In a message dated 10/20/2003 6:47:27 AM Eastern Daylight Time, dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx writes: Jack, thats really a good question. I have thought about that before, and in my opinion, I just guess the name "DeLorean" stands out more for publicity reasons (especially because it carries the name of its creator, who was creating a lot of hype with this car), because after all, "DMC-12" doesnt say much, and its not a very catchy name. Regards, John C. > Just a thought: Calling the first car "The Delorean" in ads, etc, and > having the company named Delorean Motor Car, does anyone else find > this odd, especially thinking about future models at that time? > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]