Bonhams auctions the 20th century's 'most controversial' car...


That's how people describe the DeLorean, and an example with a exclusive history is up for sale

One of the 20th century's most contentious and fabled motor cars, a 1981 DeLorean DMC12 Coupé, will be sold by Bonhams as fraction of the Goodwood Festival of Speed on July 2.

This example is particularly unique, having once been owned and driven by Miranda Guinness, Countess of Iveagh.

The automobile, formerly on long-term display at the Robert Guinness Steam Museum in Dublin and the Irish Museum of Transport, has attracted a pre-sale approximation of £15,000 - 20,000.

The brainchild of ex-General Motors executive John Zachary DeLorean, the DeLorean sports car project found a home in Northern Ireland subsequent a grant from the British government.

Under the helm of a former Pontiac designer, Bill Collins, the car attracted much concentration for its stylish coupé body and doors which opened in a characteristic gull-wing fashion.

The highly-anticipated DeLorean lastly arrived in 1980 but quickly ran into quality control problems that were not at all recovered. This was additional exacerbated to the creator's indictment on drug charges in 1982.


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