RE: [doc] An excerpt from "Crap Cars" by Richard Dredge

["Chris Parnham" <chrisparnham1@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Yes,
Jason Barlow, he's from N.I. and likes the car. 
 
Best regards
Chris Parnham
DOC 2
RHD  vin 12173  "Gully"
BTTF vin  20049 "Backy"
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Subject: [doc] An excerpt from "Crap Cars" by Richard Dredge
 
#37 on a list of 50...why do all UK automotive "journalists" seem to
hate the DeLorean? Is there one who does like the car that I am
unaware of?

James Espey
DMC (Texas)

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DELOREAN DMC-12 (1981-1983)

John Z. DeLorean spent much of the 1960s and early 1970s working for
GM, where he created cars such as the legendary Pontiac GTO. That's
the sort of cool stuff you get to do when you're a handsome cowboy
figure and your middle name starts with a Z. The trouble started when
John Z. got sick of working for The Man and decided to create his own
"ethical" sports car. Originally his "ethics" revolved around
environmental friendliness, although this soon gave way to the rather
less ethical business of persuading the British government to give him
enormous bags of cash so he could set up a brand-new factory in
Northern Ireland. The end result was, frankly, dismal. Sure that
stainless steel body looked good, at least until it got covered in
fingerprints, but the build quality was appalling and that 2.8-liter
V6 engine was so weak it would struggle to pull a hobo off your
sister. DMC-12 sales were dismal, falling rapidly to zero when John Z.
got caught in a doomed money laundering sting and had to shut his car
factory forever. The car did rise again as the star of the movie Back
to the Future, although even in 1955 they'd probably have noticed it
was a broken promise.

IF THIS CAR WAS ... A REAL TIME MACHINE, MAYBE THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT
COULD GO GET THEIR MONEY BACK. 





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