DeLorean DMC-12 — The Cocaine Money Supercar the FBI Killed

Nine thousand built. Twenty-four million dollars of cocaine. And the man at the center of it all walked free. The DeLorean DMC-12: stainless steel skin, gullwing doors, a body by Giugiaro — and an engine with 130 horsepower. Detroit's golden boy quit GM to build it, the British government paid up to £100 million to factory-build it in a Northern Ireland war zone, and it all ended in a Los Angeles hotel room with FBI cameras rolling. Then the jury set him free. Entrapment, they said. And three years later, a movie about time travel made the failed car immortal. This is the full story: the GM golden boy, the ethical supercar dream, the war-zone factory, the Lotus rescue, the 130-horsepower heartbreak, the $24 million sting, the acquittal, the bankruptcy — and the nine thousand orphans that Back to the Future saved. Chapters 0:00 The $24 million bust 0:38 Quick thing before we start 0:49 The ending, first 1:32 Chapter 1. The Dream 2:45 Chapter 2. The Money 3:32 Chapter 3. The Car 5:37 Chapter 4. The Sting 6:44 Chapter 5. The Fall 7:25 Chapter 6. The Resurrection 8:06 Closing — new video every day — Visual sources (Wikimedia Commons): • DMC DeLorean driving Tokyo by Nesnad (CC BY 4.0) • DeLorean DMC-12 by Berthold Werner (CC BY-SA 4.0) • DeLorean DMC-12 Classic-Days 2022 by Alexander Migl (CC BY-SA 4.0) • DeLorean DMC-12 with doors open by Grenex (CC BY-SA 3.0) • GM Building Detroit by Tichnor Brothers (public domain) • 1969 Pontiac GTO by Bull-Doser (public domain) • DeLorean on the Dunmurry test track by Ddoherty958 (CC BY 4.0) • DeLorean on the test track, banked curve, by Ddoherty958 (CC BY 4.0) • DeLorean on the test track, rear view, by Ddoherty958 (CC BY 4.0) • Colin Chapman 1965 by Joost Evers / Anefo (CC0) • Giorgetto Giugiaro by Mitjagodnic (CC BY-SA 4.0) • 1970 Giugiaro Porsche Tapiro (public domain) • DeLorean DMC-12 head with doors open by Kevin Abato (CC BY 2.5) • 1981 DeLorean DMC-12 interior by Patrick Pelletier (CC BY-SA 4.0) • Lotus Works Hethel by Katy Walters (CC BY-SA 2.0) • DeLorean PRV engine by Ejpacific (CC BY-SA 4.0) • Beverley Guildhall courtroom by Michael D Beckwith (CC0) • DeLorean DMC-12 Back to the Future replica by Frank Schwichtenberg (CC BY 4.0) Full file links: https://commons.wikimedia.org (search each title above) Music: "Dark Times" by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com, CC BY 3.0) #DeadCar #DeLorean #ForgottenCars WATCH MORE DEAD CAR ▶ Chrysler Turbine Car — Lent to Families, Then Crushed    • Chrysler Turbine Car — Lent to Families, T...   ▶ Simca 1100 — Chrysler Buried France's Best-Selling Car    • Simca 1100 — Chrysler Buried France's Best...   ▶ NSU Ro80 — The Wankel Engine That Killed Its Own Company    • NSU Ro80 — The Wankel Engine That Killed I...   ▶ Citroën GS Birotor — Citroën Bought Them Back and Crushed Them    • 13 Shocking Facts About the Citroën GS Bir...   ▶ Glas 1700 — 13 Shocking Facts About the Glas 1700 — BMW Bought It, Killed It, and Stole Its Factory    • 13 Shocking Facts About the Glas 1700 — BM...   ▶ Lancia Beta — 13 Shocking Facts About the Lancia Beta — Britain Bought Them Back and Crushed Them    • 13 Shocking Facts About the Lancia Beta — ...