http://cnet4.cbsistatic.com/hub/i/2014/10/19/2045cab8-432f-4189-b157-e8a0e579785f/delorean1-xcar.jpg

http://cnet4.cbsistatic.com/hub/i/2015/04/15/8925de1b-6083-4f42-bf01-66c14d5f69f7/xcar-delorean2.jpg

That shot look like a slightly sportier 87 Sentra

http://carphotos.cardomain.com/ride_images/3/2715/1941/31785970003_large.jpg


280Z shits all over the Delorean:

http://ejneary.home.comcast.net/~ejneary/images/nerdboy1.jpg

I didn't know what a Deloren was before B2TF and I remember when MJF said "You made a time machine...out of a Deloren". I wasn't able to read whether he was implying it was a shitty car or an awesome car.


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I wanna say the Delorean was out of production for about 2/3 yrs when BTTF came out, so Marty's incredulity could have leaned more to it being a POS car.

> I wasn't able to read whether he was implying it was a shitty
>car or an awesome car.

Delorean lost a lot of his fortune off this and no, no one was fooled.

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/54/50thAE300ZX.JPG

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the DMC-12 has to be the most '80s of '80s cars. in particular, '80s MURRICA (the most MURRICA thing about it is the quad rectangle headlights)

all flash, little to no bang. I think this car had the same PRV engine you could find in some Volvo models of the time

using it in the movie was a genius move. it'd be regarded like the Subaru SVX is to the average person otherwise.

One of my Middle School teachers had one, probably the only one ever owned by anyone I know.

decent acceleration, top speed ~150mph, styling like nothing else on the road.

I've wanted one since they came out. I still want one.

Fun fact: The Subaru SVX was designed by the same cat that designed the Delorean, BMW M1, and Lotus Esprit; Giorgetto Giugiaro.

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"Where was the peace when we were getting shot? Where's the peace when we were getting laid out?
Where is the peace when we are in the back of ambulances? Where is the peace then?
They don't want to call for peace then.

it's been on my list of random cars i kinda want (along with the volkswagen corrado among others) for a long time, but i always prefer a manual.

Subaru didn't have a manual transmission capable of handling that much power/torque.

Still, a 92-93 would be worth it. Those two years Subaru didn't put a top speed governor on that car, so you could unwind one all the way out past 150mph if you had the nerve to do it.

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"Where was the peace when we were getting shot? Where's the peace when we were getting laid out?
Where is the peace when we are in the back of ambulances? Where is the peace then?
They don't want to call for peace then.

I rode in it once.. worst ride of my life. Shit was extremely uncomfortable...

but it still turned heads.

I was 9 when the first Delorean's rolled off the assembly line. At the time and for years after, the styling was seen as very sleek and stylish for a sports car.

What I didn't know back then was that, for all of it's good looks, it was a shitty ass performer. It was also expensive at $25K new back then. An '81 Vette was far cheaper and waaaaay faster than the Delorean, but the Delorean was supposed to be something of an exotic car of sorts back then so that's kinda how they justified the price.

Also, the Delorean's style was closer to the 1st-3rd generation Lotus Esprit than the Sentra you posted:

S1 - http://l.images.boldride.com/lotus/1977/lotus-esprit-s1-1306225593-119.jpg

S2 - https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/0a/Lotus_Esprit_S2_1980.jpg

S3 - http://www.lotusespritturbo.com/Lotus_Esprit_S3_Black_1982.JPG

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They had to be there

The Delorean was known to be bullshit. The ppl who fell for it were clowned.

There was one in my neighborhood and we used to laugh about it being on bricks in the owner's garage more than we saw it being driven. Lol. This was around 1987 or 1988.

Yup. It taught me an early lesson about what can happen when one values style over substance.

shit stayed broke. I remember one day we saw it getting towed to his house...don't think it ever ran again.

'cause if you don't, you may have been around but you weren't fully aware.

I know I drank a shitload of Pepsi trying to win a Delorean back then.

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"Where was the peace when we were getting shot? Where's the peace when we were getting laid out?
Where is the peace when we are in the back of ambulances? Where is the peace then?
They don't want to call for peace then.

Even in 1981 that was shit performance, especially for a $25K car. A 1981 Chevrolet Citation X-11 could run 0-60 in 8.5-9 seconds and cost $8K-$9K fully loaded.


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"Where was the peace when we were getting shot? Where's the peace when we were getting laid out?
Where is the peace when we are in the back of ambulances? Where is the peace then?
They don't want to call for peace then.

especially here in Chicago. Cubs fans.

it'd be even worse if the Cubs weren't facing elimination tonight.

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XhAlWTyviKA

What the fuck did anyone expect?

It was a low-quality knock off of a Lotus Esprit with gull wing doors crow-barred on, designed by the same man as the Esprit (shocker) 6 years later and sold for 25% more to mugs who probably still think that a mediocre family movie from 1985 is worth adult conversation in 2015.

I don't know why they sweep that part under the rug...the DeLorean was the Cocaine 300Zx.