The DeLorean was designed to be junk and it accomplished that objective.
John Z. hired Formula 1 wizard and Lotus Cars founder Colin Chapman to smooth off his design’s rough edges and they immediately came to loggerheads over engine placement. Chapman tried to warn DeLorean off the rear-engine design because every rear-engined car ever made came with “a built-in spin cycle.” The original 911s, which Porsche tried (unsuccessfully) to tame by putting blocks of lead inside the front bumper, prove the point. As did the Chevrolet Corvair, which Ralph Nader sentenced to failure when he branded it “unsafe at any speed.”
So unless they straighten out the excessively rearward weight bias, it will continue to be crap.
And gull-wing doors might look cool but you’ll rarely find a car guy who has owned two of them.
Chapman tried to warn DeLorean off the rear-engine design because every rear-engined car ever made came with “a built-in spin cycle.” The original 911s, which Porsche tried (unsuccessfully) to tame by putting blocks of lead inside the front bumper, prove the point.
Not like an EV engine weights nearly as much. They want to compensate, they’ll just put the batteries in the front.