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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. [2]
- Automobile engineer and executive
- March 19, 2005 (aged 80), Summit, New Jersey, U.S.
- John Zachary DeLorean, January 6, 1925, Detroit, Michigan, U.S.
- DeLorean Motor Company
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 Zachary DeLorean was born in Detroit on Jan. 6, 1925, the oldest of four sons of a Ford Motor Company foundry worker. Growing up in a working class neighborhood, he graduated from the ...
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.
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.
Jan 21, 2016 · In October of 1982, DeLorean closed —and John DeLorean was arrested and charged with trying to save his company by selling cocaine. He was found not guilty—he had been entrapped, the jury said ...
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