DeLorean gullwing could make a comeback

dannyboy2 submitted on 07/30/2007 Official AutoSpies Timestamp: 8:14 AM
from: www.motorauthority.com

Tags: DeLorean

DeLorean

DeLorean gullwing could make a comeback

Wanting to own a rear-engined gullwing DeLorean since his teenage years, 40-year old Danny Botkin finally got to live his dream when he eventually found a restored DeLorean modeled after the car made famous in the ‘Back to the Future’ movies.

He has since moved to become the manager of a repair and refurbishing shop affiliated with DeLorean Motor Co., a company based in Texas that rebuilds old DeLoreans, and is now planning to bring back production of the iconic car in a limited run. The last DeLorean was manufactured in 1982 in Northern Ireland, but only 9,000 of the original cars were every produced and only 6,500 are said to be still in circulation. Read Article

Comments:

Images hosted in your AgentSpace can now be posted in the comments section using the following syntax (case matters):
[img]IMAGE URL[/img]
Example: [img]http://agent004.myautospies.com/users/150/Sample-Gallery/sample1.JPG[/img]

xj13 - 7/30/2007 9:21:49 AM

+3 Boost

wow

reply to this comment

Qwazywabbit - 7/30/2007 10:34:14 AM

+2 Boost

Please Please Please Please Please ......bring it back, and ........

Please don't screw it up.

reply to this comment

lewishamiltonpimp - 7/30/2007 10:36:06 AM

-3 Boost

Boy I hope not.

They just aren't cool anymore.

Maybe if you're in your 50s, have Hall and Oates on your iPod and some disposable income lying around but...why?

reply to this comment

Qwazywabbit - 7/30/2007 10:38:51 AM

+2 Boost

cmon lewish, it could be refreshed just like any other car. It would be modernized, and I have a feeling it would do great.

By the way, it was Huey Lewis and the News, not Hall and Oates :) lol im old

cdoke - 7/30/2007 10:58:50 AMView My AgentSpace

+3 Boost

I know someone who has one and it is really cool. Pictures just don't do it justice- you don't get a sense of how wide and just how low the car actually is. Now, the front hasn't aged well, but were they to update it right it could be a very cool and striking car.

reply to this comment

SUPREMEPIZZA - 7/30/2007 11:54:02 AM

+3 Boost

I saw that company on the History Channel. They were doing a show on the 80's. They bought all of the spare parts and engines and can actually build a "new" one for you. They can even tune the original engine to produce more power, which was one of the major weaknesses of this car.

reply to this comment

To post a comment for this story, you must first Login.

If you do not have an account, you will need to Register (It's Free!).