THE DELOREAN STORY

Wielu ludzi kojarzy samochód DeLorean głównie z filmem pt. "Powrót do przyszłości", jednak historia DeLorean Motor Company jest dużo ciekawsza niż sam opis samochodu sportowego DeLorean DMC-12. Futurystyczna wizja samochodu z drzwiami otwieranymi ku górze i korpusem ze stali nierdzewnej. Książka odkrywa wiele nowych informacji o wielkim skandalu w tle i aferze DeLorean. Historia opowiedziana przez jednego z członków zarządu firmy, który pracował tam od samego początku do końca.

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The DeLorean Story
The car, the people, the scandal  
Autor: Nick Sutton

This is the inside story of the DeLorean saga written by a senior manager who worked with the company from beginning to end and saw it all. The short life of the DeLorean DMC-12 sports car - a vision of the future with its gullwing doors and stainless steel body - began after John DeLorean secured financial backing from the British government for his car-making venture in Northern Ireland. Four years and nearly 9,000 cars later the company went bust and DeLorean faced questions about fraud against the British taxpayer, and his big ally, Colin Chapman of Lotus, also drew scrutiny. As an insider's account, this book contains a great deal of new information about the DeLorean scandal.

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The DeLorean Story
The car, the people, the scandal  

Many people associate the DeLorean car with the Back to the Future films but The DeLorean Story, detailing the rise and fall of the DeLorean Motor Company, is just as incredible. Featuring embezzlement, sectarian violence, an FBI drugs sting and the direct involvement of Margaret Thatcher and her government - all told by a senior member of staff who was there from start to finish.

The DeLorean Story is the first account of the scandal written by a former employee, Nick Sutton, who was a senior manager at the DeLorean Motor Company (DMC), and sheds light on the political, business and social story from within the factory.

In a blaze of publicity, the DeLorean dream arrived in Belfast in the summer of 1978, attracting the brightest managers from the global automotive industry. The challenge was to build a car and a factory in 18 months with two prototypes and 72 acres of muddy fields in West Belfast as the basic ingredients.

Four years and almost 9,000 cars later the company went bust and John DeLorean's dream turned into a nightmare as he was tried for alleged drug offences, eventually to be found 'not guilty' due to entrapment by the FBI. His apparent charmed life continued when he was also found 'not guilty' of embezzling the missing equity money from the Belfast factory. His big ally, Colin Chapman of Lotus, also drew posthumous scrutiny.

Prior to John DeLorean's trials, Margaret Thatcher vetoed a plan by a UK consortium to restart the DeLorean site, which would have provided over 1,000 jobs. This book suggests, for the first time, that the former Prime Minister may have had knowledge about both the embezzlement and the drugs sting, and chose to reject the proposal to rid the country of a company whose name was about to be dragged through the mud.

The DeLorean Story reveals everything about the car, the people and the scandal, from 1978 to 2004, and is written by a man who was there from beginning to end. 

Author:
Nick Sutton worked for the DeLorean Motor Company as a senior manager with responsibility for parts and inventory for just over four years. He started a few weeks after 'ground-breaking' in December 1978 as the 16th employee and was one of only 10 employees left at the very end, following liquidation in 1983. Two years after closure he became a director of Lotus Cars, which designed and developed the DeLorean DMC-12. He lives in Belfast.