JOHN Z. DELOREAN.(Obituary)(Obituary)
AutoWeek, March, 2005
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1925-2005 John Z. DeLorean, the flamboyant auto executive considered the father of the Pontiac GTO, the man who walked away from General Motors to start his own sports car company when he was on the brink of the GM presidency, the man forever linked to a silver-bodied gullwing sports car made famous in Back to the Future movies, died March 19 at the age of 80.
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The Detroit native started his career as an engineer with Packard in the early 1950s. By 1964 he was ...
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