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I feel sorry for the designers, they're stuck with having gull wing doors no matter how nonsensical they are.

Interesting they held onto the doors, but binned the clunky former shape and stainless steel.

The doors are iconic. Honestly I think they're about the last thing you could drop if you want to invoke "DeLorean". Of course, the steel would not be far behind that, and yet...

I believe you can get the same (or similar) doors on some Porsches, or Lamborghinis. (and they would probably cost the same as this thing)

Correct — many cars before the DeLorean had gull-wing doors[1], Lamborghini-style scissor doors[2] also predate the DeLorean by many years, and AFAIK, both of these door styles are still available on production vehicles today.

The most interesting thing about the DeLorean is the story behind its creator and creation[3], not any particular aspect of the design of the final production vehicle.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gull-wing_door

[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scissor_doors

[3] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Framing_John_DeLorean

Sure --- but to the average individual, what is iconic about them? People who probably never saw one in real life, maybe only ever saw the one in Back to the Future? What percentage of people even know about those other vehicles?

I think most of what we could say to that would be anecdotal on both sides. So I guess, this is just my anecdotal perspective?

Totally not trying to say that those other things are not interesting, btw.

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