# Zombimobile! Or DeLorean Rides Again! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 3, 2007, 6:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/zombimobile-or-delorean-rides-again/414250 "2007-08-03T06:07:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2007, 6:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/zombimobile-or-delorean-rides-again/414250/1 "2007-08-03T06:07:56Z")
[DeLoreans to be built once more.](http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-garage28jul28,0,7786124.story?coll=la-home-center) > [@](#): > > With 200 of the original 2.8-liter V-6 engines still in stock and facing a dwindling supply of cars suitable for rebuilding, Espey figures that within a year or so they’ll start making the cars from scratch. > > Their manufacturing plans are modest — maybe 20 or so cars a year. But it would be quite a comeback for a car that was given up for dead more than a quarter of a century ago. > > And based on the reaction Botkin gets when he takes his “BTTF” DeLorean out for a spin, there’s a market out there. I think I’ll pass. ---
**Author:** ![devilsknew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/4da419/32.png) [@devilsknew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/devilsknew)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2007, 6:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/zombimobile-or-delorean-rides-again/414250/2 "2007-08-03T06:38:22Z")
[QUOTE=Tuckerfan] [DeLoreans to be built once more.](http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-garage28jul28,0,7786124.story?coll=la-home-center)I think I’ll pass. [/QUOTE] Still, a classic design after 30 years. I’ll give it that much. Sleek and paractical. Name a speedster today that doesn’t have a bit of Delorean. ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2007, 8:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/zombimobile-or-delorean-rides-again/414250/3 "2007-08-03T08:07:09Z")
They featured the [DeLorean Motor Company of Texas](http://www.delorean.com/) on an episode of Modern Marvels. You can get a remanufactured DeLorean for a base price of $42,500 with all kinds of [upgrades](http://www.delorean.com/dmcstore/byod.asp) available, including a 197 hp engine, XM Radio and an iPod interface. He’s got a nice little business going. ---
**Author:** ![MacTech](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c0e974/32.png) [@MacTech](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MacTech)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2007, 1:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/zombimobile-or-delorean-rides-again/414250/4 "2007-08-03T13:17:19Z")
But does it have a Flux Capacitor, that’s the real question… 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2007, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/zombimobile-or-delorean-rides-again/414250/5 "2007-08-03T14:17:10Z")
I want one. ---
**Author:** ![GingerOfTheNorth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/cdc98d/32.png) [@GingerOfTheNorth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GingerOfTheNorth)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2007, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/zombimobile-or-delorean-rides-again/414250/6 "2007-08-03T14:31:36Z")
There’s a (middle-aged, Members-only-jacket-wearin’) guy around here who drives a DeLorean. It reminds me of a refrigerator. I can’t imagine the fuel economy is very good, eh? ---
**Author:** ![Lady\_Eboshi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/57b2e6/32.png) [@Lady\_Eboshi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lady_Eboshi)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2007, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/zombimobile-or-delorean-rides-again/414250/7 "2007-08-03T14:42:01Z")
[QUOTE=MacTech] But does it have a Flux Capacitor, that’s the real question… 😉 [/QUOTE] Type in “Flux Capacitor” and “Mr. Fusion” on the Parts Search window, then look at the parts numbers carefully… 😛😛😛 ---
**Author:** ![Kythereia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e8c25b/32.png) [@Kythereia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kythereia)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2007, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/zombimobile-or-delorean-rides-again/414250/8 "2007-08-03T17:28:19Z")
[QUOTE=Lady Eboshi] Type in “Flux Capacitor” and “Mr. Fusion” on the Parts Search window, then look at the parts numbers carefully… 😛😛😛 [/QUOTE] Oh, that is fabulous. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Quartz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quartz/32/267_2.png) [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2007, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/zombimobile-or-delorean-rides-again/414250/9 "2007-08-03T18:15:20Z")
[QUOTE=Lady Eboshi] Type in “Flux Capacitor” and “Mr. Fusion” on the Parts Search window, then look at the parts numbers carefully… 😛😛😛 [/QUOTE] \ ---
**Author:** ![MacTech](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c0e974/32.png) [@MacTech](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MacTech)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2007, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/zombimobile-or-delorean-rides-again/414250/10 "2007-08-04T01:36:07Z")
Heh, amusing, nice to see they have a sense of humor about it 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Tranquilis](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tranquilis/32/3639_2.png) [@Tranquilis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tranquilis)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2007, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/zombimobile-or-delorean-rides-again/414250/11 "2007-08-13T15:32:38Z")
[QUOTE=Lady Eboshi] Type in “Flux Capacitor” and “Mr. Fusion” on the Parts Search window… [/QUOTE] OK, now _that_ is style! ---
**Author:** ![Like\_Fry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/3da27b/32.png) [@Like\_Fry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Like_Fry)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2007, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/zombimobile-or-delorean-rides-again/414250/12 "2007-08-13T15:42:01Z")
My Next door neighbor has one, but it only sits in their garage under a cover (Its very distinctive shape is how I know what it is). Never heard it run or seen it drive anywhere. Fry ---
**Author:** ![Pushkin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ee59a6/32.png) [@Pushkin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pushkin)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2007, 12:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/zombimobile-or-delorean-rides-again/414250/13 "2007-08-15T12:26:46Z")
And they couldn’t have brought production back to Belfast could they ☹ Are these to be new and improved cars? I read that the dies etc were taken from Dunmurry and used by a marine firm as material for a jetty or some such thing.