Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Vector WX-8

The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was keep. No consensus - low participant count (non-admin closure) Nördic Nightfury 16:07, 23 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Vector WX-8[edit]

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"Vector just about hovered between complete and utter fakery and legitimate car manufacturer its whole life. It had numerous models and prototypes, and some cars even made it to customers, though Road&Track reported that fit and finish of the W8 model (of which 17 were delivered to customers) varied massively between each car.

This all culminated in the WX8. According to the utterly fantastic official website, its 10.0-litre V8 makes 2000bhp, and it would be “the only car in the world to incorporate Marine, Aviation, and Aerospace technology into its design and construction.” When a company makes wild, unsubstantiated claims like that, you know it’s probably talking rubbish." Rathfelder (talk) 16:35, 3 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Keep. I fail to see a policy-based rational for deletion here. The article is a stub and only referenced to a primary source. But it was easy to find independent sources such as [1], [2], [3], [4], [5], [6]. MB 05:59, 4 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

The sources mostly seem to say it's not notable and indeed that it never really happened. I think it would be better merged into the article about the company.Rathfelder (talk) 13:04, 4 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Sources don't "say" if a topic is notable or not. The fact that there are many sources make it notable. What the sources say (that it wasn't very successful) is what should be documented in the article. It was displayed at the LA auto show and apparently a few were produced - which led to coverage at the time and in the later books on sportscars. MB 15:00, 4 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Transportation-related deletion discussions. Coolabahapple (talk) 10:43, 7 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, North America¹⁰⁰⁰ 02:17, 10 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Spirit of Eagle (talk) 06:59, 17 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Technology-related deletion discussions. Zeke, the Mad Horrorist ^{(Speak quickly)} _{(Follow my trail)} 07:35, 17 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

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