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After looking at the American Movie Muscle of the Mustang last week we are now going to take a look at something more futuristic (for the 1980′s) – The De Lorean DMC-12 from Back to the Future. The first Back to the Future film was released in 1985 and was to be the first in a series of three and was excepted well in America grossing over 200 million dollars in the U.S Box Office. Essentially the story features a wacky white haired scientist who manages to convert a quirky but average car that was the De Lorean into a time travelling vessel, aided by the most famous time travelling car part – the Flux Capacitor.The first film then see’s this time travelling car let Michael J Fox’s character Marty McFly accidentally go back to 1955 only to realise that he did not bring any extra plutonium, the fuel to power his slightly un-ecological De Lorean. This leads to a whole host of comedic and entertaining film scenes, ending with Marty and his scientist friend (the 1955 version) harnessing the raw power of lightning to power the gull wing-doored time machine.

The De Lorean didn’t stop with just 1 film under its belt it went on to feature in two more Back to the Future Titles, sending the time travelling duo both back into the future (2015) and back into the past (1885.) The car gained a lot of following from its film debut and there are said to be over 100 custom built copies of the De Lorean time machine car across the world.

Originally designed to be sold into an American market the De Lorean DMC-12 was produced in Dunmurry, Northen Ireland by the De Lorean Motor Company. The DMC-12 was changed mid production several times, the bonnet style, interior and even wheels were re-engineered as the cars were being built. This means that there are several versions of the De Lorean that are still around today and although earlier versions were problematic, an improvement in quality control meant they were able to introduce a 12000 mile warranty with all new cars, something which proved their improvements to customers worldwide. Unfortunately due to John De Lorean (the creator of the car and the owner of DMC) being arrested, the De Lorean Motor Company went bankrupt in 1982, never to produce motor cars again.

However in 2005 the DeLorean ws even redesigned by an unknown artist and for some time people believed there was a come back in the works, however this turned out to be a modified drawing of a Lamborghini Murcielago, you can see that drawing below – it shows this movie motor still remains fresh in peoples minds over 20 years after it was first introduced in the Cinemas.

If you would like to see more photo’s of the De Lorean DMC-12 or perhaps some of the other Film Vehicles we are looking at in this series why not have a look at our Movie Motors Gallery! We have already looked at James Bond’s Aston Martin DB5, the Mustang GT from countless films and now now the De Lorean from Back to the Future!