A brand new DeLorean DMC-12 tribute according to the C8 Corvette is within the works, and the venture is helmed via the daughter of DMC-12 writer John DeLorean.

“I had to give you the chance to construct an inexpensive automotive for the DeLorean group,” Kathryn DeLorean mentioned in an interview with Hagerty saying the venture, which is dubbed DeLorean Subsequent Technology Motors (DNG).

DNG will exchange the manufacturing facility bodywork of C8 Corvettes with new styling impressed via the DMC-12—whole with gullwing doorways. That remaining bit is conceivable due to the inventory Corvette coupe’s targa most sensible, which required Chevy to course the roll cage construction clear of the tops of the front-hinged doorways, Kathryn DeLorean informed Hagerty.

So far, DNG has best confirmed renderings of the design, which comes from the thoughts of Ángel Guerra, a clothier who labored on the Croatian EV corporate Rimac.

C8 Corvette-based DeLorean design via angelguerradesign by the use of Instagram

The unnamed DMC-12 tribute will use the bottom Corvette Stingray as a platform to stay the cost as little as conceivable, however DNG is operating with aftermarket firms on mechanical adjustments, consistent with Hagerty.

The usage of the C8 Corvette as the foundation for a brand new DeLorean could also be becoming. Earlier than beginning his personal automotive corporate, John DeLorean used to be a Common Motors govt. He is perfect remembered for serving to shepherd the Pontiac GTO into manufacturing, however from 1969 to 1972 he used to be additionally head of Chevrolet. Right through that point, he driven exhausting for the Corvette to change to a mid-engine platform, or even attempted (unsuccessfully) to buy the rights to the mid-engine Aerovette idea after leaving GM, consistent with Hagerty.

Rendering of proposed fashionable DeLorean from DeLorean Subsequent Technology Motors (DNG)

The corporate could also be making plans a extra unique hand-built sports activities automotive known as the Style JZD. Simply 42 shall be made. The JZD will lift a extra unique value, whilst the DMC-12 tribute shall be extra inexpensive. For reference, the Corvette Stingray prices about $70,000, so be expecting the reimagined DeLorean to price considerably greater than that, given the paintings required to develop into it.

DeLorean Alpha5

DNG’s pair of sports activities automobiles don’t seem to be the one new DeLoreans within the works. Texas-based DeLorean Motor Corporate introduced plans for an electrical DeLorean, known as the Alpha5, in 2022. Whilst it does have gullwing doorways, the Alpha5’s styling is not unfashionable, protecting its nods to the previous minimum. The corporate had deliberate to construct 9,531 Alpha5 coupes—the collection of DMC-12s DeLorean had at the start deliberate to construct—however has since lower the deliberate manufacturing run to 4,000 gadgets over the similar five-year span at the start introduced.