Will the DeLorean make it back into production?

A very sharp car in its day, but I think the look is a bit dated now. And the worst part by far? The anemic and unreliable GM 2.8l V6. If there was ever a less appropriate engine for a classic sports car, I haven't seen it. Maybe more importantly, will it have a flux capacitor?

For the DeLorean, it's back to the present - Los Angeles Times: "The iconic gull-winged sports car is once again hot, and there are plans afoot to place it back in production.
By Martin Zimmerman, Times Staff Writer
July 28, 2007

Danny Botkin's love affair with the DeLorean got off to an unpromising start.

It was the early '80s and a teen-age Botkin was tagging along while his father shopped for a new car. A Ford dealer had a rear-engined, gull-winged DeLorean on display, and the flash of stainless steel automotive skin caught Danny's eye.

'I was smitten,' Botkin, now 40, recalls. 'I said, 'Hey Dad, let's get this.'

'He got a Bronco instead.'

Botkin had to grow up and buy his dream car himself. He drives a restored DeLorean modeled after the one that served as a time machine in the 1980s blockbuster 'Back to the Future.'

He also manages a repair and refurbishing shop in Garden Grove that's affiliated with DeLorean Motor Co. (Texas), a suburban Houston company that rebuilds DeLoreans and is laying plans to bring the car back into limited production.
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At DeLorean Motor Co. (California) in Garden Grove, there are 15 cars in for service or refurbishing at any given time, Botkin says.

With 200 of the original 2.8-liter V-6 engines still in stock and facing a dwindling supply of cars suitable for rebuilding, Espey figures that within a year or so they'll start making the cars from scratch."

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