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DeLorean to Come Back (Sorta)

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the my-childhood-dream dept.

Alcibaides writes "DeLorean Motor Company, a suburban Houston company that rebuilds DeLoreans, is laying plans to bring the car back into limited production. The last DeLorean rolled off the assembly line in Northern Ireland in 1982. But like Duran Duran, the Rubik's Cube and other Reagan-era icons, the car retains a following. Of the 9,000 built in 1981 and 1982, about 6,500 are still on the road, according to James Espey, vice president of DeLorean Motor."

6 of 263 comments (clear)

  1. Re:Hopefully... by Cap'N+Crapper · · Score: 4, Informative

    you mean, flux capacitor, right?

  2. Saw a discovery channel special. by MrCopilot · · Score: 5, Informative
    The reason they can do this is because Delorean never did anything small. He had enough parts made to produce a ton of cars, these guys bought them all. They sell restorations and build new ones from new (warehoused) parts. Been doing it for years.

    They do quite well for themselves. Not really news though.

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  3. Re:Hopefully... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Informative

    Must have been a German. (Local translation of it is Fluxkompensator. IMO they could have just picked Fluxkondensator (=capacitor), sounds the same... argh.)

  4. Re:The car retains a following by thc69 · · Score: 4, Informative

    I'm pretty sure they didn't have any engine under the hood...

    (Rear engine, folks.)

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  5. Re:Obviously this never happens by chat1410 · · Score: 5, Informative

    "The prefix giga- is from the Greek gigas, meaning "giant." In English, it's a scientific prefix meaning "billion." And its pronunciation is acceptable beginning with either a G sound or a J sound. Check a nice, thick dictionary if you don't believe me. In fact, many individuals who have worked with computers and electronics for the last several decades will confirm that they used to pronounce gigabyte as "jigabyte." A few still do." http://www.bigwaste.com/bttf/twin_pines_mall.shtml Towards the end of the page.

  6. Re:The car retains a following by PercentSevenC · · Score: 4, Informative

    On a mid- or rear-engine car the hood is in back, and the trunk is in front. The engine is still under the hood, it's just that the hood isn't where you're used to it being.