Media Coverage - Daily Mirror: Rod Stewart to buy 1st Gold DeLorean

[ssdelorean]

This article says Rod Stewart is to buy the first gold plated DeLorean.

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[SamHill]

This article says Rod Stewart is to buy the first gold plated DeLorean.

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Cool find. Apparently English Rock Star Managers loved to keep their artists in the press with any kind of hype they could think up...

http://blogs.sundaymercury.net/bev-bevan/2011/08/the-bev-bevan-diaries-how-a-br.html

[pezzonovante88]

The article states that the normal DeLoreans, soon to be "rolling off the production line", will cost a "modest $10000".

[Dangermouse]

Well, if it's in the Mirror, then it must be true..........

[Henrik]

Well, if it's in the Mirror, then it must be true..........

That's like the National Enquirer here in the US, right?

[stevedmc]

I thought this was legit until I realized the newspaper shown isn't the Weekly World News.

[dmcjohn]

It seems legit to me - the date of the newspaper is Sept 17th 1980. Back then, 12,000 pounds was about 26,000 dollars, so it does add up. Also, I think I had heard the Rod Stewart story before from a factory worker, or maybe it was on the DeLorean: Car Crash documentary?

[John U]

I used to fly for Rod...he never mentioned the gold DeLorean to me :hmm:

[Roberto]

Rod Stewart never actually bought one of the two gold plated cars manufactured at the factory. One was ordered by a bank manager in Texas and the other from a couple in California. These cars now reside in the Peterson Museum in Los Angeles and the Automobile Museum in Reno Nevada.

Robert

[A Van]

Duran Duran's John Taylor owned a RHD which is now owned by Dave Howarth.

[Farrar]

"THE MIRROR IS SPECIAL IN IRELAND"

...actually, it's kind of "special" anywhere...

[MrSmith]

Rod Stewart never actually bought one of the two gold plated cars manufactured at the factory. One was ordered by a bank manager in Texas and the other from a couple in California. These cars now reside in the Peterson Museum in Los Angeles and the Automobile Museum in Reno Nevada.

Robert

I heard that John DeLorean's personal DeLorean was a gold plated example,

do you know if this is true?

[Dangermouse]

I heard that John DeLorean's personal DeLorean was a gold plated example,

do you know if this is true?

There are only 3 known gold plated cars from the factory and JZDs wasn't one of them.

[louielouie2000]

There are only 3 known gold plated cars from the factory and JZDs wasn't one of them.

I believe the John DeLorean "personal gold DeLorean car" rumor/misinformation originated from the release of the 1:18th scale Sunstar gold DeLoreans. Same as that whole DeLorean "LK Coupe" nonsense. Somebody at Sunstar didn't have their facts correct, and their products ended up mislabeled/incorrectly marketed.