DeLorean DMC – 12 is a mythical name for all car enthusiasts … and cinema. This is the only model produced by the company of the same name, active from 1981 to failure of 1982 and undisputed protagonist of the film ‘Back to the Future ‘and subsequent sequels. It is the car that Dr. Emmett “Doc” Brown transforms into a time machine and travels back and forth through the timeline with Marty McFly .

A model that has been always in the hearts of fans and in recent years there have been attempts to bring it back to life. The last of them gave birth to the new DeLorean Motor Company, which is currently restoring old models and supplying spare parts, but which announced a couple of years ago that it was working on a new model, a replica of the original one. , born in the forms from the pencil of Giorgetto Giugiaro.

The main problem was the request of the US legislator to the companies that produce vehicles in very small series to comply with them stringent rules , in terms of safety and emissions , of the major car brands. In the 2015 the provision ?? Low Volume Motor Vehicle Manufacturers Act ?? (HR 2675) had begun to open a crack and the new DeLorean had started the new model.

Now National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) released the new regulatory framework for small replica productions of vintage models and the road to the new DMC – 12 it seems to definitely open . But it could completely change direction. If in fact in the 2015 the projects of the DeLorean technicians had gone in a certain direction, in these years the car market has changed sharply and quickly: in addition the engine designed in the 2015 based on the emission standards in force and foreseen for the following years, it would now result to have a too short life cycle, with extended compliance to the 2022, at most 2024.

According to the technicians of DeLorean Motor Company , in the current context, designing a new internal combustion engine may not be a sensible move and with electric vehicles growing in terms of sales and diffusion the simplest solution, also from an engineering point of view , could be to rely on a propeller 21% electric. To say it is the same company in its blog.

To whet the curiosity of fans there is also a new video, which invites you to ‘stay tuned’ on the website www.newdelorean.com for upcoming news.

Of course many of you will be able to tell us in the comments what the power of the new electric DeLorean …

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