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Official: DeLorean returns with 300-mile Taycan rival for 2024 BACK TO ALL NEWS Currently reading: Official: DeLorean returns with 300-mile Taycan rival for 2024 UP NEXT New 2022 Mercedes-AMG C63: 670bhp PHEV saloon makes debut Official: DeLorean returns with 300-mile Taycan rival for 2024 Alpha5 flagship leads DeLorean revival, with V8 coupe, electric saloon and hydrogen SUV in the works Open gallery * Delorean 2024 Alpha5 EV 11 Company is aiming for AMG GT-style pace from Alpha5 * 2024 Delorean Alpha 5 EV front three quarters New DeLorean coupe was sculpted by Italdesign, like the original * Delorean 2024 Alpha5 EV 16 Huge gullwing doors are among several nods to 1981 DMC * Delorean 2024 Alpha5 EV 8 * Delorean 2024 Alpha5 EV 6 * Delorean 2024 Alpha5 EV 3 * Delorean 2024 Alpha5 EV 11 * 2024 Delorean Alpha 5 EV front three quarters * Delorean 2024 Alpha5 EV 16 * Delorean 2024 Alpha5 EV 8 * Delorean 2024 Alpha5 EV 6 * Delorean 2024 Alpha5 EV 3 Close Autocar-Felix-Page News by Felix Page 4 mins read 30 May 2022 Follow @felixpage95 Share DeLorean is back, and it's gearing up to take on the world's best-established premium brands with a comprehensive line-up of cars in different segments and an array of powertrain solutions. The brand is being revived by an US-based outfit headed up by CEO Joost de Vries, previously a high-ranking official at Tesla and Karma . He has taken the helm from Brit Stephen Wynne, who had run DeLorean as an aftermarket support service since 1995, when he acquired the brand rights following the high-profile demise of the original company. Related articles * * Jaguar deletes 10 years of Instagram posts as reinvention nears * New 2022 Mercedes-AMG C63: 670bhp PHEV saloon makes debut * Fiat to axe all non-electrified models in UK from July * New Mercedes-AMG One hypercar to be revealed this week * Axed! Great cars canceled at the last moment Spearheading the rebirth is a striking, battery-electric coupe with rakish, sportscar-style proportions, far removed from the wedge-shape silhouette and compact footprint of the 1981 DeLorean DMC. Called the Alpha5, it will make its debut at Pebble Beach in August before being put into production in 2024. It will have performance to match "the Mercedes-AMG GT and maybe the higher-end Porsche Taycans", de Vries told Autocar, "but it's more catering to the internal-combustion crowd than trying to become a faster Tesla Model S Plaid." It will get from 0-60mph in around 3.4sec, top out at a limited 150mph and have a range of more than 300 miles on the US's EPA cycle, he said. De Vries was tight-lipped on the car's underpinnings, going so far only as to say: "The car is being built in Italy - we've outsourced that - and we have some partners on the UK on the powertrain side." [gif] Initially, de Vries explained, the car will be sold in a limited run of 88 - referencing the speed needed to time-travel in the 1985 sci-fi film Back To The Future, in which the DMC famously starred. 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Although technical details remain thin on the ground, the design influence of the original car is clear. The slim wraparound light bars at each end nod to the brand's 1980s heritage, while the chunky louvres over the rear window, turbine-style wheels and gullwing doors are some of the defining features that have been taken from the DMC. In fact, the new car has been styled by Italdesign, the Italian design house run by Giorgietto Giugiaro, who penned the DMC. "In Italy, they never really stopped designing DeLoreans, which was awesome," de Vries revealed. Looking back at sketches in the firm's archives, company bosses "found the saloon, discussions about the coupe, a city bus and an SUV," he said. "You would never know the firm stopped building cars." Now, DeLorean aims to bring that hypothetical line-up into reality by branching out into other segments beyond the flagship coupe, targeting much higher production volumes for the more mainstream-friendly models on its roster. [gif] Advertisement Back to top Next up will be a sports coupe powered by a V8 engine, followed by a battery-electric saloon and finally - and most importantly, with DeLorean's brand-building plan in mind - a premium sports SUV with a hydrogen-fulled powertrain. "We need an SUV for volume", de Vries said. "The business case is an SUV that will be launched very quickly after we launch our halo car, but we need that halo car first." To be previewed after the coupe's Pebble Beach debut, this larger model will be sized to compete - predominantly in the US - with full-size luxury SUVs such as the BMW X7 and Cadillac Escalade but still with obvious stylistic links to the halo car. The SUV will take its power from a hydrogen powertrain because DeLorean is "not convinced that batteries are the end goal". Whether this will take the form of a fuel-cell electric system or a combustion engine remains to be seen, but de Vries was firm in his belief that "there's no one road to Rome" when it comes to phasing out fossil fuels. With its initial seed round of funding complete, DeLorean's next funding round will be tied to an IPO, possibly in August. de Vries explained: "We will be a public company. We have to be. Building cars isn't cheap, and you need lots of money to make it happen." Why DeLorean changed tack [gif] Advertisement Back to top The revival of DeLorean was initially planned to start with a series of continuation-style modernised DMCs, built in accordance with proposed changes to US legislation that would allow low-volume cars to bypass homologation laws. However, explained Joost de Vries: "The Obama administration never ratified that, then the Trump administration never ratified it, and then the Biden administration finally did." By then, the project had already been shelved in favour of launching a whole new family of vehicles. However, with two-thirds of all the DMCs built still on the road and their values rising, DeLorean's heritage side is growingly important, so Stephen Wynne and his team are now working on an upgraded version of the original car to mark its 40th anniversary. * Car news * New cars * DeLorean Newsletter Get all the best car news, reviews and opinions direct to your inbox three times a week. You can unsubscribe via any email we send See our full privacy notice for more details [ ] [Submit] Subscribe Never miss an issue of the world's oldest car magazine - subscribe to Autocar magazine today. Subscribe Advertisement Join the debate Comments 8 Add a comment... Add your comment Log in or register to post comments Boris9119 30 May 2022 That Autocar is reduced to employing 'Felix' to write this garbage is a testament to how far Autocar has dropped from its once lofty perch. To try and suggest, in any way, that this new DeLorean is a 'rival' to a Porsche Taycan, serves only to illuminate Felix's shortcomings as a motoring journalist. Shameful! * Log in or register to post comments beechie 30 May 2022 I feel sorry for young car enthusiasts. They will never experience the fascinating evolution of cars from rickety, dangerous contraptions to liberating, covetable accessories, and, thence, to fully-formed necessities. They will only ever witness their demise. * Log in or register to post comments Bill the Lizard 30 May 2022 Very pretty in a sort of Maserati Khamsin way, but sadly almost certainly above my pay grade, even if they bring them here. * Log in or register to post comments View all comments (8) Latest Drives 001 ford fiesta st front cornering 2022 Ford Fiesta ST 5-door 2022 UK review Ford Fiesta ST 5-door 2022 UK review 001 vw tiguan allspace cornering front 2022 Volkswagen Tiguan Allspace 2022 UK review Volkswagen Tiguan Allspace 2022 UK review 001 catherman 420 cup cornering 2022 Caterham Seven 420 Cup 2022 review Caterham Seven 420 Cup 2022 review 1 Peugeot 308 SW BlueHDI 130 tracking Peugeot 308 SW BlueHDI 130 UK review Peugeot 308 SW BlueHDI 130 UK review 000 bmw ix tracking front 2022 BMW iX M60 2022 review BMW iX M60 2022 review View all latest drives More from Autocar Top 10s * The 10 best family SUVs * The 10 best electric cars * The 10 best hatchbacks * The 10 best hybrid SUVs * The 10 best superminis Latest car reviews * Seat Ibiza * Peugeot 508 * Jaguar I-Pace * Skoda Kodiaq * Volvo XC40 Top manufacturers * Peugeot * Seat * Volkswagen * Ford * Vauxhall Sign up to our newsletter Subscribe to Autocar magazine Quick search * Top 10s * Latest car reviews * Latest news * Latest videos * Used cars for sale We recommend * Geneva motor show * What Car? * New Car Deals * Classic and Sports Car * What Car? 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