The story of John DeLorean and his now infamous DeLorean Motor Corporation seems almost too Hollywood scripted to be even remotely plausible. The youngest ever division head at GM had decided to go it alone and create an all-new automobile manufacturer to build an all-new car – the now iconic steel DMC-12.
What happened next has all the hallmarks of a script that’d be picked up by the likes of Steven Soderbergh, re-written by Aaron Sorkin and turned into a fast-paced heist film set to a soundtrack of late-70s disco. This film is an excellent look back at the story of DeLorean, as an added bonus it’s presented by former Formula 1 driver and current Irishman, Eddie Irvine.
Ben has had his work featured on CNN, Popular Mechanics, Smithsonian Magazine, Road & Track Magazine, the official Pinterest blog, the official eBay Motors blog, BuzzFeed, and many more.
Silodrome was founded by Ben back in 2010, in the years since the site has grown to become a world leader in the alternative and vintage motoring sector, with millions of readers around the world and many hundreds of thousands of followers on social media.
This article and its contents are protected by copyright, and may only be republished with a credit and link back to Silodrome.com - ©2021
Related Posts
Whiskey Peaks – Glasses With Topographic Impressions Of The Rocky Mountains
This set of four glasses from Whiskey Peaks each has a topographic impression of the Rocky Mountains in its base, with a different mountain for each glass. They’re individually blown by hand to achieve…
Read More
The Fiat 8V Coupé – The Only Fiat Ever Fitted With A V8
The Fiat 8V was a revolutionary design that lit up the motoring press when it was first shown to the public at the 1952 Geneva Motor Show. The sleek new Italian GT car featured an…
Read More
A Rare Factory-Red Jaguar D-Type – Britain’s Le Mans-Dominating Supercar
The Jaguar D-Type is perhaps most notable for the fact that it was a car designed using some cutting edge aircraft technology (in the 1950s) that would defeat all who came before it at…
Read More
A Restomod WW2-Era Military Dodge WC Power Wagon With A 4BT Cummins Turbo Diesel Engine
This is a significantly restomodded WW2-era Military Dodge Power Wagon from 1941 – the first year of direct involvement of the United States in the Second World War. Whereas the military Power Wagon, called…
Read More
Twin-Engined 4×4 Desert Racing Prototype: Alfa Romeo Alfasud Ti Bimotore 4×4 Wainer
This is the 1974 Alfa Romeo Alfasud Ti Bimotore 4×4 Wainer, it was developed at Alfa Romeo as a potential desert racer for the Italian company, to take part in brutal off-road events like the African…
Read More
Monster Underneath – A BMW E9 With An S54 M3 Engine Producing 300+ BHP
Although it looks mostly stock from 20 paces, this BMW 2800 CSA has been completely rebuilt – it’s now powered by an E46 M3 S54 engine with 300+ bhp and not a single, nut,…
Read More
