There is something special about cars that are on movies, Even if they are antique today, you still want to ride them as your favorite movie featured them or your favorite star at some point in the past. DeLorean, the sports car turned ultimate time machine in the “Back to the Future” films is still something that people would give much to ride in even today. The car it seems has many enthusiastic takers even in its obsolete old form even today as it was a part of the movie.
The car was larger than life. Its creator, John Z. DeLorean, was a self-promoting swinger in tailored suits who dated models and Hollywood starlets. He was caught in an F.B.I. sting with 55 pounds of cocaine, which the authorities said he planned to sell to prevent the collapse of his company. Though he was acquitted, the trial further cemented his name and his car as irresistible emblems of pop culture. So driving the car makes you feel special till today.
The owners of the car will tell you that is not a piece of machinery that is going to burn the road, but it will make plenty of impact both with its design and the fact that it was a part of the movie. Though known as an exotic car, its body was sheathed in unpainted stainless steel, not unlike a kitchen sink. The DeLorean was a failure as a performance car. Its engine, a 2.8-liter V-6 developed jointly by Peugeot, Renault and Volvo was too flaccid to rival any Ferrari. It went from zero to 60 miles an hour in 8.8 seconds, slower than a Mazda RX-7 at the time. “Back to the Future” definitely helped the car rise above its merits. But the cars still has many proud owners and no wonder too!
