Being an owner of Bentleys for the last 31 years and as well as a "Life Time Member" to the Rolls-Royce and Bentley Owners Club .... I believe the British government should have saved both marques by supporting these two companies that was that was once under their Empire. These two companies have produced the British finest motorcars since early 1900s and they were always used in England as well as abroad in every colony as a mark of respect and prestige. After all, the Queen and her family still parade and ride in the several RR and Bentley custom built for them. If DeLorean and the DMC-12 was a success, can you imagine a member of royalty driving a DeLorean? As far as I am concern, the DeLorean DMC-12 is a motorcar of Ireland/England no matter what.... failure or success. Kayo Ong #5508 Lic 9D NY ======================================================= In a message dated 7/7/03 10:33:38 PM Eastern Daylight Time, webmaster@xxxx writes: We get a lot of that over here. Questions like "so how much of this car do I own?" are fairly commonplace and get filed under the same heading as "Flux capacitor jokes". The standard response is to point out the many millions more the government squandered on British Leyland. Ask them if they'd like to own any car made by British Leyland, 20 years on. Martin DeLorean Motors UK