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The DMC-12 features a number of unusual construction details, including gull-wing doors, unpainted stainless-steel body panels, and a rear-mounted engine. A modified version of the car became iconic for its appearance as a time machine in the 'Back to the Future' film franchise. The company did not last long, however, with rumours of the auto giants like GM and Ford pushing John DeLorean out of the business. Approximately 9,000 DMC-12s were made before production stopped in late 1982. Today, about 6,500 DeLorean Motor Cars are believed to still exist.

Although the car was usually supplied as an open two seater, an occasional rear seat and bolt on steel hard top were available as extras. 13,377 cars were produced. The Triumph Motor Company is an out-dated British motor manufacturer and the Triumph marque is currently owned by BMW. A hard top car with overdrive tested by the British magazine 'The Motor' in 1956 had a top speed of 169.5 kmph and could accelerate from 0-97 kmph in 10.8 seconds.

The Nissan S30 sold in Japan as the Nissan Fairlady Z and in other markets as the Datsun 240Z and later as the 260Z and 280Z was the first generation of Z sporty 2 seater and 2+2 coupes produced by Nissan Motors, Ltd. of Japan from 1969 to 1978. The name of the automobile marque Datsun was created in 1931 by the DAT Motorcar Co. for a new car model, spelling it as "Datson" to indicate its smaller size when compared to the existing, larger DAT car. Later, in 1983 after Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. took control of DAT Motorcar Co., the last syllable of Datson was changed to "sun", because "son" also means "loss" in Japanese. The Datsun brand was discontinued in March 1986.

The Bricklin SV-1 was a gull-wing door sports car assembled in Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada. Manufactured from 1974 until early 1976 for the U.S. market, the car was the creation of Malcolm Bricklin, a Jewish American millionaire who had previously founded Subaru of America. Due to Bricklin's lack of experience in the auto industry, coupled with the fact that the cars were not properly designed or engineered, the Bricklin factory was not able to produce vehicles fast enough to make a profit. As a result, only 2,854 cars were built before the company went into receivership, owing the New Brunswick government $23 million. The car is also present in our list of the ten ugliest cars of all time.

The 88 series was also an image leader for Oldsmobile, particularly in the early years (1949-51) when it was one of the best performing automobiles thanks to its relatively small size, light weight and advanced overhead-valve high-compression V8 engine. Oldsmobile was a brand of automobile produced for most of its existence by General Motors. In its 107-year history, it produced 35.2 million cars, including at least 14 million built at its Lansing, Michigan factory. When it was phased out, Oldsmobile was the oldest surviving American automobile marque, and one of the oldest in the world, after Daimler and Peugeot.