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5. DeLorean DMC-12
The DeLorean DMC-12 sports car will forever be linked to the Back to the Future film franchise, and remembered fondly as the time machine used by lead character Marty McFly (Michael J. Fox) to travel throughout time. However, what moviegoers are quick to forget is that the DeLorean DMC-12 was used as a joke in the movie. Just seeing the DeLorean on the big screen was supposed to be funny due to the car’s infamous history. The model DMC-12 was the only car ever produced by the Delorean Motor Company, which went into operation in 1975 but had filed for bankruptcy and ceased operations by 1982.
Founded by eccentric automobile executive John DeLorean, the company’s signature car was a huge flop owing to its stainless steel exterior and gull wing doors. It also featured a woefully weak engine that took more than 10 seconds to go from 0-60 miles an hour. The car was savaged by automotive critics, and, at a price tag of $25,000 in 1977, was considered too expensive by the public. It wasn’t until this infamous car was featured in 1985’s Back to the Future and its sequels that people began to look at the vehicle fondly.
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