Re: [DML] British or American?

["robert parker" <roberthparker@xxxx>]

Indeed, the Studebaker/Avanti was built in Canada for a time, but it is 
STILL "labeled" as an American car (for insurance purposes, etc.) I 
don't understand. Drive Stainless Robert VIN 6924


From: Louie Golden <louie@xxxx>
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Subject: Re: [DML] British or American?
Date: Wed, 8 Oct 2003 07:59:53 -0700 (PDT)

The DeLorean is a dang mutt that defies labels... haha! As you know John 
DeLorean is American, but the car finally ended up being built in N. 
Ireland. Much of the cars development work was done by Lotus in England. The 
car uses a varient of Lotus' famed backbone chassis, and employs Lotus' VARI 
process for the cars underbodies. The car uses the PRV-6 engine and a 
Renault transaxle... both of these are French. I believe the stainless came 
from Germany... the list goes on. DeLorean Motor Company had offices in 
America (New York), and in N. Ireland. The company had totally Irish 
assembly line workers, and many of the high ranking people in the company 
were English and Irish as well. Many more were also American. So it's really 
hard to pin down just what to call the DeLorean car, and the company. The 
company started out in the US, but ended up building their cars in N. 
Ireland. They could have ended up building in Puerto Rico or even Detroit 
had luck been on their side. So the easiest way for me to classify the 
DeLorean is to say it was built in N. Ireland... I avoid labelling the 
company itself.

Louie Golden
VIN- Coming Again Soon

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