![]() ![]() However, its place in cinema history came too late to save John DeLorean's motor company, as production delays and legal issues resulted in the firm declaring bankruptcy in 1984, the year before Back to the Future hit cinemas. The original DeLorean car became an icon of 1980s design after it was featured as the time machine in Back to the Future, with its gullwing doors making it one of cinema's most memorable motors. The base model is expected to start at around $175,000. ![]() "There was this enormous responsibility to make sure we honoured the history of the DeLorean brand, but an even greater responsibility in curating its future.I think we did both with the Alpha5." Along the way, DeLorean was lauded and lambasted, granted extraordinary sums of money from the British government to build a plant in Dunmurry, Northern. ![]() "The Alpha5 is a representation of the past 40 years of DeLorean," said Troy Beetz, chief marketing officer of DeLorean Motor Company. The biggest problem with the design had nothing to do with Giugiaro, instead it was the nearly six years it took DeLorean to secure an engine for, finance, and (finally) produce his car. A launch edition is debuting at the Pebble Beach Concours d' Elegance this week. Photos explore the coupe's exterior and interior, revealing sleek lines, classic louvres, and DeLorean's iconic gull-wing doors. ![]()
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