DeLorean Motor Company (Alternity)



The DeLorean Motor Company (NYSE: DMC), more often simply DeLorean is an American multinational automotive manufacturing company based in Detroit, South Michigan. Founded by highly successful engineer John DeLorean (designer of the Pontiac GTO and Firebird and the Chevrolet Vega as well as later models of the Nova) in October 1975, the company is well-known for its popular sports and racing cars, and probably best for the "C" series sports coupe (C-2) featured in the 1985 film Back to the Future and its subsequent sequels. From 1983 to 1987, the company expanded its inventory to sedans, pickup trucks, minivans, SUVs, and commercial vehicles, all with the signature stainless steel exterior patented with the "C" series, another company staple. Starting in 1991, DeLorean began selling all-electric models (the "E" series) of every major production vehicle, and following tradition, they began with the latest C series, the C-4, labeling it the C-4/E.

North America
The company's largest consumer base is in North America, primarily those of the United States, Cascadia, Quebec, Central America, Mexico, and the Bahamas.


 * United States - DeLorean's headquarters and one of its largest manufacturing plants are located in Detroit, South Michigan. Other major US plants include their East Linton Plant in Dakota, the West Lansing Plant in South Michigan, the East Detroit and North Yorktown Plants in Erie, the Heath and Grove City Plants in Ohio, the Houston Plant in Texas, the Jackson and Sevierville Plants in Tennessee, and the Carolina Plant in San Juan, PR. The company plans to expand its manufacturing base westward in the next decade, already looking into acquiring property in Colorado, Columbia, California, and Baja, an ambitious move that could "...make or break DMC..." according to Newsweek.


 * Cascadia -


 * Central America -


 * Quebec -


 * Mexico -


 * Bahamas -

Europe

 * United Kingdom - DMC's first major manufacturing plant was located in Dunmurry, Northern Ireland, at the behest of the UK government, desiring to reduce unemployment by creating jobs, thus in turn potentially lowering instances of sectarian violence by anti-government Irish radicals. Three additional plants have since been established in the UK at Liverpool and Ipswich in England and East Kilbride in Scotland. To this day, the Dunmurry Plant remains DeLorean's largest manufacturer in the world.


 * Germany - DeLorean established its first mainland European plant in then-Essen, West Germany in 1987; following the reunification in 1990, DMC immediately sought out new properties in the former East and established plants in Potsdam and Leipzig by mid-1991.


 * France -


 * Italy -

Automobiles
The most notable features of DeLoreans include their stainless steel exterior body paneling, gull-wing doors, rear engine and forward trunk. Pre-1988 models had fixed windows, but since 1989, have included power windows as a standard feature that can only be opened when the doors are closed, regardless of if the engine is on or not. In addition, pre-'88 models had more powerful air conditioning units as well, due to the early fixed-window configuration and their subsequent inability to open in high temperature environments.

Prototypes

 * “A” series sports coupe (1976)


 * “B” series sports coupe (1978)

"C" series coupe (1980-present)


The C series is DeLorean's first and undoubtedly most iconic vehicle, with a 1984 model C-2 being the centerpiece of the Back to the Future film trilogy and now a part of Hollywood legend. As many as six different vehicles were used in the production of the films; five still exist at various locations in the United States, while the sixth was destroyed at the end of Back to the Future Part III.

As part of an American Express promotion for the 1980 Christmas season, DMC produced 100 limited edition C-1s with 24k gold exterior paneling and red-brown leather interiors. Twenty-five of them were given as the grand prize in various US and international sweepstakes; the other seventy-five were sold mostly to wealthy business owners and a few 'lucky' people able to afford the up-front $22,500 price tag, as much as seven and a half times the price of a baseline C series ($3,000 in 1980).

Convertible C-1 and C-2 models were produced as well, and are fairly common, though later models (namely the C-3 and current C-4) are much rarer.


 * C-1 (1980-1982) - the original commercial production model DeLorean, the C-1 first rolled off the Dunmurry assembly line in the early summer of 1980.


 * C-2 (1983-1985) - the second production model DeLorean. Made famous by the appearance of a heavily modified 1984 C-2 in the blockbuster 1985 film Back to the Future and its subsequent (1989 and 1990) sequels.


 * C-3 (1986-1990) -


 * C-4|C-4/E (1991-present) -

"E" series all-electrics (1991-present)

 * C-4/E (1991-present) -


 * T-2/E (1993-1995) -


 * T-3/E (1996-present) -


 * V-2/E (1993-present) -


 * S-3/E (1992-present) -


 * D-2/E (1991-present) -

"S" series sedan (1983-present)


The S series was the second to be conceived of by John DeLorean, and the company's first sedan, likely as a way to open a door into the family car market. The S-2 series was the period in which power windows were added to all DMC production vehicles (1988-89), necessitating development of yet another child-proofing system for the cars.

Convertible versions of all three model series have been produced, and though a commercial success, they aren't as common or popular as their C series counterparts.


 * S-1 (1983-1986) - the third production model DeLorean, the second commercially produced series, and the first sedan.


 * S-2 (1987-1991) -


 * S-3|3/E (1992-present) -

"T" series pickup (1985-present)

 * T-1 (1985-1989) -


 * T-2|T-2/E (1990-1995) -


 * T-3|T-3/E (1996-present) -

"V" series minivan (1987-present)

 * V-1 (1987-1992) -


 * V-2|V-2/E (1993-present) -

SUV series (1987-present)

 * D-1 (1987-1991) -


 * D-2|D-2/E (1991-present) -

(Note: 'D' is an abbreviation for Dunmurry, Northern Ireland, where DMC's first factory was built. The Dunmurry plant continues in its original capacity, but at a much higher rate of production.)

"L" series limousine (1985-present)

 * L-1/A|L-1/B (1985-1988) -


 * L-2 (1989-1993) -


 * L-3|L-3/E (1994-present) -