Posted on 05/30/2022 8:10:36 PM PDT by dynachrome
In addition to this all-electric GT, DeLorean eventually plans to offer a coupe with a V-8 and a hydrogen-powered SUV.
This is the DeLorean Alpha5. It's just a concept for now, but it previews a would-be production grand tourer with massive two-row gullwing doors and ItalDesign-penned lines. The doors and choice of design house are the two biggest connections to the original DMC-12.
As this is a halo car for a brand being launched in the 2020s, this is an all-electric car. That means it's avoided the Renault V-6 family entirely for an unspecified electric powertrain joined to a battery Motor1 quotes at over 100 kWh. In addition to a 150 MPH limited top speed and a 3.4 second run to 60, the goal is for that to be good for some 300 miles of range.
(Excerpt) Read more at roadandtrack.com ...
Well if I remarry rich or win the lottery, I guess I can afford this. I would love to have this!
With some flaps, stabilizers, tail and propulsion that thing might fly.
That looks like fun.
Plenty of space behind the seats for the flux capacitor.
Even if the car isn’t vaporware, the production rollout is going to look suspiciously like vaporware. According to the article, they’re first going to make a set of track-only cars (so they don’t have to go through the process of government inspections and road worthiness, possibly also so they can keep the cars in house and tweak them constantly to keep them running). Nothing on the car is, or has to be, amazing or bespoke for the company to actually be successful, but starting a car company from scratch — even a limited production run company — is hugely expensive.
The biggest draw right now is the nameplate, one that was purchased and bears no relation other than IP to the original car (and to be honest, other than kitsch value, that car wasn’t much to crow about). Some other company in the same price range but with actual output capability starts making electric cars with gull wing doors (which is becoming more and more common in prototype designs) and DMC is just another startup EV company without a production history.
Is it available in brushed stainless?
It’s nice if you can afford two cars, gullwing doors are neat unless it’s raining and I wonder how they do in a heavy wind.
Batteries feeding a flux capacitor? Interesting.
How many Jigawatts from the Flux Capacitor?
“You VEEL drive electic; no fossil fuels for YOU!”
It’s interesting that the speedometer only goes up to 88 mph on these new models.
Road and Track - my favorite magazine, along with Car and Driver, in my youth.
Gullwings show up a lot in Chinese dramas that feature rich heirs. Usually males driving but, occasionally, females when they’re stressing power personalities.
Due South - Hot Rod Lincoln - Johnny Bond
https://youtu.be/0qMROUoXhSc
How far will it go with all that performance being used?
300 miles of nursed and nervous range on 85 to 100 Kwh of 1/2 ton of batteries seems to be the holy grail and limit of the EV. That range will get me about 80% of the way to my normal long drive destination. It will also get me a just barely round trip to the nearest city and some driving around when I get there for errands.
Not enough. 400 reliable miles in all conditions with accessory, air conditioning or heater comfort is necessary.
As for the tire wear at three times the rate of a normal car due to packing around that 1,000 lbs of batteries all the time... no sale.
The green weenies are doing all they can to push us into this.
“gullwing doors are neat unless it’s raining and I wonder how they do in a heavy wind.”
I have no experience but I’m thinking those doors might be a nightmare in a lot of parking situations. Plus not so good in the odd chance you’re in a shootout.
They push this stuff every so often.
2012 was “CARB laws put the car on hold”
2018 was “we’re trying to find a crate motor to use because the one we wanted to use will be out of production in 5 years”
DMC has released a lot of concepts in the last 10 years. They will never produce a car.
They’re fat and happy making limited production runs of 83 DMC-12s in CA and selling them for obscene amounts of money.
Like most "concept cars" this will probably never see the road. This is a body shell without any powertrain... they 'think' it's going to be electric. But they also want a conventional V8, and a pie-in-the-sky hydrogen powered version.
The only way all of this happens is if they go the route of the hand-built supercar builders.
Is it available in brushed stainless?
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That’s what I’m talkin’ about.
I’ve got a flux capacitor all ready to go.
more electric crap noone wants. I like gasoline
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