Please read Stainless Steel Illusion page 28 it states that it was initiallly known as De Lorean DSV-12 by the design caucus then shortened to DMC-12. The design team named it for the 12th design.... NJP548@xxxx wrote: > In a message dated 1/4/00 3:09:30 PM Eastern Standard Time, jsinger@xxxx > writes: > > << dmc12 stands for the 12th design provided by the designer. > >> > > Jack, > > I'm sorry to say that you are wrong with that statement. Rob is correct. > The model name DMC-12 was because the car was supposed to sell for $12,000. > I know this is a fact because if you look on Tamir's web page (forget the URL > at the moment) and you go to the section where he met with John Z. DeLorean, > there is a questionnaire that he had Mr. DeLorean fill out and the very first > question was what made up the model name of DMC-12. Mr. DeLorean said that > it was because of the price they wanted to sell the cars for, but because the > exchange rate for the British pound went up from 1.40 to 2.40, the price of > the DeLorean had to go up. Hope that helps. Happy New Year Everyone!! > > Later, > Nick > VIN#1852 > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Before posting messages or replies, see the posting policy rules at: > www.dmcnews.com/Admin/rules.html > > To address comments privately to the moderating team, please address: > moderator@xxxx > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > -- 20 megs of disk space in your group's Document Vault > -- http://www.egroups.com/docvault/dmcnews/?m=1