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If you think Congress never gets anything done, perhaps this will give you reason to believe that it’s possible for it to accomplish something. Thanks to a provision within a highway bill recently passed, DeLorean cars will be making a comeback.That bit of legislation, Low Volume Motor Vehicle Manufacturers Act, H.R. 2675, exempts small-volume vehicle replica manufacturers from some of the regulations by which new vehicle producers have to abide. According to Automotive News, “The replica vehicles are still subject to equipment standards, recalls and remedies … and must meet Clean Air Act emissions standards.”However, that shouldn’t stop the Texas-based DeLorean Motor Company, which now possesses the name and trademarks of the original company, from releasing DMC-12 replicas with new engines and hardware in them. (Doing business should also be easier for companies like Superformance.) The plan is for the new DMC to crank out one vehicle a week – with the stainless steel body and gullwing doors we all know – in 2017 and ultimately reach a total of 300. Each one should sticker for less than $100,000.DeLorean has to determine which emissions-compliant engine its reborn retro cars will use. One that comes to mind is the outgoing Camaro SS’s LS3. Even the 5.3-liter LC9 V8 would offer a substantial increase in output compared to what the original DMC-12’s V6 produced: 130 horsepower.Chime in with your thoughts on the forum. >>via [Automotive News – sub. req’d]photo credit [Grenex at English Wikipedia]Follow @derekshiekhiTags: delorean, LC9, LS3, Product News, Swaps
Date written: February 2, 2016
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ID: 1938
If you think Congress never gets anything done, perhaps this will give you reason to believe that it’s possible for it to accomplish something. Thanks to a provision within a highway bill recently passed, DeLorean cars will be making a comeback.That bit of legislation, Low Volume Motor Vehicle Manufacturers Act, H.R. 2675, exempts small-volume vehicle replica manufacturers from some of the regulations by which new vehicle producers have to abide. According to Automotive News, “The replica vehicles are still subject to equipment standards, recalls and remedies … and must meet Clean Air Act emissions standards.”However, that shouldn’t stop the Texas-based DeLorean Motor Company, which now possesses the name and trademarks of the original company, from releasing DMC-12 replicas with new engines and hardware in them. (Doing business should also be easier for companies like Superformance.) The plan is for the new DMC to crank out one vehicle a week – with the stainless steel body and gullwing doors we all know – in 2017 and ultimately reach a total of 300. Each one should sticker for less than $100,000.DeLorean has to determine which emissions-compliant engine its reborn retro cars will use. One that comes to mind is the outgoing Camaro SS’s LS3. Even the 5.3-liter LC9 V8 would offer a substantial increase in output compared to what the original DMC-12’s V6 produced: 130 horsepower.Chime in with your thoughts on the forum. >>via [Automotive News – sub. req’d]photo credit [Grenex at English Wikipedia]Follow @derekshiekhiTags: delorean, LC9, LS3, Product News, Swaps
Date written: February 2, 2016
More of this article on the LS1 Tech website
ID: 1938