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077 DeLorean Motor Company: Still Going Strong! | James Espey, Vice President at DMC

Curiosityness

Travis DeRose

History, Society & Culture, Documentary

4.8566 Ratings

🗓️ 3 March 2020

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Summary

You've seen the DeLorean car in Back to the Future and may even remember when it was released in 1981. But, as you'll find out in this episode, production of the car only lasted until 1983!

Tune in to hear the incredible story of John DeLorean, the ups and downs of the DeLorean Motor Company, and the truth about the cocaine bust that bankrupted DMC. Plus, learn about the company today (it still exists!) and discover the new DeLorean's that may be rolling off the production line soon...

 

To learn more about the DeLorean Motor Company, visit https://www.delorean.com

For more about the new DeLorean's being produced, visit https://www.newdelorean.com

To tour the DMC facility, visit deloreantour.com

And to learn more about the history of DeLorean, visit https://www.deloreanmuseum.org

 

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Transcript

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0:00.0

A spontaneous and unrehearsed interview.

0:08.0

Hello. This is the 77th episode of Curiosityness, and welcome aboard. I'm Travis DeRose, the host,

0:16.9

and this episode, we're talking about the De Delorean Motor Company, DMC.

0:22.0

That's right, it's still around.

0:24.0

I talked to James Espy, sorry James, missed that up a bit, but talk to James.

0:29.6

He's the vice president of the Delorean Motor Company, and we do a deep dive into the history

0:35.4

of Delorean, talk about John Delorean and the controversy with him and all that stuff, and kind of get a good, you know, foundational company history of what Delorian is and what DMC came to be.

0:48.8

And then we jump ahead to the future, how, where the company is now, what's going on.

0:56.4

Spoiler alert, they're building some new cars. So check out for that. They'd be able to buy like a brand new 2024 Delorean. So we dive into that,

1:04.6

but it was a very fun conversation with James. I've always loved it Delorean and back to the

1:08.9

future and everything. So I think you'll

1:11.0

enjoy it. But sit back, relax, and here is episode 77 with James S.B. of the Delorean Motor Company.

1:21.5

And boom, we're on. How you doing, James?

1:24.7

Outstanding. Thank you. Yeah, thanks for being on.

1:31.2

I mean, I think this, so you work for the Delorean Motor Company?

1:33.2

I have for a little over 20

1:35.3

years now. Nice. I mean, I think

1:37.4

most people would be

1:38.8

kind of, I think

1:41.6

they'd be surprised to hear that the Delorean

1:43.2

Motor Company still exists.

1:46.8

Indeed. Yeah. I mean, even right here, in our own neighborhood here in Houston, we've been,

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