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DeLorean DMC-12 Trivia & Fun Facts

A company that ran out of money before most of its cars found owners, and a founder arrested on television. Ninety verified questions about the stainless-steel wedge from Belfast — twenty-two months of production, gull-wing doors, and the £77 million of public money that built the factory.

90
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10
Themed parts
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Sources per fact
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Ten parts. Ninety questions.

01Detroit. The man who walked out
02DMC. A company before a car
03Giugiaro. The wedge on paper
04Lotus. Eighteen months to production
05The PRV V6. Three partners, one engine
06Steel and Doors. Bare panels, hinged at the roof
07Dunmurry. A factory built for the jobs
08The Showroom. Selling a $25,000 car
09The Fall. Receivership, then the arrest
10Afterlife. Texas, parts and the owners
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Q48 · PART 6 · STEEL AND TWO DOORS
How were the gull-wing doors counterbalanced so that they open and hold with one hand?
Torsion bars, cooled under load to cryogenic temperature so the tension sets permanently, plus nitrogen struts. Developed with Grumman, the firm that built the Lunar Module. It really is true.
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