(Auto) DeLorean will present novelties after 40 years

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DeLorean Motor Company (better known as Delorean or DMC) is about to introduce its first new model in 40 years, which is how many years have passed since the original DeLorean, the DMC DeLorean (DMC-12) went out of production. Yes, we are talking about the very time machine of Doctor Emmett Brown.

The history of DeLorean, apart from being a cult car thanks to the movie Back to the Future, is known through series and movies, which you can find on Netflix, which tell the rise and fall of John Z. DeLorean, the flamboyant General Motors businessman whose ambitions were too much for the (then) largest automaker, a company filled with very staid, traditionalist, conservative managers, investors, and engineers.

His only car was barely produced for a few years, until the company went bankrupt and closed. DeLorean was imprisoned and investigated for drug trafficking, despite the fact that his lawyer showed that a trap was set for him, of which he fell victim out of desperation to obtain more capital to save his company. 

The company has been trying to make an electric DeLorean since 2011. In fact, they put together a prototype, which was going to be produced, but in the end, due to the LVMVM (Low Volume Motor Vehicle Manufacturers Act) act, it was not defined yet, there was no authorization for low-volume manufacturers to have any kind of legal regulatory framework for their cars.

DMC bought it from a company in Texas, which today is "the new DeLorean" and is the headquarters for all the enthusiasts of the brand, where all the original parts of the model are kept, as well as redesigned and reconditioned parts to keep the DeLorean alive. existing models yet. But the company's plans were always, at some point, to present a new car, a modern DeLorean and, why not, powered by electricity.

This could become a reality, thanks to the new teaser that emerged on some of the brand's platforms, including its website. The video features a silhouette of a car, with the doors open up, just like the original DeLorean, a new illuminated V-shaped grille, and also the new company logo, with more futuristic lettering. We can also get to know the brand's new slogan: "The Future was Never Promised" (The future was never promised to us), implying that the future is something that should not be taken for granted and that it must be built or developed.

Absolutely nothing else is known about the car, except that Italdesign, the design house founded by Giorgetto Giugiaro and now owned by the Volkswagen Group, is behind its design, just as Giugiaro designed the original in his time. It is worth noting that Giugiaro no longer has anything to do with what was his company, so it remains to be seen if the current designers will know how to honor the original or come up with something totally new.
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