Delorean

Delorean is working hard to re-establish and reinvent itself as something more than a sci-fi one-hit wonder, and along with its production Alpha5 electric performance coupe, it brought an ultra-futuristic Omega concept out to Pebble Beach.

The DeLorean Motor Company has offered an early look at an upcoming all-electric evolution of the vehicle made famous by the Back to the Future trilogy. The Alpha5 sports coupe will debut at Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance in August.

After a few years worth of tinkering, Stanford researchers have now equipped their autonomous DeLorean with some serious driving chops, sending it sideways around a kilometer-long drifting course all on its own.

A research company in the United Kingdom has polled the British public to produce a list of the Top 40 Movie Cars of All-time. Here's the list, along with images, movie posters of the movies, plus links to all the logical places where you can get more information.​

The Bonhams' Goodwood Festival of Speed sale always attracts a top line-up of collectible cars and interesting automobilia and this year's auction included the sale of several "celebrity cars" previously owned by Pink Floyd guitarist Dave Gilmour, comedian Peter Sellers and rock star Elton John.

A cult icon it may now be, but by the time DeLorean's DMC-12 appeared in the first Back to the Future movie, production of the car had already stopped and the company had gone into liquidation. In 2017, though, it may start rolling off the production line again.

While a real hovering DeLorean might still not be available until some time in the future, Kids Logic of Hong Kong has created a scale model replica that may be the next best thing

In terms of investment potential, the prices of movie star cars are accelerating faster than either the collectible car or movie memorabilia markets. This week Herbie (The Love Bug) set a new world record for a Beetle at $126,500 to become one of the top 50 movie cars ever sold at auction.

De Lorean is to begin production again, three decades after it was last manufactured. The car will be almost identical, but using a 200+ bhp electric motor instead of the original asthmatic 130 bhp V6 and costing US$90,000 and US$100,000.