A brand new DeLorean DMC-12 tribute primarily based on the C8 Corvette is within the works, and the venture is helmed by the daughter of DMC-12 creator John DeLorean.

“I wanted to discover a approach to construct an inexpensive automotive for the DeLorean group,” Kathryn DeLorean mentioned in an interview with Hagerty asserting the venture, which is dubbed DeLorean Subsequent Technology Motors (DNG).

DNG will substitute the manufacturing unit bodywork of C8 Corvettes with new styling impressed by the DMC-12—full with gullwing doorways. That final bit is feasible due to the inventory Corvette coupe’s targa high, which required Chevy to route the roll cage construction away from the tops of the front-hinged doorways, Kathryn DeLorean informed Hagerty.

Up to now, DNG has solely confirmed renderings of the design, which comes from the thoughts of Ángel Guerra, a designer who labored on the Croatian EV firm Rimac.

The unnamed DMC-12 tribute will use the bottom Corvette Stingray as a platform to maintain the value as little as attainable, however DNG is working with aftermarket firms on mechanical adjustments, in line with Hagerty.

Utilizing the C8 Corvette as the premise for a brand new DeLorean can be becoming. Earlier than beginning his personal automotive firm, John DeLorean was a Common Motors govt. He is finest remembered for serving to shepherd the Pontiac GTO into manufacturing, however from 1969 to 1972 he was additionally head of Chevrolet. Throughout that point, he pushed laborious for the Corvette to modify to a mid-engine platform, and even tried (unsuccessfully) to buy the rights to the mid-engine Aerovette idea after leaving GM, in line with Hagerty.

The corporate can be planning a extra unique hand-built sports activities automotive referred to as the Mannequin JZD. Simply 42 will probably be made. The JZD will carry a extra unique worth, whereas the DMC-12 tribute will probably be extra inexpensive. For reference, the Corvette Stingray prices about $70,000, so count on the reimagined DeLorean to price considerably greater than that, given the work required to rework it.

DNG’s pair of sports activities vehicles aren’t the one new DeLoreans within the works. Texas-based DeLorean Motor Firm introduced plans for an electrical DeLorean, referred to as the Alpha5, in 2022. Whereas it does have gullwing doorways, the Alpha5’s styling is not retro, preserving its nods to the previous minimal. The corporate had deliberate to construct 9,531 Alpha5 coupes—the variety of DMC-12s DeLorean had initially deliberate to construct—however has since reduce the deliberate manufacturing run to 4,000 items over the identical five-year span initially introduced.