DeLorean: Back to the Future

Visitors and car owners appreciate some 100 DeLorean cars from around the US southwest are gathered at Universal Studios Hollywood in University City, California, 02 August 2007 for a ceremony to mark a month-long countdown to the closure of the amusement park's 14-year-old "Back to the Future" ride. The DeLorean Motor Co. (Texas), a suburban Houston company that rebuilds DeLoreans, recently announced plans to manufacture a limited number of new Deloreans in 2008. The last DeLorean rolled off the assembly line in Northern Ireland in 1982. AFP PHOTO / ROBYN BECK (Photo credit should read ROBYN BECK/AFP/Getty Images)

Some 100 DeLorean cars from around the US southwest are gathered at Universal Studios Hollywood in University City, California, 02 August 2007 for a ceremony to mark a month-long countdown to the closure of the amusement park's 14-year-old "Back to the Future" ride. The DeLorean Motor Co. (Texas), a suburban Houston company that rebuilds DeLoreans, recently announced plans to manufacture a limited number of new Deloreans in 2008. The last DeLorean rolled off the assembly line in Northern Ireland in 1982. AFP PHOTO / ROBYN BECK (Photo credit should read ROBYN BECK/AFP/Getty Images)

Visitors examine 100 DeLorean cars from around the US southwest gathered at Universal Studios Hollywood in University City, California, August 2, 2007 for a ceremony to mark a month-long countdown to the closure of the amusement park's 14-year-old 'Back to the Future' ride. The last DeLorean rolled off the assembly line in Northern Ireland in 1982.

Some 100 DeLorean cars from around the US southwest are gathered at Universal Studios Hollywood in University City, California, 02 August 2007 for a ceremony to mark a month-long countdown to the closure of the amusement park's 14-year-old "Back to the Future" ride. The DeLorean Motor Co. (Texas), a suburban Houston company that rebuilds DeLoreans, recently announced plans to manufacture a limited number of new Deloreans in 2008. The last DeLorean rolled off the assembly line in Northern Ireland in 1982. AFP PHOTO / ROBYN BECK (Photo credit should read ROBYN BECK/AFP/Getty Images)

The last DeLorean manufactured sporting a custom license plate is on display at the new DeLorean Motor Company, Tuesday Aug. 7, 2007

Flux capacitor-equipped 'Back to the Future'-style DeLorean car at Universal Studios Hollywood in University City, California, August 2 2007 at a ceremony to mark a month-long countdown to the closure of the amusement park's 14-year-old 'Back to the Future' ride.

John Z. DeLorean answers reporters questions during news conference, New York, photo

Some 100 DeLorean cars from around the US southwest are gathered at Universal Studios Hollywood in University City, California, 02 August 2007 for a ceremony to mark a month-long countdown to the closure of the amusement park's 14-year-old "Back to the Future" ride. The DeLorean Motor Co. (Texas), a suburban Houston company that rebuilds DeLoreans, recently announced plans to manufacture a limited number of new Deloreans in 2008. The last DeLorean rolled off the assembly line in Northern Ireland in 1982. AFP PHOTO / ROBYN BECK (Photo credit should read ROBYN BECK/AFP/Getty Images)

Actor Christopher Lloyd poses with a 'Back to the Future' style DeLorean at a ceremony to mark a month-long countdown to the closure of the 14-year-old 'Back to the Future - The Ride' at Universal Studios Hollywood in University City, California, August 2 2007. The ride, based on the 1985 blockbuster film 'Back to the Future' in which Lloyd portrayed the character of Doc Brown, was being closed down to make way for a new attraction based on 'The Simpsons.'

Actor Christopher Lloyd (in passenger seat) arrives in a DeLorean car at Universal Studios Hollywood's 'Back to the Future - The Ride' in University City, California, August 2, 2007.

John DeLorean