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John DeLorean. John Zachary DeLorean ( / dəˈlɔːriən / də-LOR-ee-ən; January 6, 1925 [1] – March 19, 2005) was an American engineer, inventor, and executive in the U.S. automobile industry. He is widely known as founder of the DeLorean Motor Company, as well as for his work at General Motors.
Jan 23, 2023 · John DeLorean was a renowned auto engineer who created the Pontiac GTO, the first muscle car, and later founded his own company. However, his career was marred by poor quality, bankruptcy, and a controversial cocaine arrest that was later dismissed.
Mar 20, 2005 · John DeLorean, the flamboyant automobile industrialist whose dream of running his own car company dissolved into bankruptcy, died Saturday evening at Overlook Hospital in Summit, N.J.. He was...
May 26, 2004 · John DeLorean was an engineer and a marketer who created the Pontiac GTO and his own failed sports car. He was also a jet-setter, a Hollywood friend, and a cocaine defendant.
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Apr 17, 2019 · Learn about the life and career of John DeLorean, the visionary engineer behind the iconic stainless-steel sports car that starred in Back to the Future. Find out how his company survived bankruptcy, cocaine scandal and time travel fame.
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Apr 17, 2019 · 17 April 2019. Getty Images. Two forthcoming films about mercurial car engineer John DeLorean have revived interest in his most famous creation, writes journalist James Bartlett.
Oct 19, 2017 · Learn about the life and career of John Z. DeLorean, who created the iconic DeLorean DMC-12 car that became famous in the Back to the Future movies. Discover how he rose and fell in the auto industry, and how his legal troubles ended his company.
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