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[Ozzy Onya A2Z]

DeLorean’s upcoming Alpha5 electric car will make its public debut at the Pebble Beach car show in August. The model emerged as a digital illustration on Monday, accompanied by broad technical goals for a machine not expected to reach production until 2024.

Its four-seat interior takes inspiration from modern Mercedes models, combining a digital driver readout with a large touchscreen rising from the centre console.

DeLorean chief executive Joost de Vries, a former Tesla executive, told UK outlet Autocar that the brand had plans to expand beyond the Alpha5 to offer a V8-powered coupe as well as family-friendly models. “We need an SUV for volume”, de Vries told Autocar.

“The business case is an SUV that will be launched very quickly after we launch our halo car, but we need that halo car first.”

Renders of the car due to be unveiled in August apparently.

 

[TheMan]

Tentative price is 175k btw.

 

[Jennings]

DeLoreans were notorious pieces of absolute shit. I'd rather buy and toss random disposable Kia vehicles as needed than throw money at this.

 

[nush]

DeLoreans were notorious pieces of absolute shit.

The way I see it, if you're going to build a notorious piece of shit, why not do it with some style?

 

[JayK47]

Love all of these super expensive electric cars we are told we all need to buy. I'll admit it looks cool, but I have my doubts it will ever come to be. There are a lot of up and coming electric cars supposedly coming from all of these newcomers. It will be interesting to see if they end up happening or not.

 

[StreetsofBeige]

You guys should watch the documentary. Guy was a total scammer.

Watch Myth & Mogul: John DeLorean | Netflix Official Site

In the automotive world, John DeLorean rose from engineer to executive to icon. But under the hood of his self-created legend lies darkness and deceit.

www.netflix.com

 

[AJUMP23]

Stylish but overpriced.

 

[Ozzy Onya A2Z]

Tentative price is 175k btw.

Woah. Lambo territory. Stupid.

DeLoreans were notorious pieces of absolute shit. I'd rather buy and toss random disposable Kia vehicles as needed than throw money at this.

Park it right next to the old MG cars. Stylish but garbage to keep running.

Love all of these super expensive electric cars we are told we all need to buy. I'll admit it looks cool, but I have my doubts it will ever come to be. There are a lot of up and coming electric cars supposedly coming from all of these newcomers. It will be interesting to see if they end up happening or not.

It's mental how expensive they can be. Our second car is on its last legs, we've been running that thing for ages and my father in law mechanic just keeps it trucking. So we're in the market soon to replace that short trips and hardly used dash around car. We then look at prices of EVs to run off our solar panels and fuck me down under it ain't pretty. AUD$40K for the cheapest shitbox that plugins in, it's petrol model is $26K, cunts. Telsa's start at $70-80K and you're not getting one for years anyway. Now with petrol prices and energy prices skyrocketing in Aus it's going to be a huge run on solar panel installs and electric vehicles. People have been selling their electrics second hand for $10Ks more than they paid in the last year alone because asshats just want to go electric now. We're waiting that shit out a bit, hoping the model 2 from Tesla drops at something reasonable in Aus, we hardly use that second car.

You guys should watch the documentary. Guy was a total scammer.

Watch Myth & Mogul: John DeLorean | Netflix Official Site

In the automotive world, John DeLorean rose from engineer to executive to icon. But under the hood of his self-created legend lies darkness and deceit.

www.netflix.com

Nice, thanks mate. Will check it out.

 

[ManaByte]

Stylish but overpriced.

Woah. Lambo territory. Stupid.

They're only making 88.

 

[Ozzy Onya A2Z]

They're only making 88.

Oh that makes sense then. Handcrafted then I suppose.

 

[StreetsofBeige]

Woah. Lambo territory. Stupid.


Park it right next to the old MG cars. Stylish but garbage to keep running.


It's mental how expensive they can be. Our second car is on its last legs, we've been running that thing for ages and my father in law mechanic just keeps it trucking. So we're in the market soon to replace that short trips and hardly used dash around car. We then look at prices of EVs to run off our solar panels and fuck me down under it ain't pretty. AUD$40K for the cheapest shitbox that plugins in, it's petrol model is $26K, cunts. Telsa's start at $70-80K and you're not getting one for years anyway. Now with petrol prices and energy prices skyrocketing in Aus it's going to be a huge run on solar panel installs and electric vehicles. People have been selling their electrics second hand for $10Ks more than they paid in the last year alone because asshats just want to go electric now. We're waiting that shit out a bit, hoping the model 2 from Tesla drops at something reasonable in Aus, we hardly use that second car.



Nice, thanks mate. Will check it out.

EV cars IMO are purely for environmental concerns.

Whether you save money or not is hit and miss pending which car you get, how much you drive and how much you get burned with repairs outside of warranty. Some sites say EV is cheaper, some say gas is cheaper.

But one thing that is a definite absolute is the EV car will cost more upfront to buy. Whether you make it all back or not over 5 or 10 years is maybe yes, maybe no.

 

[AJUMP23]

They're only making 88.

Still don’t want one. I would rather have an original Delorean.

 

[ManaByte]

Still don’t want one. I would rather have an original Delorean.

Those are 200K

 

[AJUMP23]

Those are 200K

They are not.

Some are more and they have gone up in price recently but I actually looked at buying one not to long ago. They are affordable.

 

[kingfey]

Tentative price is 175k btw.

I dont think my 2 kidneys is enough to pay for that.
A nice car. But its something I would just admire it from my screen.

 

[Ozzy Onya A2Z]

EV cars IMO are purely for environmental concerns.

Whether you save money or not is hit and miss pending which car you get, how much you drive and how much you get burned with repairs outside of warranty. Some sites say EV is cheaper, some say gas is cheaper.

But one thing that is a definite absolute is the EV car will cost more upfront to buy. Whether you make it all back or not over 5 or 10 years is maybe yes, maybe no.

Given the servicing is far less with electric and we run our own solar already I think if we get the entry price right we'll be coasting on savings reasonably quick. I do wonder how long the service life is for the EV batteries. You can run a combustion car a bloody long time, decades and decades. I doubt the batteries in most EVs are going to be doing that well 1-2 decades later.

 

[ManaByte]

They are not.

Some are more and they have gone up in price recently but I actually looked at buying one not to long ago. They are affordable.

I'm talking about a new one. You can buy them, they have the parts and will assemble you one on order.

 

[AJUMP23]

I'm talking about a new one. You can buy them, they have the parts and will assemble you one on order.

I am going to have to ask for proof of life on that claim.

 

[Dr.Guru of Peru]

Never going to happen.

 

[ManaByte]

I am going to have to ask for proof of life on that claim.

https://www.classicdmc.com/sales.html

They only do 3 a year and you can only get one if you go to them in Texas.

 

[Hawking Radiation]

Doesn't look unique for that price tag and the amount of vehicles they're going to build.

This needed a very unique design. Not a run of the mill concept EV with sloping roofline, squinty headlights and taillights, rounded corners, bulging rear quarters and a large diffuser.

An angular design based off the original with a few modern tweaks would have been far more attractive. This could easily be mistaken for a Lucid Air.

Very disappointed.

 

[levyjl1988]

Must be a bitch to open one's door in a parking lot with this car.

 

[kingfey]

What is a nice car, that I can save it for future purchase? Anything above 30k is impossible for me.

 

[Blade2.0]

https://www.classicdmc.com/sales.html

They only do 3 a year and you can only get one if you go to them in Texas.

If I had the money.

 

[Blade2.0]

What is a nice car, that I can save it for future purchase? Anything above 30k is impossible for me.

For real? Not much. The Chevy spark is the cheapest new car I believe at 15k and a lot of cars that used to be cheap were made a lot more expensive. I have a Nissan versa and those are starting around 20k now when they ain't worth that much.

 

[kingfey]

For real? Not much. The Chevy spark is the cheapest new car I believe at 15k and a lot of cars that used to be cheap were made a lot more expensive. I have a Nissan versa and those are starting around 20k now when they ain't worth that much.

I am on weight loss journey now. So once I hit my 200lb target, I would want to congratulate myself with a new car.

Nissan versa seems nice. I had nissan maxima 1996. It broke down on the bottom, and had to auctioned sadly. Would a nice set for my new look in the future.

 

[Pagusas]

I am on weight loss journey now. So once I hit my 200lb target, I would want to congratulate myself with a new car.

Nissan versa seems nice. I had nissan maxima 1996. It broke down on the bottom, and had to auctioned sadly. Would a nice set for my new look in the future.

don’t reward yourself with a bottom barrel POS car, that’s a punishment not a reward.

 

[kingfey]

don’t reward yourself with a bottom barrel POS car, that’s a punishment not a reward.

I am very selective with cars.

My current car is chevvy hhr 2006, which I got it for $1200. Was sitting on a water, fix it for cheap, and now I have been using it for 4 years. Very cheap to fix it.

This time, I want to behave like my age. For a 25 years old guy, its not good to have old cars sometimes.

 

[ParaSeoul]

Thought this would be one of those restomod EVs like hyundais electric grandeur.

Hyundai’s restomod Grandeur is the perfect EV for a supervillain

The Weeknd’s “After Hours,” but a car

www.theverge.com

 

[Burning Blade]

For that price it should come with a briefcase full of the best cocaine the feds have on hand.

 

[Droxcy]

Cannot wait for 10+ years from now for EVs to be super decked out with features and affordable hopefully our infrastructure keeps up

 

[Spaceman292]

DeLoreans were notorious pieces of absolute shit. I'd rather buy and toss random disposable Kia vehicles as needed than throw money at this.

To be fair, that was 40 years ago

 

[jason10mm]

To be fair, that was 40 years ago

And they havent made a car since. It's not like they've spent all this time refining the design.

 

[DeepEnigma]

Tentative price is 175k btw.

“If you can’t afford the gas issues we have our filthy hands in, jUsT bUy eLeCtRiC.”

 

[eddie4]

A friend used to own a DeLorean, we would get comments everywhere we drove, it got annoying pretty quick and he got rid of it.

 

[Ozzy Onya A2Z]

A friend used to own a DeLorean, we would get comments everywhere we drove, it got annoying pretty quick and he got rid of it.

That's funny as. You've got to lean into that if you're going to own an icon.

Now how about silver instead of the maroon?

 

[ÆMNE22A!C]

Lame imo. I'll buy the OG in GT7

 

[Fbh]

Looks nice but also rather generic

 

[Wolfe]

It is kinda generic in ways, but at the same time I think it looks slick as fuck, I wouldn't mind owning it.

 

[dr_octagon]

Does it come with 88kwh battery?

Heheheh, cos of movie. Great Spot, Marty McFlurry, Biffy Clyro and all that.