X1/9 and Delorean

addictedpunk

addictedpunk

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Some dude at work has one and he ended up parking next to me. Got a good chance at admiring the similarities between these two cars. I see a lot of X1/9 influence in the Delorean.

IIRC, someone on here has a few pictures of the X1/9 mule car that Delorean used to make his vision a reality. Also, there was a picture of John Delorean sitting on his desk or something with a design picture of an X1/9 behind him. Anyway, enjoy.
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Delorean's handle like your moms station wagon, but with less power. Unless your classic car goal in life is to impress parking valets avoid the things. (Ok, those doors are lovely!)

I actually purchased one at an auction for a ludicrously low price due to a hung up driver door and low battery. The car's body was nearly perfect. But that PRV engine and poor handling left me cold. After fixing it up I sold it about 6 months later.
 
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I've also heard of comparisons between the Lancia Scorpion and Delorean. If you look at those two side by side there is a strong resemblance in design style as well. However the whole "wedge" look was very popular around the time many of these cars were created.

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It's an English design based on the Lotus Esprit (Giugaro?). Most of the car is fiberglass. The stainless steel is cosmetics and the reason it weighs so much. John Z and Colin were buddies. Colin was being indicted when he conveniently died of a massive heart attack.
 
When I was a little kid in the early '70s there was a really cool car called the Bricklin. It had these crazy gullwing doors I'd never seen before. I thought Malcolm Bricklin was the coolest guy in the world. The truth was a little less flattering. Then in high school there was all this talk about a new gullwing car John DeLorean was going to build. I thought John DeLorean was the coolest guy in the world. The truth was a little less flattering. I was likewise enamored when I met Carlos Ghosn while working at Renault. That guy was the coolest executive in the world. Yet again...the truth has recently become a little less flattering. I'm almost afraid to say that I think Elon Musk is the coolest guy in the world...

At least Lido Iaccoca was the real deal.
 
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