The Fall of DeLorean DMC-12
How did the DeLorean dream turn into a financial disaster?
4.4 (15)
62 mins
Explore how John DeLorean turned the DMC-12 into an iconic 1980s car despite production problems, financial struggles, and controversy. Uncover how the company collapsed into bankruptcy, ending with DeLorean’s dramatic drug-trafficking arrest.
Ep 1:
The Suitcase, the Salesman, and the Muscle Car King
Before the cocaine and handcuffs, John DeLorean was a Detroit dreamer who reinvented himself into GM's golden boy and fathered the muscle car era—until ambition curdled into something darker.
Ep 2:
An Ethical Sports Car Built on Borrowed Faith
DeLorean bets everything on an "ethical sports car," charming celebrities and a desperate British government to build his dream factory on a Belfast peat bog amid the Troubles.
Ep 3:
Peat Bog Dreams and Vanishing Millions
As Belfast workers find unlikely pride and purpose on the assembly line, cracks emerge: a flawed car, vanishing millions through a Panama shell company, and a rescue plan Thatcher refuses to save.
Ep 4:
Handcuffs, Acquittals, and a Car Reborn
A desperate DeLorean walks into an FBI sting with cocaine on the table, sparking trials, acquittals, and ruin—while the failed car improbably becomes cinema's most iconic time machine.
Discussions (5)
Brandon
Level 2 · 3 days agoThe car wasn't just underpowered it was also overpriced from day one. Blaming the Belfast workers for quality issues ignores that Lotus rushed an impossible timeline.
Phillip
Level 9 · 3 days agoSo Johnny Carson invested $500k, got his car, it broke down immediately... AND the rescue car also broke down. Nobody told him before he wrote that check that the QA team was nicknamed the Pogs??
Leo
Level 8 · 3 days agoGTO sold 250k in 5 years? checks out
