DeLorean's 'Back to the Future' Cars Could be Produced by 2017
The DeLorean Motor Company could start producing a limited number of its famous "time machine" cars featured in the movie "Back to the Future" by 2017.
The "Back to the Future" car shot to fame when it was featured in the 1985 Hollywood film in which Michael J. Fox starred. Although DeLorean had shut down in Northern Ireland a few years before the film premiered, there are still around 1,000 car doors stored in a warehouse in the United States, according to BT.
A new initiative by the U.S. government will now allow DeLorean to make new models for the first time in more than three decades. However, the "flux capacitors" used to pilot the passengers into the past will most likely not be included in the upcoming new models, the report details.
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In an interview with Texas radio station KPRC, DeLorean chief executive Stephen Wynne said the government initiative could be a "game-changer" for the company, the report relays.
The Texas company plans to use its plant in Humble to produce as many as 300 Replica 1982 DeLoreans soon. The first new DeLorean, which is expected to be out by early 2017, will come with a price tag of at least $100,000. The final cost will depend on the kind of engine installed. It is worth noting that refurbished cars cost $50,000 at present, Chron reports.
"There's no reason to change the appearance of the car," Wynne told KPRC in an interview. "As we go into the program, we'll decide what areas need to be freshened up."
The DeLorean car is made up of around 2,800 parts and the Texas-based firm still has more than 99 percent of them. The said firm is not connected with the Ireland-based company, but it refurbishes and reproduces cars based on the original drawing, the report details.
"Back to the Future" was released three years after the Belfast DeLorean factory closed, and less than 9,000 of the famous car were produced at the Dunmurry plant. The Texas-based DeLorean Motor Company later on bought the unused spare parts and stock.
