DeLoreans

Stainless steel autos

DeLoreans are sports cars manufactured by the DeLorean Motor Company in the early 1980s, distinguished by their stainless steel body panels and gull-wing doors that open upward.

The car achieved lasting cultural fame as the time machine in the *Back to the Future* films: He showed up to the costume party in a DeLorean.

Production was short-lived, making the cars collector's items.

vehicle

stainless steel

Rust-proof iron alloy

rear-engine · Belfast · automotive · fiberglass · underpowered · production · prototype · recalls · bankruptcy

film

Back to the Future

Marty McFly · Doc Brown · movie prop · lightning strike · clock tower · plutonium · cinematic · blockbuster · Spielberg · trilogy

time-travel

wormhole

Hypothetical spacetime tunnel

dimension · quantum · relativity · alternate history · tachyon · singularity · continuum · anachronism · multiverse · chronology

1980s

synthpop

Electronic keyboard-based music genre

  • MTVYouth-oriented video network
  • VHSAnalog tape format
  • yuppiesMaterialistic city professionals

Pac-Man · Walkman · boombox · Atari · mullets · shoulder pads · pop culture · retro · period piece · time capsule

collectible

vintage

Quality from past eras

auction · rare · appreciation · concours · collector · showroom · pristine · mint condition · garage queen · investment

Opposites
production status

DeLoreansBMW 3 Series

German compact luxury car

Mercedes C-Class · Corvettes

commercial success

DeLoreansMustangs

Ford sports cars, or teams

Ferrari

design philosophy

DeLoreansBuicks

GM automotive marque

minivans · sedans · station wagons

Family

DeLorean

Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Mostly American · Concrete · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G