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Vehicle Design Force, which was founded in 1978 by Jerry Wiegert.
This date is wrong: multiple automotive histories place Vehicle Design Force in 1971, not 1978.
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Reliable automotive sources place Vehicle Design Force (VDF) in 1971. Motor1's obituary for Gerald "Jerry" Wiegert says he "founded the company in 1971" and that it was initially called Vehicle Design Force. Autoevolution likewise says Wiegert and Lee Brown founded Vehicle Design Force in 1971. HowStuffWorks separately describes VDF as already existing before a running prototype was completed by 1978, which shows 1978 refers to later prototype development, not the founding of VDF.
So the article's statement that VDF "was founded in 1978" is incorrect; 1978 is associated with the later W2/prototype era, while VDF itself dates to the early 1970s.
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- Creator Of The American-Made Vector Supercar Has Died
One of the notable nameplates during the early '90s was the Vector W8, created by entrepreneur Gerald "Jerry" Wiegert, who founded the company in 1971. He initially called the company the "Vehicle Design Force"...
- A Look Back at the Audacious Vector W8, the First Supercar Built in the U.S.
After finishing college, he teamed up with Lee Brown, one of Hollywood’s most famous car experts, and founded an independent design studio called Vehicle Design Force in 1971.
- Vector M12 | HowStuffWorks
Encouraged, Wiegert formed Vehicle Design Force in Los Angeles to realize his mid-engine dream... a running prototype was completed by 1978.
In 2015, the U.S. Supreme Court ordered Suharto’s family repay millions in embezzled funds to the state.
This wrongly names the court. The 2015 ruling was by Indonesia’s Supreme Court, not the U.S. Supreme Court.
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The sentence misidentifies the court. Contemporary reporting on the 2015 ruling says the order came from Indonesia's Supreme Court.
The Jakarta Post reported: "The Supreme Court has ordered the family of the late former president Soeharto to pay US$325.2 million..." in a case about the Supersemar Foundation. Reuters likewise reported that Indonesia's Supreme Court ordered repayment. The U.S. Supreme Court had no role in this Indonesian corruption case.
So the correction here is narrow but clear: the article should say Indonesia's Supreme Court, not the U.S. Supreme Court.
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- Soeharto family ordered to pay $325.2m in compensation - The Jakarta Post
The Supreme Court has ordered the family of the late former president Soeharto to pay US$325.2 million to compensate state losses from the misuse of scholarship funds... Supreme Court spokesperson Suhadi said...
- Ex-Indonesian leader Suharto's family ordered to pay back millions - Reuters via Investing.com
Indonesia's Supreme Court has ordered the family of ex-president Suharto to pay back millions in embezzled funds to the state, a spokesman said on Tuesday.