The Rise and Fall of the DeLorean Motor Company
Before It's fame grew after the Back To The Future movies, DeLorean was a company forgotten. How did the company run by the most successful GM executive fall into the abyss that is the graveyard of car startups? The story of the DeLorean might not seem as exciting as traveling through time, but it is a story about wars, famine, drug trafficking, and possible framing for a crime John DeLorean did not commit. This and more on this episode of Good Company.
About DeLorean Motor Company
The DeLorean Motor Company (DMC) was an American automobile manufacturer formed by automobile industry executive John DeLorean in 1975. It produced just one model, from early 1981 to late 1982—the stainless steel DeLorean sports car featuring gull-wing doors. Its history was brief and turbulent, ending in receivership and bankruptcy in 1982. In October 1982, John DeLorean was videotaped in a sting operation agreeing to bankroll drug trafficking, but was acquitted at the subsequent trial on the b...
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