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In the case that some of you haven't heard, here's some EXCITING NEWS!!! The Delorean DMC-12 is going to be sold once again. After the Delorean Motor Company went out of business in 1983 or so, some parts and stuff hung around awhile and have been used by the 3 DMC-12 mechanics in the US to keep the existing Deloreans running (there's about 6,500 still around). Eventually, all remaining rights and parts and stock was bought up by the Delorean Motor Company of Texas. They have announced that they are building and will sell new DMC-12's. They haven't changed anything, but you can request certain upgrades and enhancements (while they may have looked cool, the engines were never anything to brag about, but there's an upgrade for those now!). They'll make about 2 a month, or about 20 per year and they start at $57,500, about the equivalent that they cost in 1982.

I wonder why they waited so long to do something like this? Maybe Doc Brown really DID invent a time machine, and when he got here to 2007, he was like, "What!?! They discontinued the DMC-12 after only 18 months of production?!?!? Jumpin Gigawatts! Well, Marty, we'll have to risk tearing the fabric of the space-time continuum and save humanity from itself! We'll promote them here in the future, so that your children will have something to look forward to!"

I doubt anyone has tweaked the article awry for the Deloreans (not that it matters much anyways), so here's the link to the Wikipedia entry on the car. I know it's shocking to the eyes, but here's a picture of one of 3 gold plated DMC-12's made. I think it looks pretty sweet. EXTREMELY retro with the gold on black, but cool in that regard (the lighting isn't very good in the picture).

An interesting fact about the car, while the gull-wing doors may appear to need extra clearance to open, the reverse is true. It is said they only need 11 inches of clearance on the side of the car, which is much less than what most cars typically need. Here's the report on ABC news.

Now someone just needs to manufacture and sell parts like Mr. Fusion and Flux Capacitors so that anyone can turn their DMC-12 into a time machine.