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Cooley Explains Why the New DeLorean Is Huge News

The 1981 DeLorean was way ahead of its time in design and audacity. Take a look back at the original DMC-12 to go past the Back to the Future hype and see why this car left such a huge impression. 0:00 The Allure of a DeLorean 0:38 John De Lorean influenced many car designs before…

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The 1981 DeLorean was way ahead of its time in design and audacity. Take a look back at the original DMC-12 to go past the Back to the Future hype and see why this car left such a huge impression.

0:00 The Allure of a DeLorean
0:38 John De Lorean influenced many car designs before the DMC-12
1:16 DeLorean DMC-12 styling
1:42 Why a DeLorean stood out in a crowd
2:49 In 1981 Datsun z, Corvette, Camaro, Mustang, Firebird, Lotus cars were everywhere
3:31 What happened to DeLorean, high price tag, inflation, bad build quality
5:38 The fall of DeLorean
6:23 Back to the Future made DeLorean a cultural icon and cemented it in history

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41 Comments

  1. Hot Spock

    July 30, 2022 at 4:09 pm

    Huh… how can anyone complain about how the DeLorean was used in Back to the Future? That movie gave that car and its name a mystique it would not have gotten otherwise.

  2. Quentin Manson

    July 30, 2022 at 4:36 pm

    Well done video

  3. Epsilon

    July 30, 2022 at 4:44 pm

    Really would have preferred a slightly updated version of the delorean we all know and love not this kinda generic look car

  4. Andre Jarboe

    July 30, 2022 at 4:54 pm

    This car will never come out!

  5. Bill Tucker

    July 30, 2022 at 5:15 pm

    Come on!! How do you do a piece about a DeLorean EV and never talk about it????

  6. mattnova18

    July 30, 2022 at 5:39 pm

    What if Back to the Future had used a different car? I bet 90% of people never would have heard of the DeLorean. And this ev will be crazy expensive and you’ll be lucky to ever see 1

    • WulfCry

      July 30, 2022 at 8:37 pm

      What if the transistor wasn’t invented with the right inside or the lightbulb without a little vacuum, The Unexpected hits when people’s actions accumulate to it at the right time. and luck has it to be the Delorean cause someone built it for the love of cars.

  7. ritaperdue

    July 30, 2022 at 5:48 pm

    So what about the EV version??? Not a word about it!

  8. Robert Kelleher

    July 30, 2022 at 5:52 pm

    Where’s the seconds half of the video, where you tell us about the new DeLorean?

  9. TheWebStylist

    July 30, 2022 at 6:10 pm

    We knew most of that from the 80s, what a big the NEW ONE this was supposed to be about?!

  10. MANCAVE Studios

    July 30, 2022 at 6:12 pm

    Cooley could make me feel hyped for the shirt on my back.

  11. Black icee

    July 30, 2022 at 6:29 pm

    Sorry! DeLorean,i can’t fall for your new EV DeLorean design! I kinda prefer Hyundai N74 concept!

  12. Thomas Vardy

    July 30, 2022 at 6:41 pm

    Surely the author of this video realises this is vapourware. There’s a dime a dozen of these start up EVs. How many have made this to delivery? This video won’t age well. Big deal? Nonsense.

  13. CO

    July 30, 2022 at 6:51 pm

    lol What are you talking about? They’re not gonna build this thing. It’s vaporware.

  14. J Z

    July 30, 2022 at 7:02 pm

    it was a pos until doc brown put a fusion reactor in it.

  15. Rod Urbina

    July 30, 2022 at 7:34 pm

    I kept waiting for actual info about the NEW DeLorean EV… you know, like the title suggested 😐

  16. Adam Williams

    July 30, 2022 at 8:10 pm

    Great video!

  17. JoystickJester

    July 30, 2022 at 8:22 pm

    Watched the whole video and DOESN’T SHOW THE NEW DELOREAN. Click bait

  18. WarthogRacer

    July 30, 2022 at 8:23 pm

    Are they still doing that stupid NFT thing with the new one? ‘Cause yuck.

  19. Cross

    July 30, 2022 at 8:30 pm

    back to the future!?!?!?

  20. User

    July 30, 2022 at 10:40 pm

    Click bait thumbnail

  21. Phat Gunpla Builds etc

    July 31, 2022 at 12:02 am

    can’t wait to see it!

  22. SG

    July 31, 2022 at 12:24 am

    Inspiration for the CyberTruck.

  23. SG

    July 31, 2022 at 12:25 am

    Click bait!

  24. Israel Magalit

    July 31, 2022 at 12:46 am

    Is it just me/did I just miss it or was it not mentioned in the video why the EV DeLorean is big news? ????
    I think I was just click-baited.

  25. Emcee Squared

    July 31, 2022 at 12:54 am

    old delorean looks way better

  26. Pistonburner

    July 31, 2022 at 1:31 am

    I knew this would be spineless, disgusting con in the form of clickbait. F U CNET!

  27. Max Jerome

    July 31, 2022 at 2:28 am

    Vaporware this car will never got of the page

  28. Charoen P

    July 31, 2022 at 2:34 am

    The society too materialised already

  29. Lam Tran

    July 31, 2022 at 5:23 am

    It would have been a big deal if it could really do time travel and ensure you’re never late to your meetings ????

  30. McLovers

    July 31, 2022 at 5:27 am

    Why is it a big deal now though, you didn’t really explain from what I saw in the video.

  31. EpicConspiracy

    July 31, 2022 at 7:33 am

    This car will be mass produced at the same rate Australians will buy Cybertrucks

  32. Michael Boys

    July 31, 2022 at 10:17 am

    4.07 poojo? Seriously???? That is not how you pronounce peugeot ????????????????????????????????????

  33. George Herbert Moonwalker Bush

    July 31, 2022 at 10:57 am

    This video literally has nothing to do with the Delorean EV

  34. Francisco Rosero

    July 31, 2022 at 11:04 am

    Looks more like the Thunderhawk from the 80s MASK than a Delorian.

  35. Wild About Nature

    July 31, 2022 at 11:36 am

    Wtf is ‘nitch’? It’s ‘niche’ pronounced ‘neesh’ and it’s French, show language at least some respect.

  36. Anthony R

    August 1, 2022 at 6:58 am

    You look like my uncle Jack Harlow

  37. Darrell Yelity

    August 1, 2022 at 4:24 pm

    I’ve heard of the Vega and Pinto. Actually saw both in real life. Man I’m old.????

  38. Darrell Yelity

    August 1, 2022 at 4:34 pm

    Not good built quality. Are you still talking about the DeLorean or did you change the subject to Tesla.????

  39. Yusuf Ginnah

    August 2, 2022 at 3:40 am

    The DeLorean DMC-12 shares design DNA with the Lotus Esprit, which is plain to see once you realize it.
    Both are beautiful vehicles nonetheless…
    ????????????

  40. P. Wingert

    August 2, 2022 at 11:10 pm

    Does it come with a Mr. Fusion on the back?

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