Back in the late '90s, I was filling up my car at Burnt Prairie, IL, a little place along I-64, way out in the country. A DeLorean pulled up for gas, and I thought, That's neat! Then a second one arrived, and a third, and a fourth. What's going on? It was a DeLorean car club, traveling together. No flux capacitors.... John DeLorean was born 100 years ago, January 6, 1925, (He died in 2005.) He was a General Motors executive who oversaw the development of the Pontiac GTO, Pontiac Firebird, Pontiac Grand Prix, and the Chevrolet Cosworth Vega. He left GM to found the DeLorean Motor Company. But the production of the cars was long delayed. The first DMC DeLorean sports car was completed on January 21, 1981. They had quality issues resulting in recalls, and they arrived amid an economic downturn. DeLorean was caught cocaine trafficking, to pay his company's debts, but he was ultimately acquitted with the defense of police entrapment. The Back to the Future movies helped his car gain immortality.
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