RIP John Delorean

[Mike N]

RIP John Delorean.

Without him, the musclecar era probably wouldn't have existed.

http://www.cnn.com/2005/US/03/20/obit.delorean/

 

[DigMe]

His nephew (or some relation) is a member here..goes by "Delorean."

Sorry to hear it, Delorean.

brad cook

 

[Mike Money]

Ya, except the whole drug thing... he was cool.

 

[Kelly Lee]

RIP John Delorean.

Without him, the musclecar era probably wouldn't have existed.

http://www.cnn.com/2005/US/03/20/obit.delorean/

It sucks to see an innovator such as him to pass.

Mike, my bad. I stand corrected.

 

[teej]

Without Mr. D, we wouldn't have one of the most FREAKING COOL cars ever -- the DeLorean.

 

[PunkerTrav]

Sad news.

RIP John.

 

[Josh Ryan]

RIP.

 

[lneal]

Mike, the musclecar era was in the '60s BTW, not the '80s. He had nothing to do with it.

*** are you talking about?????? Surely you jest. He invented the muscle car! Ever heard of the GTO??

 

[Jarrod]

It sucks to see an innovator such as him to pass.

Mike, the musclecar era was in the '60s BTW, not the '80s. He had nothing to do with it.

You're revealing your ignorance of the subject Kelly. DeLorean invented the GTO in the early 60's and was heavily involved in the creation and marketing of the muscle car era when he was an executive at General Motors. The DeLorean DMC-12 that came out in 1981 was really the least of his contributions to the automotive industry.

 

[odie]

It sucks to see an innovator such as him to pass.

Mike, the musclecar era was in the '60s BTW, not the '80s. He had nothing to do with it.

I think you need to read up a bit more on the guy.

 

[odie]

DeLorean invented the GTO in the early 60's and was heavily involved in the creation and marketing of the muscle car era .

Beat me by 1 minute!!

 

[lneal]

That's a pretty crappy little story there on CNN, now isn't it?

 

[dancehallclasher]

GREAT SCOTT

 

[LajoieT]

Sad to hear. He was a man who was pasionate about what he did.

 

[Hambone]

We can face it - guys my age...the movers and shakers that we looked up to either in cars, music, or most anything else are soon going to be gone.

Time marches on.

 

[Kelly Lee]

Geez guys, chill. I had a brain fart m'k? I forgot all about his involvement with Pontiac.

 

[Nick man]

Geez guys, chill. I had a brain fart m'k? I forgot all about his involvement with Pontiac.

Aparently so did the local nightly news.

 

[Mike A]

4wd time machine. (Not mine.)

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[McHack]

Man, this sucks... Delorean, if he is a relative, my condolences!

 

[srxplayer]

DeLorean was a Visionary in the automotive world. Many of his ideas were ahead of their times.

An example was the OHC Inline 6 Cylinder engine that was used by Pontiac in the late 60's,early 70's. The American auto buying public wasn't that interested in a six at the time when you can get 350 & 400 CI V-8's in a Firebird. Inline six engines were were used in trucks and cheap grocery getter Falcons, Darts, and Novas. But none the less it was a pretty advanced engine for it's day the the public wasn't ready to accept the inline six as a performance engine.

It did not sell well but the OHC inline six became a staple design for BMW, Mercedes, Toyota, Nissan, and Jaguar. They saw the potential of this design and continue to use refined versions of their own inline six designs. They have sold millions of performance cars and have won 1000's of races with inline six engines.

Had DeLorean worked for a Euro company more of his ideas may have made it to production.

RIP John DeLorean