The 1982 De Lorean - Your rebate is in the glove compartment*

[barengeist.livejournal.com]

Print magazine ad, 1981



* obscure reference to the financing of DMC with cocaine distribution.

Comments

[singeaddams.livejournal.com]

*not-so-obscure reference to time travel*

[jasonbeast.livejournal.com]

I can't believe that the flux capacitor wasn't mentioned in the promo materials. That's the REAL reason DMC failed.

[emmabovary.livejournal.com]

Still looks modern to me, even in 2012. Nice design.

[ejia-arath03.livejournal.com]

It still looks awesome to me, even more so than Bond's submersible Lotus Esprit.

[dandyads]

I just saw one of these last night -- there was a theater doing a screening of Back to the Future, and had one parked out front to promote it.

[pikkewyntjie.livejournal.com]

They looked nice in ads and movies, but the ones I have seen in real life looked awkward and dumpy.