1981 Delorean DMC-12

It is the year 1981. Car magazines are clad with alcohol and cigarette ads. An annual subscription to Road and Track costs $7.50. The magazine features cars from Peugeot, Renault, Alfa Romeo, and Fiat. Oldsmobile promotes the 105 HP Cutlass Diesel sedan. Compact cars are selling for $5,000.

The Sony Walkman is the hottest techno gadget in town along with LCD wrist watches. Miami Vice is showing original episodes. Little known Guess jeans are hitting the shelves for the first time. Across the globe, colorful Memphis furniture from Italy surprises an unsuspecting world, introducing the Italian 80's Design era.

In the middle of this odd world lands the DeLorean DMC-12 Sports/GT. A vehicle from another planet. Body panels of brushed, high-grade stainless steel are bolted to a GRP underbody. The X-frame chassis is epoxy coated to prevent rust. Gullwing doors are supported by Grumman manufactured, cryogenically engineered torsion bars.

This exotic has Eurpoean blood runnning through its veins. Giorgio Giugiaro's Ital Design drafted the classic elegant shape. The car is manufatured in Northern Ireland. The engine and transmission are based on a Volvo / Renault design.

This spaceship could be yours for roughly 26,000 US Dollars -- 1981 Dollars that is. Head turns are guaranteed at every corner, though. Some 8000 buyers chose to purchase this one-of-a kind vehicle.

As steep as the rise of the DeLorean Motor Company was its fall. By late 1982, the company floundered due to financial problems. Consolidated International acquired the remaining cars and parts. The cars were advertised as the "vanishing breed" just one year after they hit the market. Many buyers grabbed the opportunity and purchased a brand new collectible car at a bargain price.

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