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Industry | Automotive |
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Founded | October 24, 1975[1] |
Founder | John DeLorean |
Defunct | October 26, 1982[2] |
Headquarters | , U.S. |
Products | DMC DeLorean |
Production output | 9000 (estimated) |
The DeLorean Motor Company (DMC) was an American automobile manufacturer formed by automobile industry executive John DeLorean in 1975.[1] It produced just one model, from early 1981 to late 1982—the stainless steel DeLorean sports car featuring gull-wing doors. Its history was brief and turbulent, ending in receivership and bankruptcy in 1982. In October 1982, John DeLorean was videotaped in a sting operation agreeing to bankroll drug trafficking, but was acquitted at the subsequent trial on the basis of entrapment.[4]
The DeLorean was featured in the Back to the Future film trilogy (1985, 1989, and 1990) as the car made into a time machine by eccentric scientist Doc Brown, although the company had closed before the first film was made.
In 1995, Liverpool-born mechanic Stephen Wynne founded the DeLorean Motor Company (Texas),[5] an entirely new company not related to the original, located in Humble, Texas, and shortly thereafter acquired the remaining parts inventory,[6][7] and registered his own stylized version of the "DMC" logo trademark of DeLorean Motor Company (Texas).[8]
DMC offices in Detroit were located in this office complex at 100 West Long Lake Rd in Bloomfield Hills, MI