[DML] Re: DeLorean mentioned in Magazine

[DMCVegas@xxxx]

The point to the posting is that there is no reason to always slam 
the DeLorean. Yes there were door problems, but they were 
pretty much cured with the guide blocks. Yeah you can't lock the 
doors and then close them. But they were not designed to 
operate that way anyhow. The purpose of engineering is to 
overcome problems. The task of engineering can become more 
difficult once you start implementing new concepts such as the 
doors (yes I know that gullwing doors were not a new idea when 
the DeLorean first arrived. But lets be honest. The DMC-12 was 
the first practicle use of them).

But as far as problems go, what car doesn't have them? No car 
is 100% perfect. But atleast no one has been killed in a 
DeLorean because an engine suddenly stopped on the 
highway, or because the fuel tank exploded because they were 
rear-ended while their left turn signal was on. Combine this with 
the fact that the DeLorean is now 18-20 years old and have been 
subjected to wear and tear. I'd say that even today the DeLorean 
still comes out on top.

The examples given of other Giugiaro related cars was to show 
that there are plenty of examples that both engineering and 
financially worse than the DeLorean. Yet he doesn't bother to 
mention them. The Hyundai Excell is a overall a very poor car in 
both handling, and performance. And when Daewoo was on the 
brink of bankruptcy, the top execs lied to the Korean government 
in order to obtain loans that they knew they would never be able 
to pay back. 11 convictions have proven this. That is an example 
of a failed company who exhausted all funds NOT DMC!

If you really want to get to the root of the problems with the 
DeLorean, take a look at Lotus. They designed the suspension, 
they designed the weak front crumple tubes, and they were the 
ones who chose what grade bolts to use for the Trailing Arms 
and the other pivot bolts.

My main point here was to help stop the bashing of the 
DeLorean "marque". Not to entice the slander of anyone, or 
anything else. If anythng, it was in defence of the car and the 
man.

-Robert
vin 6585 "X"



--- In dmcnews@xxxx, Jim Strickland <ihaveanaccount@xxxx> 
wrote:
> Whatever.
> 
> What's with the giugiaro bashing? The Delorean HAS 
ENGINEERING PROBLEMS.
> The door included. The guides, the lineup with the other 
panels, the
> inherently sagging shocks, and the weak lower strut mount are 
a few
> examples. 
> 
> Isn't giugiaro a DESIGNER? How could he be 'responsible' for 
the
> engineering of the excel, or daewoo or whatever else?
> 
> 1537