DeLorean - Great Blunders In History

[@dvddmc]

The Car is really an Increable car to Drive. Some one in the family has 3 of them two manuals and one automatic have driven the Auto quite a few times. Very stable on the road and a great comfortable car. There have Been Many Many New updates and products that you can get for the car to Replace the Oringal items. Makes the Car Even better!

[@InvisibleYetVisible]

The DeLorean wasn't a blunder.... it was released at the wrong time, it was a superb vehicle for the time. If sold now, it would have been a success.

[@s.porter8646]

I'm building an electric drive DMC

[@InvisibleYetVisible]

+STEPHEN PORTER from an old body?

[@s.porter8646]

Yes

[@InvisibleYetVisible]

STEPHEN PORTER What you using, a forklift motor?

[@s.porter8646]

it's a nissan leaf drive from a totaled car

[@gary_beniford]

the delorean was ahead of it's time in style and construction. had he waited until maybe 1984 for the economy to improve and attitudes to change it likely would have been a success. unfortunately the British wanted the unemployment problem solved as soon as possible and delorean could not have known the economy would be down when the product finally launched.

[@jeniko4872]

Someone failed geography for the US @ 5:20 I didn't know Detroit, MI was located near Washington D.C.

[@psikogeek]

I assume that someone was educated in Detroit public schools.

[@neillattz]

Jeniko I was thinking the same thing.

[@beernpizzalover]

Very interesting. I'm ready to buy one of these before I kick the bucket!

[@andrewharris7517]

A Man with a dream.... I can relate... A Fantastic car going to own one soon...

[@Kaffyboy]

He was found innocent of those charges. He was set up.

[@FirstnameLastname-io6lb]

I've loved the car sense back to the future it was love at first sight

[@commandershepherd8987]

7:54 Ahhh, the sight of the Twin Towers. I remember seeing them in person back in 1994. Magnificent structures that we all thought could never fall. How wrong we were.

[@Wilantonjakov]

another example: the Titanic, another magnificent structure we thought would never fall. How wrong we were.

[@Quetzalcoatl_Feathered_Serpent]

For the record the Delorean was never a blunder. It was competition to various other heavy automakers. GM and Chrysler specifically were threatened by Delorean Ford didn't really give a shit. It was also a new type of car so flaws were given. Fast forward to 2014 and the cars have proven to be decent vehicles over the years thanks to a new Delorean motor company and owners. No nothing was really wrong with the vehicles they were just average pretty good sport cars that suffered from cruel Auto industry competition and politics

[@ArchimedeanEye]

It was a massive blunder. The first 200 production cars were rebuilt completely in the USA at 400hrs a piece. Quite a number when it took only 50hrs to build on-line! It had a hideously underpowered engine giving it 0-60mph times of 10 seconds... Hardly a sports car. The Ford Cortina brakes on the car were nothing special either. In short, the car was rushed to production and short cuts were made. It's still and incredible effort however. To actually have built a plant from scratch in Ireland and mass produce a stainless steel body car, was an amazing achievement essentially driven by one man.

[@venicemackay9244]

thats a left wing labour government for you they have bankrupted the uk 3 times now and would do it again

[@venicemackay9244]

if you want high taxes no jobs thats the party for you

[@joeschwarts8016]

nice video!!! Awesome piece of history!!

[@scotiacruiser1]

I actually thought the car was pretty cool when I was a kid. I wrote to John Delorean and he wrote a letter back to me. I also have a couple of the brochures including the one where they offered three colors. The red was the nicest, but I had no idea how to clean it. I wrote to a number of automakers, designers and CEO's. I put one of my brochures on the inside of my locker at school and somebody broke into I and stole it.

[@DeLoreanDMC]

Richard MacNeil wow! Nice story! You still have that letter? How cool!

[@jameslatimer1432]

Its a sad story but hopefully DMC WILL BE GREAT AGAIN WISH I COULD BECOME PART OF IT AS I LOVED THIS CAR JUST LIKE MANYOTHERS

[@dumaguetehomes4922]

Brilliant man, just had a little bad luck with weather and QC at a critical time.

[@Kaffyboy]

What you said is, in fact, true! I find myself regularly replacing fuses, but apart from that, she's great.

[@Emohunter115]

Still the coolest sports car in my book.

[@timothyokane9710]

The FBI vs John DeLorean was alot like Preston Tucker vs the Dept.of Securities&exchange.Both were exonerated.

[@Kaffyboy]

Anyone who says the DeLorean runs like shit, or that they are not true sports cars have NEVER owned a DeLorean. I have one, and it runs beautifully, and while it doesn't have the power of a Ferrari or Porsche, it still has great pickup. It was built for cruising, not speeding! Besides all that...People who say that miss the point entirely. EVERYONE knows the DeLorean when they see it!!!!!

[@DeLoreanDMC]

Kaffyboy Yup! I'm with you on that!

[@onenotused9327]

If I know politics in the USA I would guess that when the people who decide what flys and what dies asked for their unfair share and John being an honest business man who believed things could happen without greasing the palms of greasy polititions....he soon learned the ugly truth and they did everything possible to make sure he went down with the ship and then still tried to frame him up on more trumped up charges and thank God for their sloppy performance and under estimating his ability to sway a jury towards truth he atleast avoided prison :(

[@neil2905]

the only blunder was the brits closing the factory and kicking 2500 people out of work.

[@juandef4115]

papa smurf in britain, the only thing that works is the mouth

[@VanlifewithAlan]

Luxury vehicles can come out during a recession as those at the top will continue to buy things and in any case there are very few products aimed at few people. It is mass produced products aimed at the middle market which is difficult to do.

[@jackpontiac52]

GM up to no good ! Shortly after the DeLorean, they introduced their own Mid-Engine Sportscar , the Pontiac Fiero.

[@charlieharper886]

I _always_ thought the Fiero looked suspiciously similar...

[@scottieman2]

Tell me about it. I miss the old shows. That's why I started watching the channel.

[@duke1647]

Doc' are you telling me that you built a time machine,out of a DeLorean?!

[@stephenmclaughlin7707]

My granda built the de loreans

[@DeLoreanDMC]

Stephen Mclaughlin hey. Who's your grandpa? He still alive i hope? Would love to hear his stories! :)

[@JiP01]

I seriously think that John stuffed up in upping the workforce. What he should have done was invest in reversing the dash and either make, or convert already built cars into RHD cars. At least that way he could export some of those masses to the UK, Japan, Australia and other developed nations that drive on the other side of the road. He put all his eggs in one basket and that is what failed him. He could have shipped those already built cars to Europe too.

[@bsklasika]

he gave jobs to these bums who should never be even considered as work-force in such high technological facilities, he put all his money and health in such a risk and made so many people happy. and when it all went down these bums who had nothing before he came - turned against him. and the only blunder about DeLorean was made by British Government. they did not do any type of research, did not do any checking, they trusted only on John's idea and ability to sell it. now you can do that with your private money and be investor, but the idea of government means that you have right people in right places to do right things. yet its so often that we see that because of Government's involvement so many countries have so much things going wrong. embarrassing.

[@smoceskreen]

Great piece of history in video, but why oh why must it be spoiled by music?

[@theTVchannel1000]

exactly, i recently drove one, and my dad said that it is no good, until we went for a ride. it had excellent pick up, and it cruised like it was on a cloud. it was also a stick shift, and i must say, it was the easiest car to drive with stick. every other time, i killed the car, but the DeLorean never died on me.

[@borghome]

How much did u get urs?

[@S1nwar]

so what is wrong with the delorean performance? ist it weak cause its "just" a 130hp motor or ist it also bad compared to other motors of the same class?

[@jameslatimer1432]

Does any one know what happened to all the cars that did not get sold!!!!!!!??

[@562CATRACHO]

I love the DeLorean look, great for a 500hp swap.

[@scottieman2]

Are there other episodes of this on here?

[@jameslatimer1432]

This car could be brought back with a few upgrades and a bmw engine and running gear I think it was a nice looking car especially with the gullwing doors i think i could be great again and it probably will be ,their are so many small car manufacturers that would love to get involved i have seen a few new cars that look really nice the factory could be small and no need for a massive factories

[@TheZachmaster]

Did nobody else notice that "Detroit" at 5:20 is somewhere in New York?

[@touraneindanke]

His character remains unblamisched!!!

[@scottieman2]

This show brings me back to I was like 13 when this was on the regular History Channel.

[@Dantheferret]

the part about the striking what those that have to do with delorean

[@frankiesaggio6729]

I Agree I will buy one soon my grandpa says it was futuristic for its time

[@dforscher]

the moral story is, if the Brit government is to invest in Elon Musk's Tesla, we can predict what his car company will be .....

[@mfitzy100]

Why did the Government destroy the body castings? Surely they could have tried salvage something...

[@GoodOlGranite]

martin fitzpatrick Their Called "The Body Dies"

[@mr2nut123]

Apparently it's just the electronics that are really unreliable..? The engine and most of the mechanics are meant to be bulletproof.

[@charleschris4123]

Actually the judge messed up and he should’ve been convicted but the jury did not know they could convicted other charges and so forth it was confusing. However there was one lady who decided he was innocent that was it and nothing was going to convince her otherwise.

[@phofierka]

Between 0.49-0.56 is that a dead body lying on the freeway??

[@TheSkete]

No,it's some type of debris.

[@Mr1triton]

Yeah John De Lorean

[@jarlvidarberge]

Hello ! History !! See my Delorean rest.+ other cars. Regards JVB.

[@sportsmedia25]

When this baby hits 88 miles per hour, you're going to see some serious shit!

[@psdaengr6155]

A really shoddy piece of historical reconstruction, stringing together unrelated facts and suppositions without supporting evidence into a seemingly cause and effect progression. Yellow journalism rides again!!

[@Wilantonjakov]

activism at its finest!

[@budh420]

lol was was worth 10 grand 11 years ago now its 80 grand, he probably never thought one would be worth that much.

[@zencb]

I just don't understand why the car is so goddamn high...It looks so goofy..If it were lower to the ground it would certainly help with speed and reduce wind resistance..

[@d3dw8t]

Anyone else notice at 5:22 detroit is marked were New York city is? lol

[@Sbrillo43]

Why, why they put that engine on the car! What engineers thinking!

[@juansaladzar]

Jesus whats with this damn music in the background brah?

[@supermcfly100]

Your mom is a blunder. Put some respect on my name

[@legacyturbo8485]

The brickland was made in Canada and is almost the same story as the delorian

[@HollywoodF1]

*Bricklin, *DeLorean

[@Mechknight73]

No, but it forever tarnished his name. There was a long trail of frauds, but this seemed to be the only crime he actually faced the courts for, even if they did let him go

[@MrKingjamar]

1.''Qoutations For? Blunder!;...Preceded! by?? Considered, AND? Unqouted! Hilarious!''-kofd[Govt.Technician]; 2. Delving oF Documentive Reconsideration, Ironic!

[@scottieman2]

Granted that the British government didn't help but neither did John DeLorean by getting busted for drugs.

[@dizzyknutsak9462]

WOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@smallclone]

this is so sad

[@Voivrenetwork]

Body dies destroyed.. Damn, would have made the body parts (Certain panels and fascias) issue non-existant today. :(

[@chrislemaster2695]

They lied the body dyes were auctioned off and DMC Moter Cars are based out of Texas.

[@mattsoko1980]

That's not where Detroit is... 5:20

[@ItsTimePictures]

Horrible horrible horrible engine. Under-powered to the point of absurdity. But otherwise an interesting car. The stainless steel body is unique and a real stunner in person.

[@lordfly88]

Body dies were destroyed?! You might want to check your history facts on that one.

[@scottieman2]

Oh, that's good.

[@luizalmeida9399]

D4

[@scottieman2]

I don't like Pickers really. Just two guys driving around? Wish I had a job like that.

[@rdizzo1313]

A “Blunder” EVERYONE wants… Big 3 are STILL SWEATING OVER THIS…😈

[@5bananas1]

whose played asphalt 7 heat? the dmc12 can beat a 4,0 litre dodge viper

[@loupelez1551]

Its more like driving a piece of art than anything. It was no Ferrari.

[@TheMpo1986]

that ending was terrible. I thought for sure that dmc wouldve bounced back in 85

[@scottieman2]

Reality shows stink for the most part. Pawn Stars are the only half way decent show that is on there. At least they talk about history stuff about the stuff they have.

[@daviscampbell9020]

It is Not a Blunder.

[@FirstnameLastname-io6lb]

Yea try are all in texas

[@SPIKEmIlLeNnIuM]

The BRICKLIN was a car with a very similar story, but an overall nicer car

[@mcqueenfanman]

this vid was a blunder.

[@peterbradshaw8018]

DWL Blame it all on the British government LMAO. This is a joke.