
But it announced in February 2023 that it will instead target 4,000 cars "due to supply chain bottlenecks." Pre-orders require an $88 membership fee, and they are managed through an NFT system, allowing buyers to sell and trade their reservations. The company initially planned to build 9,351 cars, a nod to the original DMC-12 production run.

With the high-demand Tesla Cybertruck moving toward production, it would seem that the market would be poised for a nostalgic, angular, unpainted car from DeLorean. Instead, the Alpha5 concept looks quite modern, even futuristic, with a polished design that borrows from a few existing cars and might look at home in the Lucid Motors portfolio. This is a high-performance four-seater, with gullwing doors and a claimed 0 to 88 mph in 4.35 seconds. It is curious that the design for this new car bears no resemblance to the original.

DeLorean is back to the future with an all-new concept EV that portends a production model.
