Re: [doc] An excerpt from "Crap Cars" by Richard Dredge
[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index]
Re: [doc] An excerpt from "Crap Cars" by Richard Dredge
- From: Martin Gutkowski <martin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 20 Nov 2005 10:26:27 +0000
I think the upcoming article in Practical Classics will be a good one -
but you know abou that one already, James :-)
It winds me up when "journalists" bash the car never having actually
driven one. I think if you narrow it down to those who have, and still
don't like it, I can think of Quentin Willson... generally the comments
I've seen on TV are "good... shame it's not more powerful"
The article Robin Simpson did with his D vs a Lotus Esprit was a very
good one. I think there was a comment of "still not fast enough" even
with our Stage 1 (when compared to the Esprit) but still a "very good
driver's car" rings in my memory.
Martin
James wrote:
>#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)
>
>--------------------
>
>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.
>
>
>
>
>
>
DOC UK Website: www.deloreans.co.uk
Unsubscribe: doc-uk-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
** Unless otherwise stated, all messages posted to the group are assumed public and may be printed in the club magazine **
YAHOO! GROUPS LINKS
Back to the Home of PROJECT VIXEN