Re: [DML] A disservice to our car

[Martin Gutkowski <webmaster@xxxx>]

Welcome to the world of Quentin "slap-head" Willson. He's the single 
largest source of misinformation on the DeLorean in the whole world. For 
some reason, he has a chip on his shoulder about the car. The largest 
bug-bear was the UK TV show The Car's The Star, in which not ONE good 
word was given on the car, and a hell of a lot of half-truths and 
downright un-truths were given. Subsequently I've seen TCTS on the 
Edsel, and Quents was very complimentary of its "collectableness" today. 
I spend an inordinate amount of time at shows correcting people's 
"knowledge" of the D, all down to people watching or reading Quentin.

If I ever meet him, I'll hardly be able to resist thumping him.

There's a LOT more about him on my website here:

http://www.delorean.co.uk/other.html

(see "Mirror Article" and "The Car's the Star")

Interestingly, on other car shows, even Quentin's "colleagues" from 
BBC's Top Gear (Jeremy Clarkson, Tiff Needell) have given the DeLorean 
an approving nod.

Martin
#1458
DOC UK


DHughes030@xxxx wrote:

> In Sam's Club yesterday, I picked up a very beautifully illustrated book. 
> It's title was "Car's: A Celebration." Curious, I turned to the 'D" section 
> to find the DeLorean. There were two great pictures surrounded by negative 
> captions and balloons. The author, Quentin Willson, inaccurately described 
> every flaw the car had and had not one good thing to say about the car or 
> John Z. DeLorean.
> I flipped through the book to see what he had to say about other unsuccessful 
> cars, the Edsel in particular. None of them including the edsel got the 
> shameful treatment that he gave the DMC. Does anyone know who this guy is? 
> And what burr he has under his saddle with regards to the DMC?
> Don VIN # 6860