It’s an ad you don’t see often: a Californian seller has put up for sale on the Marketplace – the Facebook classifieds listing – two copies of the famous DeLorean DMC-12 with particularly low mileage: 2,612 km ( 1,623 miles) for the first and only… 22 km (14 miles!) For the second! The two cars were obviously bought new together in 1981, the first year of production of the model, if one refers to their identification plates bearing directly successive serial numbers and the mention “March 81”.
We do not know why the buyer quickly stored them in this garage, but the fact remains that both models are in excellent condition, even if the ad specifies that the car with the least run is “partially disassembled. “without specifying the exact nature of the work to be planned. The other is ready to hit the road.
Initially, the seller wanted to sell the cars only in pairs, at a particularly attractive price: $ 53,000, or approximately € 45,000! A godsend for fans of the model, knowing that this is the price at which a copy in good condition usually sells. However, the announcement has been amended in the meantime, specifying that the two cars would finally be auctioned, on a date to be determined.
La DeLorean DMC-12
The DeLorean DMC-12 is the work of engineer and former Vice-President of General Motors John DeLorean who wanted to build “the sports car of his dreams”. He therefore imagined a futuristic car that still amazes today with its butterfly doors and brushed aluminum bodywork. Unfortunately, the car is equipped with a French engine, the V6 PRV (Peugeot-Renault-Volvo) which develops only 130 horsepower, making the performance very average compared to the look of the car.
DeLorean, who hoped to sell 10 to 12,000 copies a year will be forced to throw in the towel after only 3 years of production and 8,583 copies made, riddled with debt and undermined by a drug trafficking case in which he became involved . It is estimated today that 6,500 copies are still in circulation.
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