Re: DeLorean mentioned in Magazine

[DMCVegas@xxxx]

--- In dmcnews@xxxx, "ian" <ian@xxxx> wrote:
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> I quote the last sentences ...
> 
> " He insisted on the gullwing doors which caused major engineering 
problems
> and the car was pretty horrible. It was terrible to drive. Making 
cars
> requires huge reserves of capital which he simply didn't have. I 
really
> wanted it to be a success."
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That's odd. I belive in the book "Dream Maker", Giugiaro was quoted 
as saying that he just looked at the DeLorean as 'just another one of 
his designs'. In fact the only thing that he did like about the 
DeLorean was the "Uniform Concept" of every car comming off the 
production line looking the same with minimal options. Other than 
that, it was said that Giugiaro didn't see anything special about the 
DeLorean at all.

I suppose if you're surrounded by Espirts, and other exotic cars, 
yeah, the DeLorean may seem like a step down. To be honest, that 
comment about "engineering problems" is kind of an insult. The only 
thing the doors needed to get the quirks out were the guide blocks. 
And DMC had plenty of capitol. Granted it just didn't manage it 
optimaly. To be fair, let's not also forget that Giugiaro is also the 
guy responsible for the Hyundai Excel. And if you really want a good 
example of a company that didn't have proper capitol to operate, take 
a look at another Giugiaro related car; Daewoo.

-Robert
vin 6585