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{{Short description|Defunct American automobile manufacturer (1975–1982)}}
{{About|the original company|the unrelated successor|DeLorean Motor Company (Texas)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}
{{Infobox company
|name = DeLorean Motor Company
|logo = [[File:DeLorean Motor Company logo.svg|270px|The DMC logo.]]
| successor = 
|founder = [[John DeLorean]]
|industry = [[Automotive]]
|products = [[DMC DeLorean]]
|founded = {{start date and age|1975|10|24}}<ref name="DeLorean Bio">{{cite magazine |url=http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2012-04-19/the-deloreans-time-leap |title=The DeLorean's Time Leap |first=Claire |last=Suddath |magazine=[[Bloomberg Businessweek]] |date=April 19, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130520045851/http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2012-04-19/the-deloreans-time-leap |archive-date=20 May 2013 |url-status=dead |access-date=September 4, 2019 }}</ref>
|hq_location_city = [[Detroit, Michigan]]<ref name="DeLorean Motor City">{{cite web |title=John DeLorean Heritage Tour |url=http://www.deloreanmotorcity.com/gallery-06-heritagetour.html |website=DeLorean Motor City |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120123173507/http://www.deloreanmotorcity.com/gallery-06-heritagetour.html |archive-date=2012-01-23 |date=2007 |url-status=live|quote=DMC offices in Detroit were located in this office complex at 100 West Long Lake Rd in Bloomfield Hills, MI}}</ref>

|hq_location_country = U.S.
|defunct    =  {{nowrap|{{end date and age|1982|10|26}}<ref name="Bankruptcy">{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1982/10/26/business/delorean-motor-files-bankruptcy.html |title=DeLorean Motor Files Bankruptcy|work=[[The New York Times]] |date=1982-10-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190306111337/https://www.nytimes.com/1982/10/26/business/delorean-motor-files-bankruptcy.html|archive-date=2019-03-06 |url-status=live|access-date=2019-11-13}}</ref>}}
|production = 9000 (estimated)
}}

The '''DeLorean Motor Company''' ('''DMC''') was an American [[automobile manufacturer]] formed by [[automobile industry]] executive [[John DeLorean]] in 1975.<ref name="DeLorean Bio">{{cite magazine |url=http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2012-04-19/the-deloreans-time-leap |title=The DeLorean's Time Leap |first=Claire |last=Suddath |magazine=[[Bloomberg Businessweek]] |date=April 19, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130520045851/http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2012-04-19/the-deloreans-time-leap |archive-date=20 May 2013 |url-status=dead |access-date=September 4, 2019 }}</ref> It produced just one model, from early 1981 to late 1982—the [[stainless steel]] [[DMC DeLorean|DeLorean]] [[sports car]] featuring [[gull-wing door]]s. Its history was brief and turbulent, ending in [[receivership]] and [[bankruptcy]] in 1982. In October 1982, John DeLorean was [[videotape]]d in a [[sting operation]] agreeing to bankroll [[drug trafficking]], but was acquitted at the subsequent trial on the basis of [[entrapment]].<ref>{{cite news| url = https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1986-12-17-mn-3343-story.html|title= DeLorean Acquitted of All Criminal Finance Charges|author= |newspaper= [[Los Angeles Times]] |date = December 17, 1986|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200803012934/https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1986-12-17-mn-3343-story.html|archive-date=2020-08-03|url-status=live|url-access=limited}}</ref>

The DeLorean was featured in the [[Back to the Future (franchise)|''Back to the Future'' film trilogy]] (1985, 1989, and 1990) as the car made into a [[Time travel|time machine]], although the company had [[Bankruptcy#United Kingdom|closed]] before the first film was made.

In 1995, [[Liverpool]]-born mechanic Stephen Wynne founded the [[DeLorean Motor Company (Texas)]],<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-17428818 | work=BBC News | title=Back to the future as DeLorean goes electric | date=April 1, 2012}}</ref> an entirely new company not related to the original, located in [[Humble, Texas]], and shortly thereafter acquired the remaining parts inventory,<ref>{{Cite news| url = http://www.automobilemag.com/features/news/0811_de_lorean_motor_company_ceo_stephen_wynne/index.html| title = Stephen Wynne, CEO of The De Lorean Motor Company| author = Noordeloos, Marc| publisher = [[Automobile Magazine|Automobile]]| date = November 23, 2008| access-date = 1 April 2012| archive-date = 20 January 2012| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120120152922/http://www.automobilemag.com/features/news/0811_de_lorean_motor_company_ceo_stephen_wynne/index.html| url-status = dead}}</ref><ref name="CNET-2015-04-16">Archived at [https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211211/0lrIqGphJx8 Ghostarchive] {{cbignore}} and registered his own  [https://web.archive.org/web/20150511135851/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0lrIqGphJx8 Wayback Machine] {{cbignore}}: {{cite video |title= You can still buy a brand new DeLorean, straight from the factory| url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0lrIqGphJx8 |publisher= CNET |date= 16 April 2015 |via= YouTube }}{{cbignore}}</ref> and registered his own stylized version of the "DMC" logo.<ref name="delorean.com">{{cite web |url=http://www.delorean.com/|title=DeLorean Motor Company}}</ref>

==History==
{{More citations needed section|date=September 2021}}

===Beginning===
John DeLorean founded the DeLorean Motor Company in [[Detroit|Detroit, Michigan]], on October 24, 1975. He was already well known in the automobile industry as a capable engineer, business innovator, and youngest person to become a [[General Motors Corporation|General Motors]] executive. [[Investment]] [[Capital (economics)|capital]] came primarily in the form of business loans from [[Bank of America]] and from the formation of [[partnership]]s and private investment from select parties, including ''[[The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson|The Tonight Show]]'' host [[Johnny Carson]] and entertainers [[Roy Clark]] and [[Sammy Davis Jr.]] Capital was also raised through a dealer investment program in which dealerships offering DeLorean's cars for sale were made shareholders in the company.

DeLorean also sought lucrative incentives from governments and economic organizations to pay for manufacturing facilities by looking to build his first factory in an area of particularly high unemployment. Initially considering [[Republic of Ireland|Ireland]], he proposed using a site in [[Limerick]], but the Republic's then [[Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment|Minister for Industry and Commerce]], [[Desmond O'Malley]], decided not to support the project, later describing it as "all too good to be true".<ref>[https://www.independent.ie/opinion/analysis/when-omalley-snubbed-the-motor-man/25996734.html When O'Malley snubbed the motor man], ''[[Irish Independent]]'', 26 March 2005</ref> A deal in [[Puerto Rico]] was about to be agreed when DeLorean took up an offer from the [[Industrial Development Board for Northern Ireland]]. Besides some early [[seed capital]] from Hollywood stars, the DeLorean Motor Company relied on the British Government for about $120 million of its $200 million startup costs according to ''[[The Times]]''.  The British Government was keen to create jobs in [[Northern Ireland]] to reduce [[sectarian violence]]. DeLorean was under the impression that the British Government, as part of this offer,  would provide his company with [[Export Credit Agencies|Export Credit]] financing. This would provide a loan of 80% of the wholesale cost of the vehicles (US$20,000) upon completion and delivery for shipping.

===Manufacturing facility===
[[File:DeloreanONTrack2024.jpg|alt=A DeLorean car on a banked turn|thumb|A DeLorean car on the test track at the Dunmurry factory as part of the DeLorean Revival event, June 2024.]]
In October 1978, construction of the six-building, {{convert|660000|sqft|abbr=on}} manufacturing plant began in [[Northern Ireland]]. It was designed and managed by Gerald Mooney, of Brodie & Hawthorn Architects of [[Belfast]], and constructed in 16 months by Farrans, McLaughlin & Harvey. A test/proving track was also constructed next to the factory. Officially known as DMCL (DeLorean Motor Cars, Ltd.), the facility was located in The Cutts in [[Dunmurry]], a suburb on the south-western edge of Belfast.

[[Manufacturing|Unit production]] was scheduled to begin in 1979, but engineering delays and budget overruns caused the [[assembly line]]s to start only in early 1981. Workers at the factory were generally inexperienced; many never had jobs before joining DMC. This may have contributed to the reported [[quality assurance|quality issues]] attributed to the early production vehicles and the subsequent establishment of Quality Assurance Centers (QAC) located at various delivery locations. QACs were set up in [[California]], [[New Jersey]] and [[Michigan]] where some of the quality issues were to be addressed and resolved before delivery to [[Car dealership|dealership]]s. Some of the issues related to the fitting of body panels, higher-output [[Alternator (automotive)|alternators]], and [[gullwing door]] adjustments.

The combined efforts of quality assurance improvements at the factory and the post-production [[quality assurance]] done at the QACs were generally successful, although workmanship complaints still occasionally arose; the 1981 DeLoreans were delivered with a 12-month, {{convert|12000|mi|km|abbr=on}} [[warranty]]. By 1982, improvements in components and the more experienced workforce meant that production quality was vastly improved. Disputes between dealerships and customers arose later because many dealerships refused to do warranty work because they were not reimbursed.

===Downturn and bankruptcy===
The lack of demand, [[cost overrun]]s, and unfavorable exchange rates began to take their toll on DMC's cash flow in late 1981. The company had estimated its break-even point to be between 10,000 and 12,000 units, but sales were only around 6,000. In response to the income shortfall, a restructuring plan was devised where a new "DeLorean Motors Holding Company" would be formed, which in turn would have become corporate parent to DMC and each of its subsidiaries: DeLorean Motor Cars Limited (manufacturer), DeLorean Motor Cars of America (distributor in the U.S.) and DeLorean Research Partnership (a research and development company). In January 1982, due to [[United States Securities and Exchange Commission]] questions about the company's viability, the company was forced to cancel the stock issue for the holding company that DeLorean had hoped would raise about $27 million.

In March 1982, Bank of America sued Delorean for defaulting on loan payments, and asked for 1,979 DeLorean luxury sports cars in reparation.<ref>{{Cite news |date=1982-03-10 |title=Bank Sues DeLorean |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1982/03/10/business/bank-sues-delorean.html |access-date=2025-06-25 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref>

John DeLorean lobbied the British Government for aid, but was refused unless he was able to find a matching amount from other investors. What followed is a matter of debate between the British Government, the US [[Federal Bureau of Investigation]] (FBI), the [[Drug Enforcement Administration]] (DEA), DeLorean, his investors, and the US court system. At some point in 1982, John DeLorean became the target of an FBI [[sting operation]] designed to arrest drug traffickers. He was arrested in October 1982 and charged with conspiring to smuggle $24 million worth of cocaine into the US. The key element of evidence for the prosecution was a videotape showing DeLorean discussing the drugs deal with undercover FBI agents Benedict (Ben) Tisa and West, although DeLorean's attorney [[Howard Weitzman]] successfully demonstrated to the court that he was coerced into participation in the deal by the agents who initially approached him as legitimate investors. He was acquitted of all charges, but his reputation was forever tarnished. After his trial and subsequent acquittal, DeLorean quipped, "Would you buy a used car from me?"

Hours before his October 1982 arrest, the British government announced it would close DeLorean's production plant.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Blinken |first=Antony J. |date=23 October 1982 |title=Nightmare |url=https://www.thecrimson.com/article/1982/10/23/nightmare-pbjbohn-delorean-used-to-tell/ |access-date=2025-06-25 |website=www.thecrimson.com}}</ref>

In the end, sufficient funds could not be raised to keep the company alive. DMC went bankrupt in 1982, taking with it 2,500 jobs and over $100 million in investments. The British Government attempted to revive some usable remnants of the manufacturing facility without success, and the Dunmurry factory was closed. DeLorean himself retired in [[New Jersey]], and the dream with which he had mesmerized Britain's Labour government, of industry rising out of the ashes of [[The Troubles]] in [[Northern Ireland]], was shattered. He claimed that the DMCL was deliberately closed for political reasons, and at the time of closing was a solidly viable company with millions of dollars in the bank and two years of dealer orders on the books.

Approximately 9,000 cars were made between January 1981 and December 1982, although actual production figures are unclear and estimates differ. Some of the cars manufactured in 1982, but not shipped to the [[United States]] (as the US arm of DMC had no money to 'buy' the cars from the factory in Northern Ireland), with 15XXX and 16XXX Vehicle Identification Numbers are actually 1982 models that were given later VINs, dated 1983, by Consolidated International (now known as [[Big Lots]]), a company that had a buyback program with DMC and had bought out the remaining unsold cars and also the inventory of unused parts left in the factory after the bankruptcy.

[[Irish folklore|Folk tales in Ireland]] attribute the failure of DeLorean to the fact that the company had destroyed a sacred [[fairy fort]] to build its factory.<ref name="irishtimes2017">{{cite web |date=9 August 2017 |title=Fairy forts: Why these 'sacred places' deserve our respect |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/heritage/fairy-forts-why-these-sacred-places-deserve-our-respect-1.3181259 |access-date=19 May 2020 |website=irishtimes.com |publisher=Irish Times}}</ref>

The DeLorean assembly plant was eventually occupied by the French automotive supplier Montupet, which began to manufacture cast aluminum cylinder heads for automobile engines at the Dunmurry facility in 1989.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/business/news/montupet-set-for-expansion-as-company-is-sold-for-629m-34648105.html|date= April 22, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200729191452/https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/business/news/montupet-set-for-expansion-as-company-is-sold-for-629m-34648105.html|archive-date=2020-07-29|title=Montupet set for expansion as company is sold for £629m|newspaper=Belfasttelegraph}}</ref> As of Monputet's acquisition in 2015, the factory employed more than 600 people.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.irishtimes.com/business/manufacturing/bright-future-at-old-delorean-plant-in-belfast-1.2397970|title=Bright future at old DeLorean plant in Belfast|first=Francess|last=McDonnell|newspaper=The Irish Times}}</ref> The facility is currently operated as Montupet UK, a subsidiary of [[Linamar Corporation]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/montupet-ma-linamar/canadas-linamar-buys-french-auto-parts-maker-montupet-idUSL8N12F3LW20151015|title=Canada's Linamar buys French auto parts maker Montupet|newspaper=Reuters|date=15 October 2015|last1=Schuetze|first1=Pamela Barbaglia}}</ref> A community of DeLorean enthusiasts reunite on a regular basis on the site's defunct test tracks (which they renovated for low-speed use), bringing along their replica DeLorean models to create a fleet that reached 62 DeLorean vehicles in June 2024.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Hargan |first=Garrett |date=2024-06-08 |title=Back to Belfast: Fleet of DeLorean return to home of cult classic |url=https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/northern-ireland/back-to-belfast-fleet-of-delorean-return-to-home-of-cult-classic/a693056017.html |access-date=2024-09-16 |work=BelfastTelegraph.co.uk |language=en-GB |issn=0307-1235}}</ref>

==Vehicles==

===Production vehicles===

====DeLorean====
{{Main|DMC DeLorean}}

[[Image:DeLorean DMC-12 with doors open.jpg|thumb|[[DMC DeLorean]] with gull-wing doors open]]
[[File:Back left.JPG|thumb|Back left view]]
[[File:Austrian 500 US-CAR DAYS 2019 102.jpg|thumb|Interior view]]

The '''DeLorean''' (known internally during development within DMC as the ''DMC-12''<ref>{{cite book |last1=Wills |first1=Barrie |title=John Z, the DeLorean & Me: Tales from an Insider |date=2015 |publisher=DeLorean Garage |quote-page=4|quote=My stories cover the years during which the production DeLorean (code-named DMC-12) was created, manufactured and sold.}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Seventeenth Board Meeting of De Lorean Motor Cars Limited |url=https://www.deloreanmuseum.org/bod18.html |website=DeLorean Museum |access-date=7 September 2021 |ref=bod18 |pages=2 |date=October 30, 1979}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Lander |first1=D. H. |title=Managing Director's Report No.35 |url=https://www.deloreanmuseum.org/bod36.html |website=DeLorean Museum |access-date=7 September 2021 |ref=bod36 |pages=2 |date=April 22, 1981}}</ref>{{refn|The DMC-12 designation was a pre-production moniker and was not used in official sales or marketing material for the production car.|group=note}}) was the only car produced by DMC. Reception was mixed. Although the vehicle had a waiting list of prospective buyers prior to its release, the list price of $25,000 (approximately {{inflation|US|25000|1981|r=-3|fmt=eq}}) was prohibitive for most of the market—especially for what many considered an under-powered and impractical plaything.{{by whom|date=October 2023}} "It's not a barn burner," observed ''Road & Track'', "(with) a 0–60&nbsp;mph time of 10.5 seconds. Frankly, that's not quick for a sports/GT car in this price category." The stainless steel body panels were attractive and impervious to corrosion, but the sheen surface tended to show fingerprints and meant the car could not be easily painted; every DeLorean looked identical. Some dealerships painted their cars to make them distinctive. DMC tested translucent paint for different color options while allowing the stainless steel grain to show through, but no cars were sold with factory painted body panels. The only factory option initially available was automatic transmission. A grey interior was offered later in 1981 as an alternative to the standard black. Accessories such as pinstriping and luggage racks provided further individuality.<ref>[http://www.babbtechnology.com/thecar/misc.htm Misc. Information / Pictures].</ref>

A DeLorean was prominently featured in the 1985 film ''[[Back to the Future]]'' and its two sequels, in which it was converted into a [[time travel|time machine]]. The [[DeLorean time machine]] entered popular culture and played a major role in the continued popularity of the model.<ref name=PopMech-2015-10-21>{{cite magazine |url= https://www.popularmechanics.com/culture/movies/a17862/back-to-the-future-time-machines-schematics/ |title= Here Are the Schematics For the 'Back to the Future' DeLorean Time Machine |author=Limer, Eric |date= 21 October 2015 |magazine= Popular Mechanics }}</ref><ref name=CNBC-2018-06-07>{{cite news |url= https://www.cnbc.com/2018/06/07/jay-leno-drives-a-750000-copy-of-the-back-to-the-future-delorean.html |title= This $750,000 replica of the 'Back to the Future' DeLorean looks great—there's just one problem |author=Blumberg, Yoni |date= 7 June 2018 |publisher= CNBC }}</ref>

===Concepts===

====DMC-24====
The '''DMC-24''' was a proposal for a 4-seater [[sedan (automobile)|sedan]] retaining the general shape and gull-wing doors of the DeLorean. Several designs were drafted. One design, a 2-door, had the doors and cabin of the DeLorean stretched to allow rear entry and rear seating. Another design had a separate set of rear doors. The 4-door design was produced as a rolling mock-up by [[ItalDesign]], based on the [[Lancia Medusa]] concept car. The bill for the ItalDesign version was unpaid by DMC, and ItalDesign modified it to become the [[Lamborghini Marco Polo]] concept car.<ref name="Jalopnik-2013-04-11">{{cite web |url= https://jalopnik.com/the-proposed-delorean-sedan-is-as-coke-tastically-80s-472089598 |title= The Proposed DeLorean Sedan Is As Coke-Tastically '80s As You'd Imagine |author=Petrány, Máté  |date= 11 April 2013 |publisher= Jalopnik }}</ref><ref name="Jalopnik-2018-09-14">{{Cite episode |title=The Only Custom Built 4-Seat "DMC-24" DeLorean |episode-link= |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rzRUjJfKZLI |access-date= |series=Build of the Week |series-link= |author=<!--Not stated--> |work=Jalopnik |network=YouTube |date=14 September 2018 |season=1 |number=1 }}</ref><ref name="DeLoreanMuseum-DMC24sketches">{{cite web |url= https://www.deloreanmuseum.org/dmc-24-sketches.html |title= Dmc-24 sedan sketches |website= The DeLorean Museum |date= 2018 }}</ref><ref name="Jalopnik-2013-04-12">{{cite web |url= https://jalopnik.com/the-secret-history-of-the-delorean-that-became-a-lambor-472631160 |title= The Secret History Of The DeLorean That Became A Lamborghini Sedan |author=Petrány, Máté  |date= 12 April 2013 |publisher= Jalopnik }}</ref>

====DMC-44====
The '''DMC-44''' was a proposal for a lightweight [[Four-wheel drive|4×4]] [[off-road vehicle]] using the [[drivetrain]] and other components from the [[Polski Fiat 126p]].<ref name="wills-dmc44">{{cite book |last1=Wills |first1=Barrie |title=John Z, the Delorean & Me: Tales from an Insider |date=2015 |publisher=DeLorean Garage | page=103}}</ref> The design is similar to the French [[Lohr Fardier]] paratrooper utility vehicle and DeLorean brought one to their headquarters for study.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Branch |first1=Ben |title=John DeLorean's 1976 Lohr Fardier 4×4 Is For Sale |url=https://silodrome.com/john-delorean-lohr-fardier-4x4/ |website=Silodrome |date=8 November 2022 |access-date=2023-01-01}}</ref> A tubular steel frame prototype was produced, and the company produced a promotional video to attract investors to the project. There would have been two versions; one a dedicated off-roader, the other road legal.<ref name=Jalopnik-2013-04-11/><ref name=DMC44promo>Archived at [https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211211/XtYgS2_S88Y Ghostarchive]{{cbignore}} and the [https://web.archive.org/web/20140321182831/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XtYgS2_S88Y Wayback Machine]{{cbignore}}: {{cite video |author= DeLorean Motor Company |publisher= DeLorean Museum |work= YouTube |title= DMC-44 - The DeLorean off-road vehicle|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XtYgS2_S88Y |date= 1979 }}{{cbignore}}</ref><ref name=Jalopnik-2017-03-10>{{cite web |url= https://jalopnik.com/delorean-once-considered-building-this-amazing-tiny-off-1793160961 |title= DeLorean Once Considered Building This Amazing Tiny Off-Road Vehicle |author=Torchinsky, Jason |date= 10 March 2017 |publisher= Jalopnik }}</ref>

====DMC-80====
The '''DMC-80''' was a proposal for a bus which was mooted in the fall of 1981, with a variety of 6-cylinder engines and transmissions. The company produced a promotional brochure for public transit corporations. The bus would have been an Americanized German low-floor bus produced in the United States.<ref name=Jalopnik-2013-04-11/><ref name=DeloreanMuseum-DMC80brochure>{{cite web |url= https://www.deloreanmuseum.org/dmc-80-brochure.html |title= Dmc-80 Bus Brochure |website= The DeLorean Museum |date= 2018 }}</ref><ref name=DMC80brochure>{{cite book |url= http://www.babbtechnology.com/Collect/DMC80/index.htm |title= DeLorean DMC-80 Brochure |format= DeLorean Motor Company |publisher= Babb Technology }}</ref>

==Notes==
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==References==
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==Further reading==
* John Z. DeLorean, Ted Schwarz, ''Delorean'', Zondervan (1985), {{ISBN|0-310-37940-7}}
* Ivan Fallon, [[James Srodes]], ''Dream Maker: The Rise and Fall of John Z Delorean'' (1985), {{ISBN|0-399-12821-2}}
* William Haddad, ''Hard Driving : My Years with John DeLorean'' (1985), {{ISBN|0-394-53410-7}}
* J Lamm, ''DeLorean Stainless Steel Illusion'', 2nd edition (2003), {{ISBN|0-9744141-0-7}}
* R. M. Clarke, ''Delorean 1977–1995 Gold Portfolio'' (D1995), {{ISBN|1-85520-331-6}}
* Brownlow, Graham. ''[http://www.quceh.org.uk/uploads/1/0/5/5/10558478/wp14-09.pdf Soft Budget Constraints and Regional Industrial Policy: Reinterpreting the Rise and Fall of De Lorean]'', [[Queen's University Belfast]], October 2014
* {{in lang|it}} Granturismo Group S.r.l., ''Granturismo'' #6 (January–March, 2005), {{ISSN|1721-1271}}
* {{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vJ8iswEACAAJ |title=John Z, the Delorean and Me: ... Tales from an Insider |last=Wills |first=Barrie |year=2015 |publisher=DeLorean Garage |isbn=978-0985657888 |language=en|ref=none}}
* {{cite book |first1= Chris | last1= Parnham |first2= Andrew | last2= Withers |title= DeLorean Celebrating the Impossible |year= 2014| publisher= DeLorean Motor Cars (1978) Ltd.| isbn= 978-0-9928594-0-4}}

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