Documentary | Delorean (1980) - English

In 1973, John DeLorean was most likely going to be the next president of General Motors, when he turned his back on his $650,000 a year job and focused on a grander dream... to build his own car company (the first new American car company since 1925). In 1978, DeLorean built the most advanced auto factory in the world in under 18 months, from the ground up in a small suburb of Belfast, Northern Ireland. When British Television (ATV) asked us to make a film about John DeLorean, out great automotive adventure began, an adventure that took us to the auto show in Geneva, where DeLorean and his wife showed his new car for the first time to the excited world of car buffs; to car designer Guigiaro's huge studio-factory in Italy where full-size wooden replica's of Lotuses, Ferraris and DeLoreans were locked away in secret vaults; and to DeLorean's Belfast assembly plant which was financed by the British government in an attempt to ease tensions between Protestants and Catholics by bringing them together in a working environment. Here workers from both sides built the car that became the legend of the movie "Back to the Future". When you see how close it all came to working you wonder how it could go so wrong.

[@andrewharris7517]

This film is Electric... I’m reading his Autobiography now and it’s riveting...

[@chasermalloy7406]

His autobiography ? lmao Don't get that confused with his history.

[@e40project31]

Thanks for the film!👍 Very interesting and RARE!

[@jeffkharpoharpo3472]

He was an Awesome guy! and friend "Rest in peace'

[@chasermalloy7406]

He was a friend ? He was a cockroach. I doubt if he was a friend. You would have been bankrupt if you were his friend.

[@EmmettLBrown2015]

This is one awesome documentary.

[@touraneindanke]

Just looking at the other cars driving on European and American roads. At the time a DeLorean must have been seen as a spaceship especially in Northern Ireland. And now being in 2021 we must agree that time was kind to its looks. You really can safely travel on into the future without shame.

[@scottnapier943]

De Lorean sure did love using the word Asinine! 🤣

[@hendrixlp1970]

I wish this was three hours longer.

[@neilwiththedeal]

Do u still?

[@hendrixlp1970]

@@neilwiththedeal Excellent question.

[@neilwiththedeal]

@@hendrixlp1970 how about this one - do you think humans will really reach Mars under Elon musk's watch? And by 2029 as he states?

[@s.porter8646]

@@neilwiththedeal I don't think we reach mars in the next 100 years---just a hunch

[@capitolintel]

in 1980s, an executive flying in a private jet rang huge alarm bells, especially as it was start-up. Lotus seemed to made all the money. DMC may have worked with Mazda. The car plants in Wales proves the concept that failed in NI.

[@chasermalloy7406]

Colin Chapman only avoided prosecution by dying. delorean by fleeing the UK and never returning. The money " Paid to Lotus " was identified as being in a Swiss bank account under a ghost company owner by Chapman and delorean. I believe that was about 8 millions pounds and was part of the relatively small amount recovered.

[@joshgellis3292]

He really didn't have enough money to 100%-literally start his own car company. Everything tells me he probably needed another 50% *_*even especially at the start._**

[@seanagulan9481]

John Delorean is great, yet underrated.

[@chasermalloy7406]

What planet are you on ? delorean was a disgusting, despicable criminal. He swindled friend and foe. He defrauded old ladies and the entire Irish public as well as General Motors. God knows who else. Senior board members of GM and delorean motor company openly state that he was a crook. The evidence is all there anyway. The only decent thing he ever did was to die. Educate yourself.

[@seanagulan9481]

@@chasermalloy7406 No one cares!

[@chasermalloy7406]

@@seanagulan9481 The people he swindled care. Especially the ones whose lives he completely destroyed. You do not have a clue what you are talking about.

[@EarthSurferUSA]

@@seanagulan9481 When Tucker lost his right to compete in the auto industry in the late 40's, we all lost that right. Delorean did not understand that, no mater how qualified he was, it was not going to happen. But you don't mind. You should.

[@EarthSurferUSA]

Think of it as "Theft of life.", because that is what it is,---all of ours.

[@billrichter8871]

Do you notice DeLorean has a nervous tic all the time?

[@EarthSurferUSA]

Nope. I notice you are a trouble maker. Not too bright.

[@Kawiboy]

Yep 👍

[@luizalmeida9399]

Dmc DeLorean De volta para o futuro Volkswagen Kafer Racer

[@luizalmeida9399]

Dmc DeLorean De volta para o futuro Luiz Davi e Suzete Thomas e seus amigos Locomotiva Loco Motorin

[@divalivingston1664]

About 2 minutes before it was announced that the Belfast managing director was moving on, I thought they need to get rid of that guy. He was out of his depth or didn't have the organizational strategy and work force to get things done in a timely manner and that was sorely needed.

[@EarthSurferUSA]

That is what people in government say after they destroy new competition for their lobbyists industry friends. He would have done great in a real free enterprise system where beginners are allowed to compete. Delorean was just the last one of 3 that I know who was destroyed by economic fascism, and now we face communism. You live outside of reality.

[@zillsburyy1]

not a documentary but behind the scenes footage

[@theflyingsteamerstoke8534]

A fly-on-the-wall documentary

[@EarthSurferUSA]

@@theflyingsteamerstoke8534 I guess it is only a documentary if somebody who did not know the details wrote the story.

[@luizalmeida9399]

Dmc DeLorean De volta para o futuro Luiz Davi e Suzete Thomas e seus amigos Locomotiva Loco Motorin Custom '53 Cadillac Tm Gm

[@carlosborrasetaylor7630]

100 ❤

[@humanbeing2420]

He didn't "turn his back" on his job at GM. At least not as I understand it - I've read that they fired him but let him state it was a mutual parting.

[@enricolongo242]

Proofs?

[@closer71]

Yeeee-ahhh.....well....no, not exactly. He was ousted at GM because his illegal side deals weren’t discreet enough; he was blatant about it. That, and he spent more time NOT AT WORK than in his office, instead running around investing in MLB teams, getting photographed with Hollywod types, and turning himself into a fashionista. Where it all went south was his decision to compete with GM. When he announced his DMC-12 he LOST HIS BONUS as well as his severance pay. THAT was stupid. He needed that money to set him up for life. Instead he spent the next 30-years chasing it - trying to replace that $650,000/year salary... and died broke at Parsons Village condominium complex in Morristown, NJ. It certainly is a terrific cautionary tale.

[@humanbeing2420]

@@closer71 You likely know more about it than I do. My comment went a bit beyond my actual knowledge and into speculation, so I've moderated it. Bottom line - my sense of the guy from all I've read and seen from and about him is that he was extremely talented in many respects but extremely superficial, a massive bullshitter and, ultimately, empty and small. Whether due to his upbringing or his inherent make-up, he lacked humanity and decency.

[@chasermalloy7406]

He was embezzling from GM at every opportunity. He actually got a sizeable payout when sacked because he threatened to report GM for many infringements of regulations. He was that sort of a disgusting cockroach.

[@EarthSurferUSA]

@@humanbeing2420 No, he does not know more than you do. Not in reality anyway. He is a bum with a tape recorder for a brain and a communist whispering in his ear, for a Scooby snack.

[@Zinkquer]

the dude pasted through detriot or something his missing half his window and the back of the car

[@hendrixlp1970]

You're missing half of your sentence, grammar, and punctuations.

[@EarthSurferUSA]

@@hendrixlp1970 It is called "progress" in our schools today.

[@firstnamesecondname5341]

32:00 & 34:00. The dreaded union rep with his own personal agenda and hatred of management, my grandad and his friends hated these types for causing nothing but trouble and disruption…. 7% pay rise willingly offered on the table and the union rep rejected it, he disguised it as a motion from the shop floor but that was bull 💩, the alternatives being vast unemployment and accelerating the closure of the factory…. It wasn’t the troubles that forced the closure of Delorean or John’s ‘miss’ dealings trying to keep it going…. The damn union reps where a nightmare

[@chasermalloy7406]

What nonsense you speak.

[@EarthSurferUSA]

@@chasermalloy7406 Unions keep people stupid. How is your math?

[@EarthSurferUSA]

Government and it's economic fascist industry partners has destroyed every individual of competition who has stepped up to the plate of free enterprise to compete and provide opportunity in the auto industry since WW2. Tucker, another guy who tried to make a sports car in Canada, and Delorean, are three that I know of. But we give Japan 8 billion to rebuild, and Honda was "allowed" to create a manufacturing dynasty after WW2 while our elected congress destroyed Tucker. Delorean did not know we lost WW2.

[@chasermalloy7406]

Why don't you actually learn SOMETHING about this thieving swindling reprobate. That way you won't continue to make a complete fool of yourself. You still do not have a clue what you are taking about.