Looks like there's some confusion. It seems like it was shared with the
three companies, had volvo internals, Renault accessories, and was made by
Renault, but I must say there's contradictory statements on this out there
from what
I saw. This is from a DeLorean bio, but who knows?
Mark M
DeLorean went on to found the De Lorean Motor Company (DMC), showing
atwo-seater sports car prototype in the mid-1970s called the De Lorean Safety
Vehicle
(DSV), with its bodyshell designed byItalDesign's Giorgetto Giugiaro. The
carentered into production as the DMC-12, but generally known simply as the
DeLorean. The De Lorean was skinned in stainless steel and featured gull-wing
doors.
The production model was powered by the"Douvrin" V6 engine developed by
Peugeot, Renault and Volvo.
The factory to build this car was set up in Northern Ireland at Dunmurry,
with substantial financial incentives from the Northern IrelandDevelopment
Agency
(around B#100 million) b this despite a report from a management consultancy
firm that gave theproject only a 1 in 10 chance of success. Renault was
contracted to build the factory, whichemployed 2,600 workers at its peak
production.
The engine was made by Renault, while Lotusdesigned the chassis and bodywork
details. The factory started manufacturing cars in early 1981,but was in
receivership by February 1982. It turned out fewer than 10,000 cars over 21
monthsbefore the British government ordered it closed down in November 1982.
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