80 year old John DeLorean dead.

“You can’t discount the value of the Back to the Future movies,” James Espey, the vice president of DeLorean Motor, said yesterday.

“People who saw the cars in the movies in their teens, these are people in their early, mid 30’s, well established, and they now can get the car they wanted when they were a kid.”

They may have had mechanical troubles, and they may have leaked, but damn… that was a fine car.

And he may have tried to deal cocaine to save his car company, and he may have worn shirts open to the navel, but damn… gotta love those mavericks who try to spice life up a bit.