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  John De Lorean - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
John Zachary De Lorean (January 6, 1925 – March 19, 2005) was an American personality, engineer, and executive in the U.S. automobile industry, and founder of the De Lorean Motor Company.
De Lorean was also well known for his high profile 1982 arrest on charges of drug trafficking, which preceded the demise of his automobile manufacturing company.
John De Lorean died at Overlook Hospital in Summit, New Jersey on March 19, 2005 from a stroke.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/John_De_Lorean   (2844 words)

  
 [No title]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
De Lorean, 61, in 1984 was acquitted of cocaine conspiracy charges after a sensational trial in Los Angeles.
De Lorean, who has said he intended to announce a new car venture if cleared, shook his head in relief and wiped tears from his eyes as the jury foreman responded "not guilty" for 15 findings.
De Lorean's defense argued that the $8.5 million in question was recieved as part of a legitimate loan.
www.textfiles.com /news/delorean.txt   (617 words)

  
 De Lorean Motor Company   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
De Lorean was also under the impression that the British government would provide his company with Export Credit Financing, which provided the manufacturer a loan of 80% of the wholesale cost of the vehicles ($20,000) upon completion and delivery to the shipper.
De Lorean Motor Company was testing the use of translucent paint to help provide different color options on the cars while also allowing the stainless steel grain to show through, but no cars were sold with factory painted body panels.
De Lorean himself retired in New England, and the dream with which he had mesmerised Britain's Labour government, of industry rising out of the ashes of Northern IrelandUlster's sectarian conflict/, was shattered.
www.infothis.com /find/De_Lorean_Motor_Company   (1670 words)

  
 Edsel Final Draft   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
De Lorean was one of the creators of the Pontiac GTO and doing well at General Motor's helping produce new sports cars, but in 1975 De Lorean left GM due to differences with the senior GM management (dmc).
De Lorean decided he wanted 'to design and build a car that would be as safe as possible, reliable, comfortable, handle and perform well, be enormous fun to drive and unmistakably elegantin appearance' (dmc).
The De Lorean motor company could not meet its payments and fell into receivership in 1982, which 'is a process in Great Britain where the government appoints someone to come in and run a failing company in an effort to fix its problem' (car).
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 Edsel Rough Draft   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
De Lorean was doing well at General Motor's helping produce new sports cars, but in 1975 De Lorean left GM due to differences with the senior GM management (dmc).
De Lorean decided he wanted 'to design and build a car that would be as safe as possible, reliable, comfortable, handle and perform well, be enormous fun to drive and unmistakably elegant in appearance' (dmc).
De Lorean was arrested for cocaine in the US and as a result the company was liquidated and bought by a company named Consolidated (angle).
mason.gmu.edu /~dfree/edselrough.html   (532 words)

  
 Cartype : Delorean logo
De Lorean was acquitted of these charges on the basis of entrapment by FBI officials.
De Lorean then looked to Puerto Rico, where he was about to agree to a deal for the car to be manufactured locally, when a last minute offer from the UK's NIDA (Northern Ireland Development Agency) led the production company to set up shop in Northern Ireland.
De Lorean himself retired in New England, and the dream with which he had mesmerised Britain's Labour government, of industry rising out of the ashes of Ulster's sectarian conflict, was shattered.
www.cartype.com /page.cfm?id=156&alph=ALL&dec=ALL   (1573 words)

  
 BBC News | NORTHERN IRELAND | Festival celebrates the De Lorean
De Lorean car owners from across the world are holding a four day festival in Northern Ireland to celebrate the vehicle's 20th anniversary.
De Lorean was instructed to sell off the 434-acre estate in Bedminster for $15m to a golf course developer.
De Lorean, 75, had hoped to get $30m from the estate's sale to pay off his remaining creditors and build a golf resort and equestrian centre on the property.
news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/northern_ireland/1347391.stm   (421 words)

  
 Encyclopedia: John De Lorean   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
De Lorean DMC-12 The De Lorean Motor Company was a manufacturer of passenger cars formed by John De Lorean in 1975.
The De Lorean DMC-12 was a sports car made by the De Lorean Motor Company from 1981 to 1983.
The factory to build this car was set up in Northern Ireland at Dunmurry, with substantial financial incentives from the Northern Ireland Development Agency (around £100 million) – this despite a report from a management consultancy firm that gave the project only a 1 in 10 chance of success.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/John-De-Lorean   (5428 words)

  
 De Lorean Motor Company
De Lorean hired a GM engineer, Bill Collins, to design his car, and they contracted Giorgetto Giugiaro (Italy) to style it — this led to the unique appearance of the gull wing doors.
De Lorean’s market projections were for perhaps 12 000 cars a year, but buoyant initial sales led to an upwards revising of production to 20 000 cars per annum.
De Lorean cars can still be bought in the US for $30 000, completely restored by the new incarnation of the De Lorean Motor Company.
www.tech.plym.ac.uk /sme/Interactive_Resources/tutorials/FailureCases/fd1.html   (675 words)

  
 DeLorean Club Nederland   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
De DeLorean, ook wel DMC of DMC12 genoemd.
Ook voor de stadslichten moet een oplossing komen: in plaats van de oranje stadslichten in de richtingaanwijzer, moeten deze een witte kleur hebben, dus het meest eenvoudige is de stadslichten in de (nieuwe) koplamp aan te sluiten.
De zwarte (aade) draad moet tevens worden aangesloten op de aarde van het stadslicht lampje.
www.delorean.nl   (1048 words)

  
 De Lorean - Wikipedia
Leider ging dies zu Lasten der Qualität des anfänglich recht anständig verarbeiteten DMC-12.
Das schlechte Image des Wagens war aber nicht das einzige Problem des Unternehmens: Politische Unruhen in Irland und die stark abflauende Nachfrage nach luxuriösen Fahrzeugen setzten dem jungen Unternehmen vor allem finanziell stark zu; ein vorzeitiges Ende des Automobilherstellers wurde zudem besiegelt, als die britische Regierung die Subventionen für das Werk einstellte.
In diesem Zusammenhang wurde ein Skandal um John De Lorean bekannt, als ihn das FBI bei einem Drogenhandel festnahm.
de.wikipedia.org /wiki/DeLorean   (1776 words)

  
 De Lorean - TheBestLinks.com - Automobile, Cocaine, Detroit, Michigan, ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
The De Lorean Motor Company was founded in 1975 by flamboyant automobile industry executive John De Lorean, to make the sports car of his dreams.
In 1982, De Lorean was charged with selling cocaine to undercover police.
De Lorean was later acquitted of all charges (due to entrapment) but went into retirement in New England.
www.thebestlinks.com /De_Lorean.html   (587 words)

  
 "I am Vince Clortho, Keymaster of Gozer"   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
It'll also dispell the myth that De Loreans are, according to the majority of the misinformed world, crap.
The man behind the car's ideals was John Z De Lorean, who had only a few years earlier quit a \\$650,000 a year at General Motors to start his own company.
De Lorean was arrested (although, very soon after, aquitted), and the cars were made in limited numbers untill 1983, by the recievers.
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 De Lorean - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
John De Lorean, an American businessman who founded (in Northern Ireland) the
De Lorean Motor Company, which manufactured an automobile, the
De Lorean DMC-12, which was used in the film Back to the Future
www.secaucus.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/DeLorean   (143 words)

  
 Your Place And Mine - Greater Belfast - De Lorean
Three De Lorean workers talk about the excitement of joining the company, their pride in what they were producing and why they think the factory failed.
George Fairman, Alan Hayward and Joe Murray remember their time with the De Lorean factory in "I Was There" (broadcast on 28th December 1995), a BBC Radio Ulster series featuring accounts of events from people who were there as they happened.
De Lorean is the best thing on the planet, I have been in 3.
www.bbc.co.uk /northernireland/yourplaceandmine/archive/A727436.shtml   (185 words)

  
 De Lorean - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
John De Lorean, an American businessman who founded (in Northern Ireland) the De Lorean Motor Company
De Lorean Motor Company, an automobile manufacturer based out of Northern Ireland
De Lorean DMC-12, an automobile manufactured by the De Lorean Motor Company, which was used in the film Back to the Future
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/De_Lorean   (115 words)

  
 NIAO: Press Releases - De Lorean: The Recovery of Public Funds
Over the 20-year period to 2002, a wide range of actions, including a number of litigation proceedings, were undertaken in the bid to recover public funds lost as a result of the failure of the project.
These claims were based largely on Andersen’s failure to disclose the £8.8 million fraud in its reports on the De Lorean accounts, as a result of which the Department had continued to invest in the project.
The Comptroller and Auditor General's report on ‘De Lorean : The Recovery of Public Funds’ is published as HC 287 of Session 2003-04.
www.niauditoffice.gov.uk /pubs/onepress.asp?arc=False&id=142&dm=0&dy=0   (1706 words)

  
 BBC NEWS | Northern Ireland | £20m spent on De Lorean lawyers
A report by the NI Audit Office shows that in total the De Lorean receivers paid the government £17m - while the firm's auditors Arthur Andersen paid £20.7m in settlement of a legal action where the government alleged negligence.
He said he recognised the recovery process was not without success, since the receivers paid over £16m to the department from its recoveries and a further £1.6m was also paid out by the trustee of the De Lorean parent company.
The SDLP's John Dallat said the De Lorean project was a scandal to out shame all scandals.
news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/northern_ireland/3480679.stm   (692 words)

  
 John De Lorean
John Zachary De Lorean (born January 6, 1925) started in the United States automobile business in the 1950s with Pontiac.
By 1970 he was managing Chevrolet and was tipped to be president of General Motors.
But he chafed at management restrictions there and resigned to build his own type of sports car, the De Lorean, which was featured in the movie Back to the Future.
www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/jo/John_De_Lorean.html   (119 words)

  
 De Lorean   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
The De Lorean car company was founded in 1979 in Northern Ireland by flamboyant John De Lorean, to make the car of his dreams.
The car as he dreamed it, with its distinctive gull-wing doors[?] hinged at the top, and stainless steel skin was never fully implemented.
The dream with which he had mesmerised Britain's Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher and her government, of capitalism rising out of the ashes of Ulster's sectarian conflict[?], was shattered.
www.eurofreehost.com /de/De_Lorean.html   (265 words)

  
 Der De Lorean im Modell und Original
De Lorean besserte schnell nach,aber der DMC-Konzern bekam Finanzierungsschwierigkeiten und wurde schließlich 1983 aufgelöst. Der Misserfolg des De Lorean (sein Konstrukteur lebt übrigends heute auf einer Farm in New Jersey) war sicherlich auch auf seinen Motor zurückzuführen.
Von innen hielt der schnittige Aluminium-Renner nicht, was er von außen versprach: Mit knappen 200 km/h Spitze sah der De Lorean von den meisten anderen Sportwagen nur die Rücklichter.
Legendär wurde der De Lorean durch seine Rolle in den "Zurück in die Zukunft"-Filmen: Regisseur Robert Zemeckis machte aus dem Wagen kurzerhand eine stilvolle Zeitmaschine und schickte Jungstar Michael J.Fox 1984 in die 50er.
www.modelcarworld.com /Content/Nachrichten100/Nachrichten219.html   (339 words)

  
 National Automobile Musuem - collections
John Z. De Lorean began his career in the automotive industry with Chrysler in 1948, later serving Packard and General Motors.
Production of "De Loreans" began early in 1981, with a first shipment of 500 cars to the United States taking place in April.
The De Lorean cars were styled by Giugiaro and featured gullwing doors and unpainted stainless steel bodies.
www.automuseum.org /NAM_collections_delorean2.shtml   (312 words)

  
 De Lorean DMC-12 - Gizmo Highway Auto Guide
John De Lorean pressed on with work to create a 5 passenger sedan similar to the DMC-12 to be called the DMC-24 as well as bus that saw one prototype being built the DMC-80.
Although the De Lorean car had a skin of stainless steal that never rusted the frame and underbody were not, and are prone to rust.
Something the average car buyer may not see when buying a second hand De Lorean.
www.gizmohighway.com /autos/delorean.htm   (746 words)

  
 JOHN DE LOREAN FACTS AND INFORMATION
John Zachary De Lorean (January_6, 1925 – March_19, 2005) was an American personality, engineer, and executive in the U.S. automobile industry, and founder of the De_Lorean_Motor_Company.
He was most well known for developing the Pontiac_GTO muscle_car, and the De_Lorean_DMC-12 sports_car, which was later featured in the movie ''Back_to_the_Future''.
DeLorean went on to found the De_Lorean_Motor_Company (DMC), showing a two-seater sports car prototype in the mid-1970s called the De Lorean Safety Vehicle (DSV), with its bodyshell designed by Italdesign's Giorgetto_Giugiaro.
www.witwib.com /John_De_Lorean   (2704 words)

  
 Lawyers winners on De Lorean case costs says report
Although De Lorean receivers paid out £17.6 million, the cost of legal fees in the ten-year court battle in America reached £20.3 million.
Previously the sum of £20.7 million had been paid out by De Lorean's auditors Arthur Andersen for alleged negligence in respect of their failure to disclose that £8.8 million in funds had been misappropriated from De Lorean accounts.
The De Lorean Motor Company was placed in receivership in February 1982 following the injection of £77 million of government grants into a project that promised 2,000 jobs for Belfast.
www.4ni.co.uk /industrynews.asp?id=25710   (666 words)

  
 American Driver: John Z. De Lorean - Automobile Magazine   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
John Z. De Lorean died following a stroke, while his former employer General Motors was being buffeted by an apparently endless parade of bad news and the New York International Automobile Show was just throwing open the doors for its annual press preview.
There is some unkillable belief that De Lorean was the true automotive messiah who would have fixed everything if stuffy old GM hadn't crucified him.
Once again, De Lorean the grifter, the con man, the scam artist, had wrecked things for De Lorean the defender of all America holds dear.
automobilemag.com /columns/0506_american_driver   (798 words)

  
 Scans
From the start of the engineering program for the De Lorean there had been interest in a turbocharged engine as a natural route for the company to follow in looking for more horsepower.
There was already a De Lorean version of the V-6 with a pair of turbos on display with the car when it was shown in the National Automobile Dealers Association meeting in January, 1980.
The car De Lorean asked Legend to develop was to have added horsepower, to be produced without a great sacrifice in fuel economy.
www.midstatedmc.com /gallery/scans   (517 words)

  
 Ministers knew of De Lorean risk
The documents include evidence from former prime minister Margaret Thatcher, recorded in 1992, saying: "We assumed everything was all right." John De Lorean's futuristic "gull-wing" car plant collapsed in 1982, having consumed £78m of taxpayers' money.
The government is suing De Lorean's former accountants for negligence, conspiracy and fraud, but its claims have been severely reduced since the American court rejected the bulk of its claim last April.
It took just seven weeks in the summer of 1978 for John De Lorean, now aged 73, to convince the Northern Ireland Department of Commerce to give him an initial £35m in grants and loans for his Ulster sports car factory.
www.telegraph.co.uk /htmlContent.jhtml?html=/archive/1996/08/17/cripof17.html   (618 words)

  
 DeLorean's Italian Connection   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
The Zee Toy De Lorean is also unique as the only small-scale stock version of this ill-fated model.
Again the gullwing doors work and the Zee wheels are actually a close copy of the De Lorean wheels.
When the two cars are put side-by-side, the origins of the De Lorean design are easily seen.
www.breithaupts.com /totc119.htm   (219 words)

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