Another contributing factor was the cost. DMC 12 was chosen as the car’s name as it was to cost $12,000. By the time they rolled out, it was 1.5 to 2 times that. A friend owns one, and it is fun, and draws a crowd everywhere it goes. Thank you as always sir, great info and great fun ~ Chuck
Well done, John DeLorean - he wanted to build his own car and did so just like Preston Tucker and Malcolm Bricklin. Tucker built 48, Bricklin 2854, and DeLorean 9000. Thanks, Rick.
I’m afraid that the Govt of Great Britain and Northern Ireland provided the loan money, and the location of the factory was in Northern Ireland, not Ireland which is another country.
I'd like to have one. But I wouldn't want one in perfect, or even good condition. I would like to customize one with a different drivetrain and do some other modifications to it. I wouldn't have the heart to mess with a good one. Finding one with a blown engine or something would be my choice
Answer, the alternator sucks and doesnt put out enough voltage to power the motor properly, including the electronic door popers that locked carson in his, after it hadnt been driven in the 6 months it took to ship it from Ireland to LA, and theirs upgrade kits for this avalable to this day, and was one of the late production changes they did to them, that still didnt quite work given the drain the cars always had also it was 1981, their had been a gas crunch less than 3 years earlier, and everyone was still worried about the fuel mileage, so acceleration and top end was the last thing on everyones mind and the car is gearbox limited given its a reverse lotus to the glass gearbox the Lotus Esprits had back then when they went over 4 cylinders, and its still true to this day, that the best ones had 4, not 8 under the hood because of that heck even the LS3 modified one, HAD to have that stupid gearbox behind it because of the space!
Another contributing factor was the cost. DMC 12 was chosen as the car’s name as it was to cost $12,000. By the time they rolled out, it was 1.5 to 2 times that.
A friend owns one, and it is fun, and draws a crowd everywhere it goes.
Thank you as always sir, great info and great fun ~ Chuck
Well done, John DeLorean - he wanted to build his own car and did so just like Preston Tucker and Malcolm Bricklin. Tucker built 48, Bricklin 2854, and DeLorean 9000. Thanks, Rick.
Great episode!
Thanks Rick
Anyone who's ever driven one, knows they are totally craptastic. If a new one in "excellent" condition ever hit 88 mph , I'd be surprised 😮
Cybertruck is the modern version of the DeLorean.
Love the video, Rick!
Johnny Carson was driving a DeLorean when he was pulled over on a DUI charge.
And you should mention Lotus and Chapman adding to the mix.
Well, 140 kph is 86.99, so the needle moving past that is good enough.
I’m afraid that the Govt of Great Britain and Northern Ireland provided the loan money, and the location of the factory was in Northern Ireland, not Ireland which is another country.
Wrong country. Now because it's on the internet it becomes the truth.
Wasn’t the country Northern Ireland aka The United Kingdom and not Ireland?
It's was built in Northern Ireland. Not Republic of Ireland.
I'd like to have one. But I wouldn't want one in perfect, or even good condition. I would like to customize one with a different drivetrain and do some other modifications to it. I wouldn't have the heart to mess with a good one. Finding one with a blown engine or something would be my choice
Answer, the alternator sucks and doesnt put out enough voltage to power the motor properly, including the electronic door popers that locked carson in his, after it hadnt been driven in the 6 months it took to ship it from Ireland to LA, and theirs upgrade kits for this avalable to this day, and was one of the late production changes they did to them, that still didnt quite work given the drain the cars always had
also it was 1981, their had been a gas crunch less than 3 years earlier, and everyone was still worried about the fuel mileage, so acceleration and top end was the last thing on everyones mind
and the car is gearbox limited given its a reverse lotus to the glass gearbox the Lotus Esprits had back then when they went over 4 cylinders, and its still true to this day, that the best ones had 4, not 8 under the hood because of that
heck even the LS3 modified one, HAD to have that stupid gearbox behind it because of the space!
It was bad when John DeLorean was trying to sell coke, but ok for Reagan to destroy families with crack.
Deloreans are slow, bad handling garbage 🤣
He made the deal with United Kingdom...the factory was in occupied NORTHERN IRELAND..
Would the Ovlov V6 do 88 mph? The Volvo version is 3 litre and quite lazy. Renaults I believe are worse.
Crazy, that was such a piece of crap with build quality, form and finish, just sad.