Re: [DML] British or American?

[<eric@xxxx>]

Here's a thought- If I understood the way the whole operation was set up
from the start, the cars were actually built by a company named Delorean
Motor Cars Ltd, right? That company was everything that was based in
Northern Ireland. Then the cars were sold to it's sole distributor, DeLorean
Motor Company (based in NYC), for sale to the dealers and public. If that is
right, then wouldn't the cars really be Irish/British (Northern Irish?), as
the company that assembled them was also Irish/British.

Personally I enjoy tagging mine Irish, as it kind've adds to the humor of
the car.

Eric Itzel
vin 4433

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Louie Golden" <louie@xxxx>
To: <dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, October 08, 2003 10:59 AM
Subject: Re: [DML] British or American?


> The DeLorean is a dang mutt that defies labels... haha! As you know John
DeLorean is American, but the car finally ended up being built in N.
Ireland. Much of the cars development work was done by Lotus in England. The
car uses a varient of Lotus' famed backbone chassis, and employs Lotus' VARI
process for the cars underbodies. The car uses the PRV-6 engine and a
Renault transaxle... both of these are French. I believe the stainless came
from Germany... the list goes on. DeLorean Motor Company had offices in
America (New York), and in N. Ireland. The company had totally Irish
assembly line workers, and many of the high ranking people in the company
were English and Irish as well. Many more were also American. So it's really
hard to pin down just what to call the DeLorean car, and the company. The
company started out in the US, but ended up building their cars in N.
Ireland. They could have ended up building in Puerto Rico or even Detroit
had luck been on their side. So the easiest way for me to classify the
DeLorean is to say it was built in N. Ireland... I avoid labelling the
company itself.
>
> Louie Golden
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