The DeLorean Comes Back From The Past With The All-Electric Alpha5 | Forbes

If the future is electric, then the Back To The Future car has arrived—at least as an electric concept. The famous DeLorean DMC-12 gull-wing, stainless steel car is back from the reincarnated DeLorean Motor Company. On Tuesday it revealed its Alpha5 concept car as an all-electric DeLorean with strong Porsche vibes.

DMC, which is no longer the failed auto company started by John DeLorean in 1975, but a rebooted classic car parts brand, first teased a product revival in April. This week, the first images and basic details of the pre-production car were released about the Alpha5, including its name.

The same firm which designed the original DMC-12 in the 1970s, Italdesign, is behind the new electrified version’s styling. Now owned by Volkswagen AG, the Alpha5 bears an unmistakable resemblance to Italdesign’s 2019 DaVinci concept car and the hallmarks of other redesign Italdesign ideas, as well as some trademark DeLorean ones.

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The back is gorgeous.
The 88 units limit is dope.
The “not street legal” part kills it all.

[ThePineTreesBand]

They should still make a classic version, with virtually identical appearance to the original, but with modern technology under the hood, like the EV drivetrain. Essentially a "resto mod"

[fernandovazquez]

The moment you mentioned NFT I knew this vehicle will be a bust

[piggypiggypig]

The absence of a flux capacitor is a deal-breaker for me.

[shadowfilm]

Delorean was ahead of his time. Greatly admire his vision and tenacity. One of the bravest in the automotive industry.

[sambowks]

The original stood out from its competitors but the new model looks like every other EV.

[ande]

I saw an older modified DeLorean today, as he accelerated from the stop sign it sounded good, no hiccups. 😎

[TheSwanlake]

The image of DeLorean stirs up so much emotion for me

[gianfrancopuglisevich]

The Hyundai Ioniq 5 looks more like the reincarnation of the DeLorean than this

[urano]

It's not the same, although the engine of the 80's Delorean is not much, the design of the car is great. Can't they design the same model with the respective mechanical and technological improvements of the car? Everyone wants the original Delorean car from the 80's, the car is already patented in the "Back to the Future" movies.

[djad]

this has the feel of a cash grab and run to me.

Would love an original deloreon

[karlkelly]

I like the rear design but the front needs a revision

[lovrogorupec]

This all sounds like one giant scam. You buy the NFT first, get a car without motors or battery second. When you try to sue, the legal defense will be “You got your value by getting the NFT” and “ The contratct specifically said the car wasn’t street legal.”

[joecucciarre]

That's a beautiful car, needs to be put back on the market

[ivandasty]

The old one was very beautiful and even today it looks nice . I wish I could say this for the new ones !

[elhananhardaway]

Who's here because Hyundai did a better DeLorean than DeLorean did DeLorean?

[captaincurd]

They say Elvis is back and shows someone else. The original design still looks good.

[AntoinneBugleboy]

since the market for these is so niche anyway, it would probably be wildly more successful by making the exterior styling nearly identical to the original but w/modern electric car tech

[googlebanmetoomuch]

Somebody gotta make a beat out of that retro sound!😎

[jeremiahrowe]

This just looks like your other run of the mill EV car that you see today, It doesn't even remotely resembled the classic look of a 80's DMC-12 besides the rear window louvers and gullwing doors, Tela's cyber truck resembles the 80's DMC-12 more than this, and it's a truck.