John DeLorean
was the auto enthusiast who created the DeLorean car. This
self-named sports car was very popular in the 1980s. Its body is made of
stainless steel. It had gull-wing doors.
DeLorean became
a legend in the 1960s after designing the Pontiac GTO while rising to the ranks
in General Motors. He left GM in 1973 and established the DeLorean Motor
Company. The DeLorean car was launched in 1981. By 1983, after producing about
10,000 cars, money became very difficult that DeLorean was forced to close his
company.
The 1985 film Back to the Future which starred Michael J. Fox featured the
defunct DeLorean car. After the movie, DeLorean hoped to resurrect his car
company but he was stacked in financial woes that he declared bankruptcy in
1999.
In 2000,
DeLorean tried a new business venture with the DeLorean Time. DeLorean Time was
an online retail company selling expensive watches on the internet.
DerLorean was
born in Detroit, Michigan on January 6, 1925. He died of stroke on March 19,
2005.
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