For John DeLorean's own personal handwritten response to this question, check out the link to Tamir's site. http://www.entermyworld.com/johnz/quest.html I think this is the definitive answer from the man who would know. -Patrick C. 1880 --- In dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "Videobob Moseley" <videobob@xxxx> wrote: > Bacause, believe it or not...the car was SUPPOSED to sell for $12,000 to > compete with the > going price of the Corvette at the time. > As you know this didn't happen and the price not only doubled and on top of > that > they dropped most of the features that originally was the concept of the car > such as the airbags. The original name of the car was "DeLorean Safety > Vehicle". > This was a direct rip-off of the Bricklin SV-1, or "Safety Vehicle One", > which was another > gullwinged car that was made completely out of acrylic and had a large > bumper in the front. > > You should really buy a book from http://www.delorean.com called "Stainless > Steel Illusion" > and it will answer most of thoose questions. > - VB > > > >From: Chris Gosser <shadow_ranger2004@xxxx> > >Reply-To: dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > >To: dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > >Subject: [DML] The 12 In DMC-12 > >Date: Thu, 25 Aug 2005 21:33:27 -0700 (PDT) > > > >hey All > > > >I Was Wondering What Does The 12 In DMC-12 Mean? > > > >Could You Ask Around For Me? > > > >Chris > > > >__________________________________________________ > >Do You Yahoo!? > >Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around > >http://mail.yahoo.com > > > >[Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > > > > > > > >To address comments privately to the moderating team, please address: > >moderators@xxxx > > > >For more info on the list, tech articles, cars for sale see www.dmcnews.com > > > >To search the archives or view files, log in at > >http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dmcnews > >Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > > > > > > To address comments privately to the moderating team, please address: moderators@xxxxxxxxxxx For more info on the list, tech articles, cars for sale see www.dmcnews.com To search the archives or view files, log in at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dmcnews Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dmcnews/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: dmcnews-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/