De Lorean Dmc 12 - 1982

About vehicle
Gullwing doors the dmc was rear-engined with a composite molded chassis and gullwing doors. Styling was by giorgio giugiaro, derived from his tapiro concept-car design of 1970. The bodywork was composed of brushed stainless steel, the idea being that it would never require painting and be resistant to superficial blemishes. But de lorean was underfinanced in the venture and needed to locate a production base where government grants were available to enable production. unrealistic location at the time, britain had a socialist government that was nearing the end of its term; It was more interested in creating jobs in areas of high unemployment than commercial possibility. De lorean was offered $97 million to establish a package in northern ireland. Lotus was called in to improve the chassis design, and de lorean himself spent millions of dollars on engineering development. production began late, the cars proved disappointing and sold poorly, and margaret thatchers new conservative government called a halt to the venture in 1982.
Doomed from the start, the dmc project cost british taxpayers some $150 million in exchange for 5000 cars of flawed conception and a closed plant in northern ireland.