Looks like the Alpha V is on life support

[JRNY13]

My uncle gave me an Alpha 5 matchbox as a gag gift. Cause how could it be anything but a joke?

[JBaker4981]

Is the dumpster fire out yet?

[AugustneverEnds]

My uncle gave me an Alpha 5 matchbox as a gag gift. Cause how could it be anything but a joke?

Did your uncle buy an NFT before the Matchbox? If not, I guess we are all wrong here and DMR is producing and selling cars. To Lego people from the "Unapologetically Human" company where "the Future was never promised."

[Michael]

I got this brand new off ebay a few weeks ago. I was a bit drunk when I bought it (which is an excuse I used for a lot of my late night purchases including my real DeLorean). I bought it because I knew this was the ONLY Alpha V any private citizen would ever own.

PS...they are plentiful, buy your piece of "shitsory" today

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[ssdelorean]

Received this from a friend and thought I'd share here.


"I was at the Detroit Auto Show yesterday and ran into a designer from Italdesign who worked on the Alpha 5. He said the project is officially dead and Reimagined has had no contact with them for over a year. Just as we expected.

He was kind of taken aback when I knew the Alpha 5 was based on the Davinci and they built the prototype on a Taycan."

[Timeless]

I'm surprised he was surprised. It's no secret and anyone searching for that car would know it is a DaVinci. There is only one true DeLorean motor car...

[Michael]

Why is EVERYONE including DMCH so tight-lipped about this? After all, the DMCH elites were all there, grinning and pumping this shitshow with their perceived endorsement....even when the rest of the community said it was a scam from the beginning.

Doesn't anyone in the DMC hierarchy think those "investors" deserve to know what's going on?

It's almost enough to just make me want to sell my car and get out of the whole culture.

[r00b]

Sounds like business as usual for DMCH

[Helirich]

I think it kind of adds to the mystique. Certainly doesn’t hurt the value of our cars. Thinking about it, can you name another car that has so much controversy surrounding it?

[Mark D]

I think it kind of adds to the mystique. Certainly doesn’t hurt the value of our cars. Thinking about it, can you name another car that has so much controversy surrounding it?

I think it's just another sad stain on the DeLorean legacy. The real car and real company have a rich history, surrounded by enough controversy as it is. The Alpha 5 adds nothing of value and only adds negativity. I feel for the people who were scammed and it is unfortunate that the DeLorean name is now inseparably attached to the whole thing.

And I think it does hurt the value of our cars. All of the time, money, and resources that were wasted on the Alpha 5 could have been directed into DMC Classic instead. Collectors take into account parts availability, serviceability, and brand equity when deciding to purchase a collector car. All of those things suffered to some degree due to the resources squandered and controversy brought by the Alpha 5.

What if DMCH had decided to complete what they started with low volume new vehicle production instead? They could have invested in reproducing NLA parts to make low volume production possible, and the community of existing owners as whole would have benefited as a result. Imagine how the market would have reacted to that instead of what we got with Alpha 5?