1982 DeLorean DMC-12 - Driving the Car of Dreams | AutoMoments 

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Memories of cars like that are so special. It's amazing how cars inspire so much wonder!

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You are welcome!!!. This is one of my favorite "Dream cars" of all times.

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Hahaha. John DeLorean was certainly a "Shakespearean" character. Thanks for watching!

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Thank you! The cut-outs are partially the result of the bar that goes down the center of the roof for the gullwing doors. But yeah, it's a tight space in there.

AutoMoments ah. That's how come. I see the cut outs also with the gull wing door in the open position. Ty!

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Yes! He's fascinating, isn't he! Thanks for watching!

Why thank you! :)

Thanks! It was certainly interesting to drive!

They're not exactly cheap you know.

@@redey1290 ...but neither are they expensive. If you were planning on a Porsche Cayman as your play thing, this is well within range. If you buy a DeLorean for $25-$30,000 in well cared for, albeit inevitably aged condition, and put another $20,000* into replacing the bits that aged with new parts, you'll have a modern, reliable, beautiful DeLorean. *note: if you're mechanically inclined, you can save $10,000 on the labor of the restoration. And, yes-- 35-year old cars need a certain amount of restoration, regardless of how well cared for it's been.

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@dcanmore I had the PRV 2.7 V6 in my '77 Volvo 264GL and found it to be a great engine - even in it's North American-tune. At that time Renault was using it in their Formula 1 cars and squeezing 600 horsepower from it. So, it was a very versatile engine with almost limitless possibilities - given the proper modifications. A very under-appreciated and misunderstood engine.

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Haha, the owner is a big Back to the Future fan! Thanks for watching!

I guess you are not the only Back to the Future fan here :D

We've seen one in person before. They're quite interesting. Thanks for watching!

Lee Vogel a british guy in texas owns the delorean now google delorean motor company

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Good point; there were a lot of American V8s that were a lot bigger but made similar horsepower (albeit with more torque.) That said, you'd expect an expensive sports car to have more horsepower than a Ford LTD... Either way, good think modern technology has made it easier to get more speed out of these engines! Thanks for watching!

He's a fascinating person for sure. Hopefully the car world will never forget him. Thanks for watching!

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Wow! That's interesting. What were they like?

AutoMoments we leased about 90 acres of his 500 acre lot on lamington farm in bedminster nj. We lived in an old Dutch farm house. JD would mostly keep to himself, but allowed us to ride atv's on his property. Whenever Katherine came to visit from LA (mom had custody. Zach lived with JD, but he was much older than us and never wanted to hang out with us 12 yr olds) we would always be invited over to play with her. JD lived in a gigantic mansion that we all used to run around an play hide and go seek in. Katherine was a little immature and awkward, and a little spoiled, but never mean. I remember she was really into new kids on the block at the time and we made fun of her all the time for that. As we got older, she spent more and more time with her mom, and we all went to college. When I graduated, JD had gone belly up, trump bought the property and hired my dad to make it into a golf course. Now my childhood home is Trump National Golf Club in Bedminster. And my dad makes golf courses for the Donald from Scotland to California. You know, pretty standard stuff.

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Wow, that's awesome! They really are fascinating cars. Thanks for watching!

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It's a depression in the interior top part of the door. The roofline is extremely low, feels clostrafobic with those tiny window openings. Doors take some effort to pull shut.

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That enormous tunnel down the center of the cabin is very disorienting. But you're absolutely right about the doors! Thanks for watching!

Other than the latch, the doors make absolutely no sound when they open. That was added by the foley artists in Back to the Future.

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In a lot of ways it's a great looking but poorly executed car--but a cult classic, no doubt! Thanks for watching!

Poorly executed? How so?

The design and engineering problems the company had trying to build such a futuristic car caused a lot of problems. It originally would have handled better, cost less, and had more horsepower, but when development costs got out of control they had to scale back their ambitions. Starting a car company from scratch is really hard to do, even if you're John DeLorean! Haha.

I agree. He should've had someone to help with financial aspect of it, someone who's good with money.

It was a little cramped, but the owner was a pretty tall guy and he never complained about having enough room. It's always a little tricky driving a car for the first time, especially one that's worth a lot of money... Thanks for watching! We're glad you liked the video.

yupitellwhut Its not to bad. Takes a few miles to get used to how low you sit and the view but overall, its not cramped. John Z. was 6'4" and practically built around him. You really do get a cockpit like feel and the interior is very comfy on long drives. I drive mine twice a week to work which is 164 miles round trip and the interior is a perfect place to be. I have owned mine for 13 years and driven many others and they're never boring!

Thanks for watching! And yeah, you're right, it's more of a mini-documentary than a test drive. Haha

Yes, yes you are. There are (4) lugs on all four wheels.

You trippin son

The car got excellent reviews for his handling considering the fact the front end had to be raised for a bumper height standard that never came into effect. Honestly the car was not slow because up against the Corvette it was 1.4 2nd slower so that's not bad considering the Corvette of 1981 had 60hp more.

Cool! Haha. Be sure to keep it out of the rain. Thanks for watching!

Really? Provide sources.

@@MikeyRB77 support.delorean.com/kb/a30/improving-handling-and-lowering-the-delorean.aspx

Musk has certainly made it a lot farther than DeLorean did. DeLorean sold thousands of cars, Tesla has sold hundreds of thousands. Although, it's hard to beat the DMC-12's coolness factor. Thanks for watching!