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DeLoreans To Go Back To Production (cnn.com)
An anonymous reader writes: The last time a DeLorean was built was about 35 years ago, but that is all about to change. Next year, you'll be able to buy a new 2017 DeLorean to satisfy all your deepest Back to the Future dreams. CNN reports: "The new production plan is itself something of a time warp. The cars will be built from an inventory of a million spare parts that have been in storage ever since the Belfast plant closed. Only the engine will be a creature of the 21st century."
Clearly you failed to actually read the article:
Normally it would be impossible to make DeLoreans under current federal safety rules, according to Espey. But new regulations are going into effect later this year that will allow the production of replica cars without requiring them to meet safety guidelines involving air bags and crash tests.
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You could already get a good used one for $15,000-$30,000... http://www.hemmings.com/classi...
You don't have to worry about mileage because as soon as you drive one you'll understand why DMC went out of business. Also the added derp from all the people saying "OMG BACK TO THE FUTURE CAR" will wear off and you'll want to keep it locked away in your garage.
Trust me as someone who drove the the "Urkel Mobile" (BMW Isetta) for a few weeks.
Except that for a DeLorean, "good" is incredibly relative. The car's engine was an engineering disaster, and if one still runs it's on *very* borrowed time. There are a million kluges in the way they're built...for example, there was a problem where the throttle would stick in cold weather. It turned out that there was an issue with condensation forming, which would then run down into the throttle cable assembly...and freeze. Their solution? Put an l-shaped bracket above the assembly to make the water miss and land somewhere else.
In another example of how at-risk the engines are, an episode of "Comedians Getting Coffee" with Jerry Seinfeld and Patton Oswalt began...began...in a DeLorean. I say "began" because they didn't make it half a mile before the engine suffered a catastrophic failure, resulting in all kinds of fluids running freely and horrible sounds coming from inside. Chest-burster kind of engine failure.
And when you consider that a Mazda Miata genuinely has more horsepower than these cars ever had, the concept of having the look of a DeLorean, the body of a DeLorean, but NOT the original engine they came with...well, that sounds like a pretty good idea to me. I can see why they're giving it a shot, and it doesn't surprise me that the demand has been pretty high so far.
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and on top of that
The original DeLorean engines only have 130 horsepower, while the new V6's will have between 350 to 400 horsepower