DMC Delorean
DMC Delorean
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My love of the Delorean started when I was young, I didn’t really understand the news stories on the TV other than that they car looked good but it would no longer be produced. Then Back to the Future came along and affirmed my love of the car.
DMC Delorean Car
The DMC-12 is a sports car built from 1981 to 1982 by the Delorean Motor Company (DMC). The DMC-12 is more commonly known simply as a DeLorean primarily because it would be the only car manufactured by the DeLorean Motor Company.
William T. Collins was chief engineer and designer on the project with Giorgetto Giugiaro designing the body of the Delorean. 
The most distinctive features of the DeLorean are its stainless steel body panels and gull-wing doors. The car was fitted with a 2849 cc, 150 bhp (110 kW) PRV (Peugeot-Renault-Volvo) fuel injected V6 engine. However fitment of a catalytic converter as required for the US market meant this was reduced to 130 bhp (95 kW). The DMC-12 was fitted with a 5-speed manual transmission or for an additional cost a 3-speed automatic transmission. Interiors came in two options grey or black.
DMC Delorean Notoriety
The DMC Delorean has been featured and mentioned in many films and on television, but its most iconic appearance is as a time machine in the Back to the Future trilogy.
DMC Delorean Production
Although built at a factory in Northern Ireland the DMC Delorean was targeted at the American market. About 9,000 DMC-12s were produced before the company went into liquidation in late 1982. The descision to base the factory in Ireland was helped by a supporting donation from the Northern Ireland Development Agency. Puerto Rico might have been chosen had it not been for this donation.
Delorean needed to sell between 8000 and 10000 cars per year to break even but sales were nearer 6000. The lack of sales could be a result of various factors, difficult economic times, the cars performance when compared to other car in its price bracket was below average, the brushed steel panels looked good but some potential customers may have been put of by the lack of colour choice and post-factory painting was difficult on the stainless steel surface. The lack of a right hand drive version meant cars could not be easily sold close to the factory in the UK and other European markets. The factory was not setup to build right hand drive cars and to have changed would have meant significant costs in redesign to the car and production machinery. A cheaper alternative of post production official modification was tried these conversions were performed by Wooler-Hodec Ltd of Hampshire, England. 16 official right hand drive DMC Delorean cars were built.
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