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DeLorean Will Be Back, in the Future | Autoblog Minute

Congress passed a law allowing companies to produce a limited number of replica cars that are at least 25 years old. This means the DeLorean Motor Company in Texas can start producing new replicas of the DMC-12, the car made famous in “Back to the Future”. The new cars will feature a modern engine to meet emissions standards and should go for around $100,000.

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This man has gullwinged delusions of DeLorean grandeur

When an animal rescue group finds a disabled pup, it swoops in and spirits the pooch to a vet and better care. When Rich Weissensel finds a wrecked DeLorean, he whisks it back to his rural lair for a wild makeover. Over the past 14 years, ever since the Chicago native and software engineer met John Z. DeLorean at a car event, he's been exercising his Dr. Moreau-like tendencies on the gullwinged coupe, so far creating a monster truck, a limousi

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Has Hendo created the Model T of hoverboards?

We all think of the same exact thing when we hear the word "hoverboard:" Back To The Future. After Marty McFly is transported into the future to fix the mess his future family has gotten itself into, he hops onto a contraption in an unfortunate shade of pink that looks like a skateboard without wheels. According to the original writer of the scene, the thought was that a hove

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What if all famous movie cars had to be cheap?

Hero cars in films need to be sexy. It's why Doc Brown and Marty went back in time in a DeLorean, and why Bo and Luke Duke tore about Hazzard County in a Dodge Charger. The stars of the show need to get about in something cool.

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Inside the minds of people who own movie cars

People who own movie cars are a different breed. Judging from the two videos on theAFICIONAUTO, a trend seems to be forming among them: they're not interested in cars per se, but more specifically cars that double as movie props.

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