DeLoreon

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DeLoreon
By Alex Cafolla
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History

• DeLoreon Motor Company (DMC) was set up in by
  John DeLoreon in Detroit, Michigan on October
  24th 1975.
• He looked to set up the first factory in a
  country where unemployment was particularly high.
  One candidate was in the Republic of Ireland, but
  the then Minister for Industry and Commerce, Des
  OMalley, rejected the prospect of the motor
  company being set up in there.
• The British was very keen on creating jobs in
  Northern Ireland to reduce sectarian violence by
  reducing unemployment .
• Thus DeLoreon Motor Company was founded in
  Belfast, Northern Ireland.
• The construction of the 6-building, 660,000
  square foot manufacturing plant began in 1978.
• It was completed 16 months later.

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DeLorean DMC-12

• The DeLorean DMC-12 is a sports car that was
  manufactured by the DeLorean Motor Company for
  the American market in 1981 and 1982 in Northern
  Ireland.
• It is most commonly known simply as the DeLorean,
  as it was the only model ever produced by the
  company.
• The first prototype appeared in March 1976, and
  production officially began in 1981 with the
  first DMC-12 rolling off the production line
  January 21.
• During its production, several features of the
  car were changed, such as the hood style, wheels
  and interior.
• Approximately 9,000 DMC-12s were made before
  production stopped in late 1982.
• Today, about 6,500 DeLorean Motor Cars are
  believed to still exist.

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Interesting facts

• The DMC-12 has a number of unusual
• construction details which include
• Gull wing doors
• Unpainted stainless steel body
• A rear mounted engine

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Performance

• John DeLorean had originally envisioned that the
  car would produce somewhere around
  200 horsepower, but eventually settled on a
  170 horsepower output for the engine.
• However this still aloud it to do 0-60mph in just
  8.8 seconds respectably for the early 80s.
• But the real down point was that it could only
  top about 130mph.

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Back To The Future

• The DMC-12 was featured and mentioned in many
  films and on television, most notably as a time
  machine in the movie Back To The Farture.
• Six DMC-12s were co-opted for use in the making
  of the films.
• For the second and third films, producers
  replaced the underpowered stock engines in their
  production cars with bigger, more powerful
  Porsche engines.

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