DeLorean Plans To Resurrect Its Sports Car In 2017

The new DeLorean Motor Co. says it is planning to bring the original DeLorean DMC-12 sports car featured in the "Back to the Future" movie back into production in 2017.

Wall Street Journal
Jan 29, 2016

The new DeLorean Motor Co. says it is planning to bring the original DeLorean DMC-12 sports car featured in the "Back to the Future" movie back into production in 2017. The WSJ's Lee Hawkins reports.

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