points by ramesh31 1 day ago | 0 comments
>"Elon truly was inspired by Delorean"
He wishes. Delorean is a modern classic, regardless of commercial success. Cybertruck will go down like the H1/H2; something entirely emblematic of the worst excesses in the time it was conceived and marketed in, that later generations will go "did they really think that was cool?".
[–] linksnapzz 1 day ago
[–] mingus88 1 day ago
Hilariously the deloreon speedo didn’t even go up to 88
[–] linksnapzz 1 day ago
Part of that was a NHTSA rule that hilariously (from 79-82) made 85mph speedometers mandatory; but even later, because of tooling costs, those dials persisted.
Not that the DMC-1's PRV v6 and tall Renault 5-speed were gonna make getting to 85 easy...
Setting aside JohnZ's personal failings, the car and its production was a catastrophe.