DeLorean is plotting a comeback as well as is readying a new electric sports car, which will be exposed at this year’s Pebble beach Concours d’Elegance on 21st August.
DeLorean previously released the below teaser video on Twitter as well as YouTube to reveal the arrival of the new EV, which the firm is establishing with Italdesign – the styling home that penned the original DMC-12.
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Speaking on the Italdesign collaboration, DeLorean advertising manager Troy Beetz said: “We are extremely excited that the next development of the DeLorean brand will be represented by our storied partnership with Italdesign as well as a vehicle that will showcase our vision for the future”.
Whether it’ll be a totally new design or just a conversion set to electrify the traditional DMC-12 is yet to be confirmed. From the teaser video, the new design has the exact same windscreen shape, long bonnet as well as gullwing doors as the silver screen icon. This prototype likewise appears to share the exact same cleaned stainless steel bodywork as its elderly relative.
DeLorean has changed a couple of things up, though – namely the car’s front end. It appears like there’s a somewhat different grille as well as a new badge which runs the full width of the car. The headlights seem to have been swapped for narrower units to make area for the new grille.
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The biggest modification is set to be the powertrain. The original vehicle was powered by a 2.8-litre V6 engine, which established 130bhp as well as 207Nm of torque. And, while the powertrain for this reborn design still hasn’t been confirmed, it’s all however specific to be electric – the business utilized the #ElectricVehicle hashtag in its Twitter announcement.
The original DeLorean DMC-12 discovered its fame in the 1980s sci-fi film franchise, Back to the Future. However, while the vehicle ended up being a big-screen legend, the business that developed it faded into the annals of history, folding only a couple of years into the car’s production run after a spate of monetary issues as well as production difficulties.
DeLorean (at least as a nameplate) just recently discovered its feet once again thanks to Stephen Wynne. Back in 1995, he bought up the rights, branding as well as staying parts stock for the firm as well as set up a new personal business headquartered in Texas with the aim of supporting the existing network of owners with parts as well as servicing.
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