# What would be todays equivalent of the DeLorean? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 23, 2014, 12:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-be-todays-equivalent-of-the-delorean/691436 "2014-06-23T12:34:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Sterling\_Archer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Sterling\_Archer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sterling_Archer)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2014, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-be-todays-equivalent-of-the-delorean/691436/61 "2014-06-24T20:59:27Z")
I think it’s the Tesla. I mean, the Tesla has a lot more going for it and will most likely be a bigger success, but it has the small-company-produces-a-rare-and-desirable-car-with-cool-factor thing going for it. ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2014, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-be-todays-equivalent-of-the-delorean/691436/62 "2014-06-24T22:38:43Z")
> [@Ethilrist](#): > > 80 mph. Obviously, it would be a highly modified Segway with no speed limiter and plutonium peta-cells in the handle. And, of course, a flux capacitor. The real question is: how far forward would one have to lean to reach 88mph? > [@Sterling\_Archer](#): > > I think it’s the Tesla. Hardly. I had Hotwheels in the 60s that were stranger-looking than the Tesla is. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2014, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-be-todays-equivalent-of-the-delorean/691436/63 "2014-06-24T22:53:18Z")
> [@Chef\_Troy](#): > > I always assumed the reason for using the Delorean (the filmmakers’ reason, I mean, not Doc Brown’s) was the gullwing doors, which made it more plausible as a UFO and more generally “futuristic” as opposed to just a custom hot-rod made by a 50s car guy with a wild imagination. Well, if part of the appeal of the Delorean was the gullwing doors, then the remake should feature the [Tesla Model X](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tesla_Model_X), which has [falcon-wing doors](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tesla_Model_X#mediaviewer/File:Tesla_Model_X_at_NAIAS_20133_%288485456764%29.jpg). ---
**Author:** ![rsa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/839c29/32.png) [@rsa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rsa)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2014, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-be-todays-equivalent-of-the-delorean/691436/64 "2014-06-25T01:48:18Z")
How about a [Range Rover Evoque?](http://evoque.landrover.com/us) It looks like it’s doing 88 standing still. ---
**Author:** ![MacTech](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c0e974/32.png) [@MacTech](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MacTech)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2014, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-be-todays-equivalent-of-the-delorean/691436/65 "2014-06-25T16:14:00Z")
To take a page from Top Gear (original BBC); A [Reliant Robin…](http://youtu.be/pJdrlWR-yFM) Just make VERY sure you don’t have to take any [corners](http://youtu.be/QQh56geU0X8) ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2014, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-be-todays-equivalent-of-the-delorean/691436/66 "2014-06-25T17:50:41Z")
So you want to go back in time 30 years and surprise a guy with a car that was being made 40 years ago? ---
**Author:** ![kjckjc](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e36b37/32.png) [@kjckjc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kjckjc)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2014, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-be-todays-equivalent-of-the-delorean/691436/67 "2014-06-27T00:55:46Z")
You would have to throw out the concept rule, and the cost rule, but the [ThrustSSC](http://gomotors.net/photos/ef/90/thrust-racing-thrust-ssc-view-download-wallpaper-785x660-comments_cff9b.jpg?i) looks pretty cool, futuristic, and when this baby hits 760mph you will definitely see some serious shit. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-be-todays-equivalent-of-the-delorean/691436.md?page=3)