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chicot60
01-28-2016, 11:18 PM
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HUMBLE, TX (KPRC/CNN) - It was silver, sleek and futuristic - at the time - and the car made famous by the Back to the Future movies.


The DeLorean hasn’t been made for more than three decades but that’s all changing.


The car is going back to the future and into production, 35 years after the last one was built.


“It’s fantastic,” said Stephen Wynne, CEO of DeLorean Motors in Humble, TX. “It’s a game-changer for us. We’ve been wanting this to happen.”


In 1987, Wynne brought the DeLorean company to Humble, where, for the first time, the DeLorean will be manufactured on American soil.


Wynne has dozens of cars at company. Some are owned by the company, but many are shipped to Humble from around the world, to be refurbished.


The company will build replica 1982 DeLoreans under a low-volume manufacturing bill approved by the federal government.


Wynne estimates there are enough supplies in stock to build about 300 cars. He hopes to go from building one a month to building one a week.


“It is huge for us,” he said.


You can buy a refurbished model for $45,000 to $55,000. Wynne hopes to sell the new ones for less than $100,000.


He said he hopes to have the first new DeLorean roll off of the production line early next year.




http://www.wfsb.com/story/31067092/delorean-going-back-into-production

The Noof
01-29-2016, 12:16 AM
Interesting car...but they were 100hp short.

sonicmario
01-29-2016, 12:27 AM
Interesting car...but they were 100hp short.
wonder if there going to use the old drive train or maybe upgrade it with a more powerful V6 or a turbo 4 be interesting to see, I seen one with a ls1 engine in it, it looked really fun lol

dishuser
01-29-2016, 12:35 AM
it's down to Dodge or Toyota

The Noof
01-29-2016, 12:36 AM
I drove one in the late 80's...was a good handling car,fairly comfortable given the seat design/layout.Biggest single improvement would have been to add 75 to 100 hp.They were kinda lame.Lowely fiero gt would blow it off the road.

TLG
01-29-2016, 01:25 AM
I drove in one in the late 80's ..... a friend of a friend had one in Toronto ,,, a greek boy, owned a restaurant in Scarborough
The car did not drive well at all , it had no pep and the one thing that was obvious was it had many blind spots, I couldn't
See behind me very well and worse were the sides. The gull-wing doors and the stainless steel body were it's best features.

For 100K,,,, I hope they improve on it ....

skywalker999
01-29-2016, 02:51 AM
wow is that a 100k they must be dreaming big time ho would shell out 100k for that peace of junk lol :beatin_horse:
i just got myself a nice infiniti fx35 2011 all equipped only thing missing in it is an inflatable doll lol :tehe:

The Noof
01-29-2016, 01:28 PM
wow is that a 100k they must be dreaming big time ho would shell out 100k for that peace of junk lol :beatin_horse:
i just got myself a nice infiniti fx35 2011 all equipped only thing missing in it is an inflatable doll lol :tehe:

Agreed...you can have a Tesla for 100K.I also saw cars on the Barrett for far less than 100k I would MUCH rather have.lol

Anubis
01-29-2016, 01:39 PM
Agreed...you can have a Tesla for 100K.I also saw cars on the Barrett for far less than 100k I would MUCH rather have.lol
Ahhhhhhh, the awesome Barrett auction. Now that is a true fanatsy show for most!