DeLorean Alpha5

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DeLorean Alpha5
Overview
Manufacturer DeLorean Motor Company
Production2024 (present; 9,531 units) [1]
Assembly Torino, Italy
Designer Dario Lauriola [2] at Italdesign
Body and chassis
Class Sports car
Body style 2-door coupé
Doors Gull-wing doors
Powertrain
Electric motor AWD electric
Battery 100 kWh
Range300 miles (480 km)
Chronology
Predecessor DMC DeLorean (spiritual)

The DeLorean Alpha5 is a battery electric sports car designed by Italdesign Giugiaro for the American DeLorean Motor Company. It goes from 0 to 60 mph (96 km/h) in 2.99 seconds, 0 to 88 mph (140 km/h) in an estimated 4.35 seconds and has a top speed of 155 mph (248 km/h), and it entered production in late 2024. [3]

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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 publicly announced, the company did state that only 9,531 of the Alpha5 could 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] however the company did not announce any price indication. The first concept car was revealed on August 29, 2022. [1] at Pebble Beach, CA during Car Week.

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