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mahatmakanejeeves

(60,923 posts) Tue May 31, 2022, 06:35 AM May 2022

Charge up your flux capacitors. It's back.

I thought the original looked much better. This new one looks like everything else on the road.

Hat tip, Good Morning America

DeLorean Alpha5 EV Previews the Return of the Infamous Sports Car

This is our first look at the reborn DeLorean, which is due to make its debut in August at Pebble Beach.

BY GREG FINK
MAY 30, 2022

• DeLorean's rebirth kicks off with a sports car concept called the Alpha5.
• Like its forebear, the new car comes with gullwing doors.
• Look for the car to make its formal, physical debut in August.

Correction 5/30/2022: This story has been updated to include the vehicle's official name: Alpha5.

More than four decades after the original DMC DeLorean went on sale, a new iteration of the gullwing-door-equipped sports car is due to hit the scene. Dubbed the Alpha5, the reborn sports car keeps its forebear’s trick door design but ditches its blocky styling.

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Charge up your flux capacitors. It's back. (Original Post) mahatmakanejeeves May 2022 OP

I always thought the gullwing doors were futuristic, but silly. hlthe2b May 2022 #1

... Ferrets are Cool May 2022 #5

Those in the original did not appear that way... hlthe2b May 2022 #7

I lived in Bedminster, N.J. ... So did DeLorean. 'cept he lived in the rich part of town. 3Hotdogs May 2022 #2

Hatchback on both sides. Air struts? bucolic_frolic May 2022 #3

How about a Bricklyn, they had gull wing doors too. bucolic_frolic May 2022 #4

Beautiful car and much more aerodynamic than the first one. Ferrets are Cool May 2022 #6

aerodynamic? I think it is attractive, too hlthe2b May 2022 #8

LOL Damned autocorrect Ferrets are Cool May 2022 #10

LOL hlthe2b May 2022 #11

It's electric. Aerodynamics are a must. Those doors -- they're massive (pic): Auggie May 2022 #9

what,,,,!!!! wait!!!!!!, no mr. fusion?!?!?!?!?!?! AllaN01Bear May 2022 #12

Simple fix, buy a flux capacitor and go fetch ya a Mr Fusion. KS Toronado May 2022 #13

hlthe2b

(106,330 posts)

1. I always thought the gullwing doors were futuristic, but silly.

Reply to mahatmakanejeeves (Original post)

Tue May 31, 2022, 06:49 AM

May 2022

Wouldn't you love being parked next to some fool who doesn't gauge how much separation is needed to avoid those things smashing into the vehicle adjacent?

That said, it is a pretty car, IMO.

Ferrets are Cool

(21,957 posts)

5. ...

Reply to hlthe2b (Reply #1)

Tue May 31, 2022, 07:36 AM

May 2022

Gullwing doors take way less clearance to open compared to traditional doors, making them great for tight urban spaces. They'll let you load a kid into the car without hunching over.

hlthe2b

(106,330 posts)

7. Those in the original did not appear that way...

Reply to Ferrets are Cool (Reply #5)

Tue May 31, 2022, 07:39 AM

May 2022

They seemed to swing OUT before they swung UP.

3Hotdogs

(13,394 posts)

2. I lived in Bedminster, N.J. ... So did DeLorean. 'cept he lived in the rich part of town.

Reply to mahatmakanejeeves (Original post)

Tue May 31, 2022, 06:59 AM

May 2022

Several times, I saw him in the local King's supermarket.

After he died, his farm was sold to some asshole. I haven't seen the new asshole in Kings. Something about the new assholes fingers being too small to grab stuff off the shelf.