14 September 2016}} 3. ^{{cite book|last=Linde|first=Arvid|title=Preston Tucker and Others: Tales of Brilliant Automotive Innovators and Innovations|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xI-tmz8mClwC&pg=PA77&lpg=PA77&dq=Gerald+Wiegert&source=bl&ots=lU9whl9Opf&sig=kvc_QHyUYRnZIQ3fAvwrA8HHz1E&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjIsp3J0IzPAhWBQyYKHUOJA-84ChDoAQg7MAU#v=onepage&q=Gerald%20Wiegert&f=false|date=May 11, 2011|publisher=Veloce Publishing Ltd|isbn=9781845844318|pages=77–81}} 4. ^{{cite journal|last=Kott|first=Douglas|date=April 1991|title=Vector W8 Twin Turbo: First Drive|journal=Road and Track|url=http://www.roadandtrack.com/car-culture/a29216/vector-w8-twin-turbo-first-drive/}} 5. ^{{cite web |last1=Golden |first1=Conner |title=The Vector WX-3 Is the Only Car to Out-Countach the Countach |url=https://www.automobilemag.com/news/vector-wx-3-supercar-prototypes/ |website=automobilemag.com |accessdate=12 February 2019 |date=January 8, 2019}} 6. ^{{cite web |last1=Perkins |first1=Chris |title=Go Behind the Scenes At America's Greatest Failed Supercar Company |url=https://www.roadandtrack.com/car-culture/classic-cars/videos/a32354/vector-documentary/ |website=roadandtrack.com |accessdate=12 February 2019 |date=January 20, 2017}} 7. ^1 {{cite web |last1=staff |title=WHERE ARE THEY NOW?: SHADOW FIGURES |url=https://autoweek.com/article/car-news/where-are-they-now-shadow-figures |website=autoweek.com |accessdate=12 February 2019 |date=December 30, 2008}} 8. ^{{cite journal |last1=Hemmel |first1=Jeff |title=Born to be Wild |journal=Boating |date=January 2001 |page=41 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jwUvSJ-BbrgC&pg=PA41&lpg=PA41&dq=aquajet+boating+week&source=bl&ots=itxVau2pwq&sig=ACfU3U3839FyKAApUow1ZpMLYitD2jhXvQ&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwij7P_E1rbgAhVK7oMKHQD1ACcQ6AEwCHoECAAQAQ#v=onepage&q=aquajet%20boating%20week&f=false |accessdate=12 February 2019}} Further reading
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