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

[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.