Let Get Back to The Future Again, in the DeLorean Alpha5!

[Carbon82]

I can't wait to see it happen! 

DeLorean is officially back and ready to embrace the future by hopping on the electric bandwagon with its all-new Alpha5. Much like its source of inspiration, the iconic DMC-12, this one too takes the shape of a stylish coupe with gullwing doors styled by Italdesign. The top-hinged massive doors and rear glass louvers are essentially the only nods to the past as the rest of the design is thoroughly modern.

The Alpha5 has a two-tone finish and a swoopy roofline reminiscent of the car made famous by the Back to the Future trilogy. It's much bigger than its ancestor, stretching at 4,995 mm in length, 2,044 mm in width, and 1,370 mm in height when the gullwing doors are closed. DeLorean says it has outsourced production to Italy whereas the powertrain will be provided by a supplier from the UK.

Inside, gone is the flux capacitor as it has made way for two individual rear seats. As with the latest high-end EVs, it does away with most (if not all) conventional controls as everything has been embedded into the touchscreen residing on a "floating" center console. The driver has a wide fully digital instrument cluster and a flat-bottomed steering wheel. Accessing the rear seats should be a breeze given how wide the gullwing doors are and the absence of a B-pillar.

DeLorean remains coy on details about the drivertrain, but it does say the Alpha5 needs 3.4 seconds to 60 mph and tops out at an electronically capped 150 mph. It has a battery pack with a capacity of more than 100 kWh, good for an EPA-estimated range in excess of 300 miles. Mind you, all these specs apply to the "base performance model," suggesting hotter versions are on the way.

[Hamburger]

sleek indeed.

[RadX]

looks like Nio

[Watwheels]

Anyone notice that the steering wheel is blocking the dash display panel?

Dont be like Peugeot. 

Edited June 1, 2022 by Watwheels

[Fitvip]

Sleek with clean lines. Huge gull wings are not suitable for rainy weather without shelter.

[Kxbc]

Good lah. Can be recharged by lightning. No need wait for your turn at the 3 charging points in MSCP. 👍

[Inlinefour]

Last time stainless steel now can use carbon fibre for back to the future with J Fox 👍👍👍

[Marky3113]

I'm waiting for the 88mph jokes to start off 😁

[Soya]

Doc's Delorean still nicer

 

[Soya]

7 hours ago, RadX said:

looks like Nio

Too right

[Lethalstrike]

It looks like a sportier version of the Lucid Air, they should just build it already. 

[mersaylee]

Don't see the flux capacitor...integrated into the battery pack? 😁

[badlammy]

On 6/1/2022 at 8:02 AM, RadX said:

looks like Nio

 

[Carbon82]

What a plot twist... 

John DeLorean's Daughter Doesn't Approve The New Alpha5 

While the design connection between the new Alpha5 and the original DMC-12 is currently being debated by the world, one person has a strong opinion about the new DeLorean vehicle: Kat DeLorean Seymour, the daughter of the late John Z. DeLorean.

In fact, DeLorean Seymour poured her frustration on Instagram, along with a rendering of a coupe that isn't the DeLorean Alpha5 EV.

@deloreanmotorcompany Is not John DeLorean’s Company. DMC is not 40 years old, and not associated with the DeLorean Family, or my father’s ongoing legacy. Please stop lying and stop speaking about John now, he despised you.

The rendering that came with the Instagram post was from a website called DeLorean Legacy. It was "an effort of Angel Guerra and Allan Portilho to create a tribute design to honor the timeless and gorgeous Delorean car with what it might look like if designed and built today."

DeLorean Seymour is involved with the project to "spread the powerful positive impact her father and his cars have had on this world what she feels is the true Delorean Legacy."

Background 

The current Delorean Motor Company isn't an official descendant of the company that John Z. DeLorean founded in the '70s. It is, however, a continuation of DeLorean One, a mail-order parts and full-service facility dedicated to the DeLorean automobiles, created by Stephen Wynne created in 1985 after John Z. DeLorean filed for bankruptcy in 1982. The company was renamed DeLorean Motor Company in 1995.

In 1997, Wynne and his DeLorean Motor Company acquired what remained of the Columbus, Ohio DeLorean parts inventory and the exclusive distribution rights, as well as the tooling, engineering drawings and company records.

Clearly, there's a dispute between John Z. DeLorean's kin and the current DeLorean Motor Company. It remains to be seen where this issue is heading but one thing's for sure – the company that made the new DeLorean Alpha5 is not connected to the DeLorean family.

[Jamesc]

I agree with the daughter.

That's not a DMC

That's a homage to BMW M1

[kobayashiGT]

A bit too much gimmick ya? hahaha. 

[Watwheels]

What happens when it reaches 88mph? Can go back in time when COE was $2?

 

[darkwingduckmagic]

I wonder if there will be a color option in corporate colors DeLorean DMC-12 ???