Greetings from Belfast. I remember when it all happened. I was a young boy and these were made just up the road from me near Dunmurry. My neighbour worked there polishing the stainless steel bodywork.

I saw a De Lorean at a car event that had been cleverly converted to an ev by a wind energy company.The take off speed was phenomenal and was capable of 150 miles range.We had to queue to see the De Lorean whereas the supercars barely got a second glance.Brings a whole new meaning to 'Back to the Future'.

It's a shame it didn't work out. Not just because I think the cars pretty cool, but the people who built it deserved for this to succeed. The factory really did bring the local people together, and in the Thatcher years of unemployment and poverty, it really gave the employees a sense of pride, and showed there was a lot more to them than the daily violence the news insisted on focusing on..

Probably the only review on the Delorean without mentioning Back to the Future! I think without that film there wouldn't be the hype there is now about the car...

The DeLorean was hurt by many things, emissions, US standards that required the nose to be lifted ruining the handling, poor build quality, poor management ect. By the time the kinks were worked out and before the Turbo variant could be released the company went bust. A very interesting car that lives on because of it's uniqueness and the Back to The Future franchise. Still love 'em tho, thanks for sharing 👍

It was infact sister of the lotus esprit. Both were designed by Giugiaro, both chassis and suspension were developped by Lotus. Both had a steel backbone chassis ( by lotus). But the Delorean was a rear engine car and the esprit a mid engined car. John Delorean and Colin Chapman disagreed on that one. Both have a glasfibre tub body. Delorean had a thin stainless steel shell over the glasfibre. I have pictures of my 1980 lotus esprit S2.2 next a 1982 delorean and the resemblance is really there. The PRV engine should have had at least its +150hp like in the alpine A310, but emission rules tuned it back to 130hp and less torque. Its weight with the extra stainless steel shell compared to the nimble light (first generation) esprits also didn't help. The flex in the body.... I think this isn't a problem and inherent to the lotus backbone design. Chapman didn't want these cars to be stiff by design and he really was a suspension magician... I think the weight distribution of the mid engined esprit also outclassed the rear engined delorean. But that was John Deloreans choice , and not Lotus ( Colin Chapman). In the end, The Delorean is a beautifull car, but not a real sportscar.

Nothing hugely wrong with Prv V6 - it was all the US emissions bumph it was equipped with that killed it. As others have mentioned it was used to good effect in the Alpine Renaults, Venturi Atlantique - and equipped with triple Weber's made the Talbot Tagora Sx quite a performer. The Delorean is a flawed compromised machine but then again the majority of the most intriguing cars made are. I'm sure you could actually dynamically modify a Delorean in to a very decent drive.

Hello Jack mate! As you said... "It would have been incredible" if it was released with a more appropriate engine... Well, let me tell you what it was like WITH a better engine! Because I KNOW! Back in the 80's I bought a DeLorean as a bank repossession with a blown engine... In fact the engine wasn't in the car at all, so I bought a "roller". And, it was Ferrari RED! Which was a "Dealer Installed" option, and very rare, as it needed special paint to adhere to the stainless steel body. Anyway, after buying the car, I discovered inside the car (along with the exhaust, starter, and various other parts stuffed in the cabin) a receipt from a shop. I called them, told them I was the owner of the car, and wanted my engine back. They hadn't done any work, as the owner hadn't given them the deposit, so I ran downtown Chicago and got the engine back. I pretty much had the entire engine, minus a few bits and pieces. So, I went about rebuilding it. After the rebuild, I was thoroughly disappointed with the performance, which one could describe (honestly) as anemic, to say the least. Its performance did not match the way the car looked. So, I took some measurements, and tried to figure out what exactly what would fit in the engine bay, and found that a GM 4.3L Vortec V6 should fit in there nicely! I found a wrecked GM truck, and bought the engine out of it. After a lot of faffing around, I had an engine adaptor plate made, and bolted to the engine, and it fit beautifully! At the time, one of my mates worked for a Performance Racing Shop, and was a brilliant TIG welder, and he welded me up a set of stainless steel equal length headers. It was tortuous, as we had the headers going towards the front of the car. Then once past the collectors, reversing in a nice "trombone" curve to the stainless steel "mufflers" (which didn't muffle much! :-) as it was a dual exhaust system with Superbike cans) I bought from SuperTrap. In all, it took more than 6 months to get everything right, but in the end I had a car which finally approached its looks, with its performance. The stock Vortec produced 195 bhp, and better yet, over 260 lb ft of torque, the midrange was great! IN STOCK FORM! I would imagine (as I never put it on a dyno) that with the tune, equal length headers, and pretty much unrestricted mufflers and MSD ignition, it would have been producing somewhere North of 200 bhp (225 bhp?), and maybe 300 Lb Ft of torque? Which really helped move the somewhat portly DeLorean with some serious alacrity! I had specifically bought the truck engine as it had stronger main bearings, and I wasn't sure what other mods I'd do. So, what was it like? Well, it felt like it always should have! It accelerated very quickly, but the sound.... Oh My Lord! It sounded BE-U-TI-FUL! The handling didn't change much at all, and was really helped out with a new set of Michelins (stiffer side walls), despite the Vortec being a little heavier (although maybe not too much as I'm sure my exhaust system was substantially lighter than stock system. It did have a tendency to get "tail happy" on exiting corners under power (in much the same way as a rear engine 911), but it was very controllable. It was a lovely car to own and drive, and turned heads everywhere it went. After that, I kept it for a year or so, but moved onto other projects and sold it. I often wondered if all that work held up over the years, maybe someone knows. Thanks for the honest appraisal of the stock DeLorean, as it wasn't a "Great" car. I'm sure it would have been much better if they had come with the HP with which they were originally envisioned (and suspension upgrades to match).

The PRV (Peugeot, Renault, Volvo) V6 in this engine was originally designed as a V8. Then the oil crisis came in 1972 and they cut of 2 cylinders - resulting in a 90 degree V6 which is quite uncommon for a V6 and giving it's rough running. Later a different crankshaft was fitted resulting in a better running culture. With a turbo it produced 220 HP in the Renault Alpine V6 turbo. Still not a lightweight sportscar engine, but at least with better punch. The engine was produced in North of France (Douvrin) in a factory called Française de Mécanique which was a joint venture between Peugeot and Renault. Today it's a Stellantis engine factory

Jack, Had mine for 22 years. Did you realise the steering wheel is adjustable for reach and angle? Best job is to decat (frees up about 20bhp) and cold air intake which gets rid of that corrugated pipe on the right hand side of the engine. Full European Spec. Prototypes were around 170bhp. Definitely a GT but it will press on because your very unlikely to be able to over power the handling and tyres at least in the dry. You will start to run out of brakes if you drive like a hooligan (Trip to Le Mans 24 Hr 😉). As the fronts are solid discs but lots of upgrades are available. The upside is that brake pads are really cheap…fronts are Ford Cortina and rears are DB5/XJS but with slightly bigger pistons in the callipers. Nice review 👍.

Glad you're still with us Jack. I've heard strange things can happen when you take one above 88mph.

Yes, the engine was lackluster, but what really killed it was the changes in US DOT regulations that had happened in the 70s and 80s. So the already borderline sufficient engine got de-tuned and choked with lots of emissions crap, and the suspension got lifted in the front to raise the headlights (just like US spec MGs of the period drive around with a stance that suggests the engine was removed). And the final nail in the coffin was that John DeLorean was a crap businessman and willing to do shady things. Tune up the suspension and swap out that Renault dog and its amazing how good these cars become. Also keep in mind this was the 80s, so if he'd have sourced Rover V8s (which are basically Buick V8s), I think these would have sold way better. In the US market at that time, people still equated performance with a V8.

Had a Renault 25 V6 Turbo years ago the thing was absolutely superb a big french rocket powered armchair , The PRV pulled like a train in that configuration.

Another stunning Giugiaro design. I’ve seen quite a few of these on the road and you are spot on, Jack. 40 years on and these are still breathtaking to see, despite knowing that they’re flawed in a lot of ways.

This 4-decades old car has fewer things faulty than a brand new Merc, BMW or Audi within 3 months of rolling off the production line. DeLorean is a beautiful car and is far more reliable than the buckets of vomit we now have to put up with.

It was developed in absolute record time... Build with all new technology... In a factory that did not already exist ... With a workforce that had never built cars before and were at a civil war outside the factory.. They had to start production to satisfy the stockholder not because the car was ready for production. That It came this far was actually amazing

I am so fortunate to have worked at an independent French car garage in the southeast US in the late 90s through the early 00s. We were Peugeot specialists and a Bosch authorized service center. Built hot 505 STXs based on the improved 2.8 liter PRV (Peugeot Renault Volvo) V6 that they were equipped with utilizing the short block from the bastard Eagle premiere sedans. Did you get those in the UK and Europe? They were a 3.0 liter PRV, transverse application. With the Pug heads, they made an estimated 220 HP. Required premium fuel. Had a Bosch referral '81 DeLorean with an aftermarket RayJay unintercooled installation. The engine was shot. I had no clue that the DeLorean used the PRV motor at that time, car was not even on my radar, they were so rare in the area. We ended up building a hybrid 3.0 for them. Had Cometic make some .050" thick head gaskets, dropped the boost to 8psi, tinkered with a 930 K-Jet control pressure regulator to get the AFRs into the safe zone and piggybacked both an MSD boost retard module and a Saab 99 Turbo water/meth injector to keep the engine alive. I've had my hands on some bizarre and spectacular builds over my career and this is foremost among them. IIRC, the turbo was a K26 clone. We knew nothing of water/air intercooler at the time. I couldn't afford a TIG, just knew what Should work, and fortunately, this build did. The engine outran the chassis and the brakes. Big time.

I remember being so excited when this car came out, as a car mad kid it had everything. I also remember seeing one for the first time on the road in the 80's. You just didn't see cars like this on the roads then! How times have changed, recently near Harrogate we saw 2 Ferraris and a GT3 in convoy, a Huracan on the road and a convoy of Caterhams! I wet my pants when i saw a Rolls Royce when i was a kid! Thanks for the film Jack, another winner.

Thanks Jack, an interesting 'what might have been'. Shame it didn't give the area the prosperity hoped for as well. Gull wing doors are always good to see!

Too many innovations and variables changed at once. Lotus had to work pretty hard to make the handling acceptable. DeLorean had done very well in the corporate environment at GM, but many executives who succeeded as corporate cogs failed in smaller companies where they had to show skills that minions had provided in MegaCorp.

Great content as always Jack, I think the Delorean is a great looking car and nothing can come close to it performance wise.... Obviously the car doesn't reach its true potential until 88 mph 😂👍

Great video, I haven't actually seen a Delorean video until yours today. I have seen them in flesh but never really thought about them. Thanks for showing us all :)

I think Delorean wanted to make a high-tech competitor for the Porsche 911, and instead ended up with a stainless steel bodied Renault (Alpine) A310. It was certainly better than contemporary TVRs, and more common in the U.S. target market than an A310, but hardly a 911.

I had a 1978 Volvo 265GL wagon. Roughly the same engine as the DeLorean, but only 2.7L. It went 250K miles, but put out very little power and sucked gas the entire time. Loved that car though

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Built just around the corner from me,I drive past the old factory and test track everyday.

A few things to consider. The PRV was an all aluminum V6, and it's not heavy as Jack claimed. The DeLorean was a product of the gas crisis, and like many cars of that period, suffered greatly from the newly required emissions reequipment which sapped ~15-30hp away from the PRV. At the time, it's competition like the Corvette, didn't fair much better at only 190hp, or the Porsche at 165hp. The late 70s-80s were the dark era of sports cars in the U.S. as the EPA tightened down on emissions and the gas crisis rid us of thirsty V8s. Jack spoke earlier of his love for early Esprits and how well they handed....well the Esprit was literally developed side-by-side the DMC12 using the same frame and suspension. Again, U.S. regulations at the time forced DeLorean to raise the bumper height of the car thus completely ruining the tuned suspension and drivability. But as someone who's owned both an Esprit and a DeLorean, I found the cars to be very similar in handling with the DMC for heavy in the back due to the engine being pushed to behind the rear axel (rear engine) vs. the Esprit which sits before the rear axel (mid engine).

Jack, watch the Netflix doc on the car and him and Colin Chapman. Your sat in an old lotus X chassis. According to the documentary he was a crook and the speed of development was down to funding issues and that resulted in the poor finished product. However the fact that there are now more across the world then when the factory shut down and you can buy brand new ones made from old stock in the US says something.

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I remember when DMC12 was relatively new on the market. It was undoubtedly an interesting car, but there were a number of other cars with roughly the same design (though without the spectacular doors) that were significantly better. Porsche had 924 and 928 S (944 came in 1982) are the models that come to mind first, but also cars like Honda Prelude, Toyota Celica/Supra, Datsun 280ZX, Mazda RX-7 and Alpine A310. The market was quite full and this was not to DMC's advantage either.

A completely accurate statement: 'The body is completely clad in stainless steel'. Unfortunately, therein lies one of its problems. There is actually a plastic body underneath the exterior panels so the car has 2 bodies, a product of the change in materials choice and production philosophy when the original ERM monocoque proved unworkable. That's the last thing you need when it's given only 130hp. And sales were never going to be stellar given the poor build quality and the competition in the market. An Alfa GTV6 was cheaper, slightly lighter and a lot more powerful, flakey build being offset by that wonderful Busso V6. Or you could have a Porsche 924, similar power but a lot lighter and sublime to drive, while if my memory is correct even the much faster 924 turbo was at about the same price point as the DMC-12. But at least it looks good, even today!

Dear Jack, Declan from Galway in Ireland here best wishes and best of health to your family.The De Lorean car yes was brilliant for its time and yes the engine just didn't match the car it needed more horses but it is a case of a good torquey engine at low and high revs and match it to a good gearbox and chassis,one quick question when de Lorean cars were produced were they all left hand side steering, best wishes hope you enjoyed the day driving such an iconic car cheers Declan 👍👍🙏🙏

I had a Porsche 944 and read up quite a bit about them. Porsche were looking for an engine for their 944 and looked at this engine....they didn't want it and made their own out of essentially half 928 engine.

The PRV engine wasn't actually a bad engine. The problem came when they strangled it for US emissions regulations. A certain Mr. Morgan from Newtown in Mid Wales has however done something about that.

Nice review Jack - thanks for not mentioning the unmentionable!

I had a Renault 25 with the turbo version of that engine with a sports exhaust like a drainpipe,it sounded great and had over 200 bhp so it would be easy enough to stick a turbo and sports exhaust on that and make a huge difference.

Jack I can't believe you didn't mention Flux capacitor or even the BTTF films - Shame the car did not drive as good as it looks.

The same engine went into Alpine (albeit with a Turbo) and did quite well. However it had quite a power hike and the plastic body helped. I seem to remember this engine in the R25 put out around 170bhp.

Lived in Dunmurry not far from the factory. Was a really big deal when it opened but the dream never fully materialised. My mate was on the door production line from day 1 until closure, he signed all doors he made on inside of outer panel, as did his colleagues on the line.

Great video Jack as always. All the best.

Quite a well known history of the DeLorean. Might I suggest udon a comparison of the modified versions seeing as now there are so many? Good work and like that you are local to me👍

Sounds just like my old Renault 9 did! 😮 I couldn't believe my ears! Great review of a car that had so much potential.

Spot on observation- It's a car with a split personality. As an owner, I always wonder how the car would have developed if DMC had stayed in business.

Hi Jack, Nice review. If I may add some constructive criticisms, I would like to see a bit more of the car itself: interior details, luggage compartment, some corky features etc😄

4:50 - the facial expression says it all. Funny you should mention what it might be like with a Busso V6 - the same thought occurred to me.

Thanks for this Jack. It's nice to have someone do an impartial assessment to this infamous and much maligned machine. Is a Bricklin next?

Very cool looking car. Nice video. Keep up the good work.

My favourite car , even had one as my wedding car. Nothing like it since. Great content

It’s the film that made this car cool! Like KITT you believed it could do everything it did when you saw it on Tv or in the film. Nice to see you review it Jack, pretty much confirmed what I thought it would be like.

Those Renault V6 engines were quite smooth and torquey in other applications. I remember a business contact in the trade managed to fit one of those engines and transaxles into the bed of a tiny Honda Acti-Van fusing the Renault driveshafts to the Honda items. It had a heavy weight added behind the axle and would not only go like a rocket but also pull wheelies up the road! The only issue of course was that the driveshafts kept snapping until the counterweight was removed🤦‍♂️

Richard at Electric Classic Cars has sorted the engine problem... got rid of that horrible V6 lump!

"Wait a minute Doc. Are you saying you built a time machine....out of a Renault," doesn't have the same ring to it does it? 🤣

The engine could have been made to develop more power. In 1973, BMW showed what could be done with the 2002 turbo and that was 8 years earlier and Lotus, who did development work for DeLorean, produced the Esprit Turbo only a year later in 1982. The problem was surely the transaxle which would not have withstood the torque. Porsche had a 3.3l turbo in 1978 with 300 BHP fed through a transaxle.

I always felt if the cars engine and drivetrain were more dramatic the car would have succeeded for atleast a few more years. People would've dealt with the initial build quality. I still think the design is great.

Hey Jack, John from Australia here. You should've driven the one with the Electro Tri-modulator charged Flux Capacitor, they go ok.

1981, 1982, and 1983 model years, with subtle changes taking place almost continuously throughout the production run.

I like the DeLorean. There is one that someone swapped the engine from a Renault Alpine Gta 2.9 biturbo and he is doing 350hp.. changes the car completely. Funny is you can still buy a new from the factory DeLorean today, build now, after the closure of the companyi n 1995, Stephen Wynne a UK mechanic based in thin in Texas bought all the inventory and rights of the DMC DeLorean and he has all the parts needed to bud new cars, what he does sometimes.

I had a very close up look at one in 1983 in Belfast docks awaiting export…..Fascinating looking car.

Your clips are simply amazing! The attention to detail you so cheerfully give is on display in all of your clips. Keep up the great work Jack. Btw, they deserve the flack for the pathetic engine they used, especially considering the blown out costs ;)

Top notch content, as usual

Also, a close friend of mine, back in community college *_*without me asking gave me her '90 Honda Accord LX_** . It had *_*125HP_** -for even UNcar guys out there that still know some stuff about cars... yeah, an early 80s Delorean vs a 1990 Honda Accord LX mearly having FIVE less horsepower is a shocking comparison to me come to think of it. I think I'd rather have my Accord back- BUT, with a load of work done for it that I couldn't even afford when I had it.

I lived 'down the road' in Lisburn and frequently saw the prototypes out on their test runs. The DMC 12 really stood out amongst the other cars on the road at the time. I also managed to get some decent photos from the train as we passed the DeLorean site, with ranks of cars in their poystyrene padding awaiting shipping.

Fun fact. John DeLorean tried to recruit Jim Randall from Jaguar but on the interview Jim suggested complete re-engineering the whole car including getting rid of the power train. John DeLorean disagreed and Jim stayed at Jaguar to bring the world the XJ40.

… and not one mention of “that film” - I am impressed. My mate has one of these and I don’t fit in it being 6’5” - I don’t fit in a Lotus Esprit either which the DMC12 is similar to.

Went to Dunmurry in 1981, and through a relative, saw the factory and was offered a job, went round their test track and thought it was great to see but was sort of like a Ford Capri to be in and was shocked to see they used it in Back To The Future movies, but, really it was the car of the decade of the extravagant 1980's like a Countach or Testarossa, Porsche Turbo or AM V8 Vantage, don't you agree, and was only surpassed by the Porsche 959, Ferrari 288 GTO, F30, and the 308 like Jack's for poster appeal; the Vector W8 and Bricklin were the only US cars I can think of to be comparable in styling. And Franco Sbarro and his SV1 from 1973, perhaps Guigiaro & De Lorean took the inspiration, lol.

Great review. Thanks! This is a dream car of mine. I hope to own one, one day. The design of it still looks amazing all these decades later. You hit the nail on the head. This car had so much promise but was cut short before it was able to hit its stride. I know I may sound crazy for saying this but I would much rather have this car than the latest Lambo or Ferrari. First thing it has a manual transmission which is becoming more and more rare. Second, this car is just so iconic. Because this would be my Lambo or Ferrari I would spend the money to do a full off body and frame resto mod updating the suspension, making sure the chassis and body are sorted and re-enforced to make they are more rigid and doing not just a stage 2 but a stage 3 upgrade to the engine. With Delorean Motor Company in Texas, all this is possible and can be done by people who know and love the car. Again, this is my dream car and I hope to make all that happen. Thanks again.

I think it is a gorgeous and timeless car design. So glad he went with stainless so they will hopefully last….into the future.

Thx I always wondered how they drive , I just bought a 04 boxster S and it drives great that car needs my boxster 3.2 😀

Those clocks and switches all look like they came from a Renault 21 of the time, great Video...

I vaguely remember seeing an article where the PRV unit was replaced with an Alfa Romeo Busso V6. That would have been interesting.

Regular Car Reviews once checked out a LS swap mated to the Renault UN1 gearbox - beautiful setup. Perfect I'd say.

Fantastic! Thanks Jack for reviewing the DMC12, One of my all-time favourites. Maybe a future project, a DMC12 with a different engine installation? If anyone can, you can!! :)

There are a couple of twin turbo ones that were done for Delorean by Legend Industries I think, with a plan to produce them. They would be fund to drive but I imagine they are squirreled away somewhere.

I notice you kept away from 88mph 💥 You could have met your younger self and warned against the InfluEnzo…… 🙂🇬🇧

A pretty fair assessment Jack

When I though about Busso engine - you say it immediately. Bravissimo!👏

No reputable source said that the DeLorean was bad to drive. What it needed was the evolved engine from the R25 Turbo, with its split crankshaft journals. Introduced one year after the DeLorean went out of production...

Great Scott!

Some say it was an early stage rejected Giugiaro (ITALDESIGN) design for the Porsche 928.

I never realised so many Delorean's were built. I never watched the kiddies film it was in either but I always liked the look of them and they were ahead of time such as Concorde II .

It can be supercharged like in the alpine A310 turbo. That's a solution which preserve the OEM style

With all its flaws, love it so much. Just because of the back to the future movies. Money no object, I'd have one.

Thanks for taking us "Back to the Future" Jack.

Quite a lot of the switch gear and lights, handles etc were parts bin, I heard.

I watched Aston Martin vid Will u be doing update on how your channel is doing since u have started. Your wise not to have too many cars some have many cars just a headache.

Nice to see you in a DeLorean. I've wondered if it's another Tucker story despite what the documentaries say even though I'm sure John Z wasn't perfect.

Should ride and handle very well, Lotus put a lot into the development, I know this first hand as the son of one of the original Lotus founding team. I suspect you have a tired one there with worn systems. You're right about the drive train though, the prv6 was a stock item that fitted the bill at the time but was underpowered. There was a plan to turbocharge it, and quite a lot of them have been. One thing said though, it would do a huge amount of miles as seen in Volvos of the time, a very robust power unit if reasonable maintained that suited the ethos of Delorean's long lived project ideals. The biggest issue for me with the DMC12 is as you say, it is a product of crossed purposes; looks like a rocket ship, goes like a Volvo. Good video.

I had one in 2001-2004 and loved it! It drove beautifully and while could’ve used more HP, remember the Mustang back then only had 138HP with its V8 so 130HP on a lighter car with a V6 is not terrible. It was quick, it felt quick and mine was an A/T. If it wasn’t for some money troubles I’d still have it today. I hated selling it.

Hi Jack. Another enjoyable video. I always thought the delorean was a bad copy of the lancia montecarlo? 😁

This car vaguely reminds me of a Mazda cosmo which in its 2.0 guise was very let down by its engine, also an early 80s car.

This video is gonna net you 100,000 clicks, brother. Great stuff.

The suspension and geometry off the steering and tracking is probably worn out on this particular car and is easy to upgrade the suspension for better handling and smoother ride

There must be one or two out there that have (obviously converted) the turbocharged prv6 used in the a610. I'm sure they must cure most of the lack of performance issues.

Currently looking at BACK TO THE FUTURE...and i wanna know more about that car so thanks!

DeLoren completely revolutionised the way cars were made at the time ... in 1985, 1955, 2015 and 1885! ... But it had to be the special version that came with the Flux Capacitor and Mr. Fusion options fitted from the factory. Seriously though, isn't this just a cheap knock off of the Lotus S1 Esprit which appeared in the mid 1970s? Cheers from the Land Down Under.

Its design I would venture, is nicked. From another Italian design house. That being Pinninferina. Only the proportions of their design gave birth to the Montecarlo by Lancia. Good vid Jack. Many thanks from the Forrest of Blackness in D.

How ironic! I was watching the Netflix documentary about John last night !

Woefull performance but worse are the ones that are kitted out to be the Back to the Future replicas. My friend helped build ex gadget show presenter Jason Bradburys replica and those things weigh a fair bit with all the prop pieces fitted internally and externally especially with a fully built steel frame to support a human while hanging outside on a hover board!! I think a 928 V8 Porsche was used as the sound over car for the movie as the V6 wasn’t cutting it.

Can you imagine if they had access to that joyous 3.0L Yamaha V-6 that Ford chucked into the Taurus to make the SHO? It made about 220hp with a very mild cam, with a bit of tweaking it could have made 250+hp and roughly the same torque. Now as John DeLorean was a bit of an outside the box thinker, he may have thought of Turbo charging, Supercharging,...or both? Let's say for argument's sake he only managed 250hp and 250lb-ft of torque. From 135-ish hp to 250, and the change in seat of your pants torque from 150lb-ft to 250lb-ft!! The smaller lighter Yamaha lump would have spiced up that car and made it at least respectable on the road. It could have kept up with the Mustang GT's and the dismal 80's Corvettes that were it's market rivals, even though he pitched the car much higher. Or as You said that gorgeous 3.0L Alfa Romeo Busso engine that would have transformed that car!! Guess I should go down to the local wreckers and see if there's an old SHO engine worth pulling and rebuilding for when and if I'm lucky enough to run across a DeLorean DMC12!! Great review!! Keep them oddball cars coming, please!!