Back to the Future: again...

[Brock Samson]

http://www.star-telegram.com/business/story/209908.html

the gist:

A quarter-century after DeLorean Motor Co. began making its glitzy two-seater -- an operation that collapsed after two years -- (Stephen) Wynne's small automotive outfit plans to bring the vehicle back into limited production.

Renowned automotive engineer John DeLorean made fewer than 9,000 of the cars, with their distinctive gull-wing doors, stainless-steel exterior and rear-engine design. An estimated 6,500 remain on the road.

The handmade cars will include about 80 percent original parts. The rest will be from suppliers such as Valeo SA and the Bosch Group, said DeLorean Vice President James Espey.

Enhancements to the cars will include an improved stainless-steel frame, a stronger but lighter fiberglass underbody and upgraded electronics. A peppier engine -- the original cars' 135 horsepower was a downer for performance enthusiasts -- will be available as an option.

"After working on these cars practically every day for 25 years, we've identified most of the issues and replaced them," Wynne said. "If there's a better part available, we'll use it. If there's a better way to install it, we'll do it."

The base price is expected to be $57,500, about the same price a 1981 DeLorean would have cost in today's dollars. Online: www.delorean.com

[68chrgrwife]

The shop that I worked at was making the time machine one from BTTF 2 and that car is a big piece of Crap. I can't understand what the whole big deal is over it.

[Charger_Fan]

I think they're cool cars & would probably buy one if I found one cheap.

[Old Moparz]

The shop that I worked at was making the time machine one from BTTF 2 and that car is a big piece of Crap. I can't understand what the whole big deal is over it.

You don't understand the big deal???

Do you know how fricken' cool it would be to travel in time???

[Charger74]

The shop that I worked at was making the time machine one from BTTF 2 and that car is a big piece of Crap. I can't understand what the whole big deal is over it.

You don't understand the big deal???

Do you know how fricken' cool it would be to travel in time???

What he said!!!!!

[68chrgrwife]

ok I'm not talking about going back in time...I know all of us on this forum would go back in time real quick, buy up all the daytonna's that noone wanted and hide them until we were old enough to drive and then never sell it.  That way we would have the best cars in the hobby...I'm talking about the POS car.

[Mike DC]

Yeah, DeLoreans are disappointing in real life after knowing them from the BTTF movies.

They're tiny little cars.  Low to the ground.

For a car that's styled to look so "sporty" unfortunately they've got NO horsepower.   It's a european 6-banger motor with 100-some-odd horsepower.  You could probably smoke it with a modern Toyota Camry.  (Honestly the DMC's horsepower numbers aren't too unusual for an early 1980s sports car, but it remains pretty disappointing in today's world.)

The gullwing doors are a total pain in the arse.  They don't even have enough clearance with the next car in parking lot spaces half the time.  The doors usually either have too much gas-pressure to pull them down easily when you need to, or else they have so little gas pressure that it's tough to raise them up when you need to.  And if you know how much trouble people have with T-tops leaking in the rain, then try to imagine what happens when there's a full-blown doorjamb/seam in the roof like that.

[68chrgrwife]

i was completly claustrophobic in there.  Now I have been in small cars before but the passsenger is on top of the driver and the dashboard in in the backseat.  And the outside is just plain metal...so it russ so darn easy.

[SRT-440]

There is supposedly a pretty potent Porsche motor transplant u can do for those things that changes everything..I don't know much about it but read somewhere on the BTTF forums that they do it and the car is really quick after..I don't know what engine or how much power it makes..but it is possible. 

I'm sure you could stuff a LS1 or LS2 chebby in it. 

[moparsons]

i was completly claustrophobic in there.  Now I have been in small cars before but the passsenger is on top of the driver and the dashboard in in the backseat.  And the outside is just plain metal...so it russ so darn easy.

Stainless shouldn't rust.

[68chrgrwife]

that's what I thought too, but there was surface rust in a lot of spots....

[Charger1973]

DeLoreans are freakin sweet.  I would love to have one.  I also heard they had alot of issues but it sounds like this guy plans to fix that problem.  I think they will be pretty nice cars when hes done.  Too bad I cant afford it. 

[bull]

They were different, and that's what made them fairly cool. The stainless body design was a good idea but they are gutless. I have a coworker that owns one and he says they're kind of cheaply built. I've seen it in the parking lot at work and it seems to me you get over the initial feeling of it being cool rather quickly once you look at it close.

[Nacho-RT74]

there is one Delorean being sold down here:
http://www.tucarro.com/anuncios/carros/xzp-695.html

aprox US$ price: $30K

[TeeWJay426]

Here's your bit of useless trivia for the day...... once all the doodads were added to the DeLorean used in the BTTF movies to simulate the flux capacitor and reactor, it wasn't capable of hitting the 88mph to transport Marty through time anymore due to the added weight.....

[Brock Samson]

  ok... beat up on the delorean all ya want,.. I know I did.. 


http://www.dodgecharger.com/forum/index.php/topic,18725.0.html

maybe the man who owns one will come on here and defend his,.. again.. 

[Steve P.]

Why is anyone beating up a Delorean?? Very few were made. Not much time was put into the car. He was jailed before he had half a chance to make the big improvements it needed.

SO WHAT!!!!!!   It is a very cool car. The only Stainless Steel car I know of and MUCH can be done to improve every part of the car..

The first production Charger was a 65' dodge Dart. Nothing for a motor. Didn't handle worth a crap. The interior looked like something from a bad LSD trip..  Dodge moved forward and corrected it's mistakes. They were given time and lots of money. I am pretty sure the man behind the GTO would have made a change or two given the time. He damn sure didn't have BIG MONEY backing him..

Hell, as much money as FORD has he still produced the EDSEL!!  Now there is a car to pick on.. 

[RD]

but why bring it back the way it was originally?  it wasnt cool then and sure as hell has not changed in my opinion?  some guys with more money than brains 

[Steve P.]

but why bring it back the way it was originally?  it wasnt cool then and sure as hell has not changed in my opinion?  some guys with more money than brains 

For the same reason I HATE Corvettes and others love them....

[ChgrSteve67]

How do you know you are following a Delorean?

The white lines on the road are missing.

[RD]

How do you know you are following a Delorean?

The white lines on the road are missing.

bwhahahahahahahahahaa  

the younger ones on the board won't get that joke, you know that right?

[ChgrSteve67]

yeah

I wanted to see if anyone else remembered.

Ya passed RD 

Steve

[68chrgrwife]

   I don't get it......

[Steve P.]

John Delorean went to jail for SUPPOSEDLY selling Coke.  (WHITE LINES)....

[ChgrSteve67]

DeLorean was arrested for putting up $1.8 million to bring 100 kilos of cocaine into the United States.


DeLorean was acquitted of all charges after a federal judge ruled that the FBI operation had been a clear case of entrapment.