A car that matches this description is/was in the possession of Lotus as recently as 1997. The DMC UK website featured it in their newsletter - very sad condition. James Espey DeLorean Motor Company Houston, Texas 281/568-9573 800/USA-DMC1 http://www.usadmc.com At 10:12 PM -0500 7/17/99, Delorean17@xxxx wrote: >Hello list, > I have recently been working on my DeLorean site and would like to >add a section on the prototype DeLorean. I am referring to the DeLorean that >was used by Car and Driver for the road test in 1977 and that is on the cover >of the"DeLorean Gold Portfolio" book. It features different wheels, brown >interior and a slightly different shape. (I am NOT talking about the >pre-production car that only has a 4 cylinder engine.) Does anyone on the >list know where this car is at or have any information concerning it? Any >information would be greatly appreciated. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ To address comments privately to the moderating team, please address moderator@xxxx