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The Delorean is the vision of the John Z. Delorean.
It was created because he wanted to put the "ethical
sports car" on the road. The car was manufactured
beginning in 1981 at the State-of-the-art factory
in Dunmurby, Northern Ireland. For those of you
curious as to who John Delorean is, he was once
one of General Motor's most respected designers.
He
was responsible for the 70's Corvette. The DMC-12
portrayed above is powered by a rear-mounted, 130
HP Peugeot-Renault-Volvo 2.8 litre V6 engine. The
most easily recognizable feature on this car is
it's Gull-wing doors. This car can also do 0-60
in less then 8 seconds which is impressive for a
v6 at that price and design. Only 8,583 Deloreans
were made from 1981 to 1983 in Ireland.
The
car was funded by the British Government which though
John Delorean left them with a cheap car and took
much of the development money from the project for
himself. This car drives with the driver only 6
inches off the ground. But at the same time there
is still smooth handling at quick speeds. Most people
either like this car or hate it.
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