John Delorean is probably most remembered as the creator of the time traveling car in the Back to the Future movies. Many will also recall that his gull winged car failed miserably on the open market and as a result he turned to illegal and shady dealings to try and save his company.
Lost in the glitter and drama of such a legacy, his important contribution to the world of sports cars is often overlooked. Without Deloreans influence, sports car design and production would most likely have taken a different course.
In 1964, Delorean practically single handedly started the muscle car movement when he put a massive V8 engine into a Pontiac Tempest and produced the GTO.
The GTO became the most loved of the muscle cars and was a big seller for Pontiac.
Because of his great success with the GTO, he was rewarded with rapid advancement through the ranks of automobile executives. Eventually however, he decided to leave it all behind and break out on his own.
He took his ideas to Northern Ireland where he set up shop and hoped he could compete with the big three auto makers in Detroit. The Delorean Motor Company was the result and it produced the...
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