Originally Posted by
uhhair
DMCH does not want to be an auto manufacturer. They don't have near the capital to produce the necessary engineering, crash testing, safety engineering, manufacturing capacity, etc and so on, to be a real car company that would be licensed to produce cars with truly new VIN numbers. They're stuck doing what they can with the 9k or so original DeLorean VIN's in existence, and that's it.
That being said, they're not an underdog, because they don't exist in that game with even the smallest of real auto manufacturers. They are a Delorean Parts, Upgrade, and Restoration company, and nothing more.