What is De Lorean Motor Company?
[[Image:De Lorean-2.jpg|thumb|right|A '''DMC-12''', the car that the '''DeLorean Motor Company''' made.]] [[Image:DeLorean Motor Company logo.svg|right|200px]] The '''DeLorean Motor Company''' was a [[car]] [[manufacture]]r formed by [[John DeLorean]] in 1975. The company only made one car during its existence - the DMC-12, which has featured in the [[science fiction]] [[series]] ''[[Back to the Future]]'' as a [[time machine]] created by Doc Emmett Brown. In 1957, [[John DeLorean|John Z. DeLorean]] decided to create his own sports car. It was one of his childhood dreams. He created the DeLorean Motors Company near [[Belfast]], [[Northern Ireland]], and his project was helped by the British government. His first car, the DMC-12, was produced in 1981. When the car was publicly launched, the car was a success, and 6,539 DMC-12s were produced in 1981. The car was expensive, and regarded as underpowered for its cost. Production of the DMC-12 continued until 1983, when the DeLorean Motors Company had money problems. John Z. De Lorean was later arrested by police for trafficking cocaine.<ref>{{Citation | last = | first = | author-link = | last2 = | first2 = | date =1 August 2007 | title =DeLorean goes back to the future | edition = | volume = | place = | publisher =BBC News | id = | isbn = | doi = | oclc = | url =http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/northern_ireland/6925533.stm | accessdate =18 August 2007 }}</ref> Production of DeLorean cars was stopped. At present, 6000 De Lorean are used regularly by their owners, and a big majority is in the USA. == References == <references/> {{Multistub|transport|US}} [[Category:1975 establishments in the United States]] [[Category:American automobile companies]] [[Category:Defunct companies of the United States]] [[Category:1983 disestablishments in the United States]] [[Category:Companies based in Detroit]]