page_title: DMC DeLorean
section_title: Wooden Mock-up
hierarchical_section_title: DMC DeLorean / Notable and unique DeLoreans / Wooden Mock-up
caption_attribution_description: English: Ulster Transport Museum, Cultra, DMC-12 Coupe clay model of Italdesign, Moncalieri, Turin for the De Lorean Company, 1975
context_page_description: The DMC DeLorean is a sports car and the only automobile manufactured by John DeLorean's DeLorean Motor Company for the American market from 1981 to 1983. The car was designed by Giorgetto Giugiaro and stood out for its gull-wing doors and brushed stainless-steel outer body panels. It became widely known for its disappointing lack of power and performance, which did not match the expectations created by its looks and price tag, but it is memorable for its appearances as the time machine in the Back to the Future media franchise after 1985.
  Throughout production, the car was generally unchanged, although minor revisions were made to such parts as the hood and wheels. The first production car was completed on January 21, 1981. About 9,000 DeLoreans were made before production halted in late December 1982 shortly after DMC had filed for bankruptcy.
context_section_description: In March 1975, DMC entered into a contract with Italdesign to have Giorgetto Giugiaro design the DeLorean Sports Car. John DeLorean and Bill Collins approved one of the many designs and subsequently the styling mock-up that was made from “epo-wood” was shipped to the DMC office in Michigan on July 31, 1975. This mock-up would serve as the platform in which the prototype was developed.
  The original full-size epowood DeLorean styling model which was modified in the first quarter of 1979 to reflect the refreshed design used in production, was donated to the Ulster Folk and Transport Museum, in Cultra, Northern Ireland where it is now on display.
caption: DMC-12 Coupe Mock-up
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