DeLorean Alpha5
The DeLorean Alpha5 is an upcoming battery electric sports car produced by Italdesign Giugiaro for the American DeLorean Motor Company. It will go from 0 to 60 mph (0 to 97 km/h) in 2.99 seconds, 0 to 88 mph (0 to 142 km/h) in an estimated 4.35 seconds and have a projected top speed of 155 mph (249 km/h).[3]
DeLorean Alpha5 | |
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Overview | |
Manufacturer | Italdesign Giugiaro in contract with DeLorean Motor Company |
Production | 2024 (to commence; 9,531 units)[1] |
Assembly | Turin, Italy (Italdesign Giugiaro) |
Designer | Dario Lauriola[2] (Italdesign) |
Body and chassis | |
Class | Sports car |
Body style | 2-door 2+2 coupe |
Doors | Gull-wing doors |
Powertrain | |
Battery | 100 kWh |
Range | 300 miles (480 km) |
Chronology | |
Predecessor | DMC DeLorean (spiritual) |
Overview
The Alpha5 was revealed on May 29, 2022.[4][5]
The Alpha5 harkens back to its predecessor with its louvered rear window and gullwing doors.[6] It is designed by Italdesign. It offers a full-width light strip on the back, and the DeLorean logo is also illuminated.[7] While no DeLorean factory has been selected, the company announced that only 9,531 of the Alpha5 will be made, just one more than DMC built of the original DeLorean[1] however in March 2023, the production estimated was reduced by half to about 4,000 units.[8] CNET estimates a price around $125,000.[9] The first concept car was revealed on August 29, 2022.[1] The company expects those cars to be in production some time in 2024.[1]
References
- Valdes-Dapena, Peter (August 29, 2022). "DeLorean's new car looks nothing like the one you remember. Here's why". CNN. Retrieved August 30, 2022.
- Muchai, Bryan (July 17, 2022). "8 Things We Just Found Out About The DeLorean Alpha5 Concept". HotCars. Retrieved October 27, 2023.
- McCaffrey, Ryan (May 30, 2022). "DeLorean EV Revealed – and It's a 4-Seater". IGN. Retrieved May 31, 2022.
- Adrian Padeanu (May 30, 2022). "DeLorean Alpha5 Revealed As Electric Coupe With 300 Miles Of Range". Motor1.com. Retrieved May 30, 2022.
- Dan Mihalascu (May 30, 2022). "DeLorean Alpha5 Electric GT Takes Revived Brand To The Future". InsideEVs. Retrieved May 30, 2022.
- Paul-Emile (April 5, 2022). "DeLorean électrique : la star commence à se dévoiler". abcmoteur.fr.
- "DeLorean EVolved : elle sera présentée le 31 mai 2022". Autoplus (in French). May 11, 2022. Retrieved May 11, 2022.
- Vijayenthiran, Viknesh (March 1, 2023). "DeLorean cuts Alpha5 electric car's production by more than half". Motor Authority. Retrieved July 3, 2023.
- Cooley, Brian. "Taking You Hands-On With the New DeLorean Alpha5 EV". CNET. Retrieved August 24, 2022.