There’s a few good possibilities for a DMC replica build, if you’re extremely fond of that Giugiaro folded paper design but lack the wherewithal to get an actual, legit, crowd-pulling DeLorean DMC-12 just in time (groan) for October 2015. You could start by dressing up a Volkswagen Scirocco, or if you’re into the more obscure, you can get a LeMons-grade Isuzu Piazza and slap some ducts on it.
This guy who will remain anonymous, but lives at the post code 50400, has built his own DeLorean that’s both closer and further from the original, using a Bertone-designed Citroën BX diesel. Hey, if you’re going to build a DeLorean out of a car, why not do it with style?
There’s a lot of things to admire about this BX build, not limited to the correct badging. There are gullwing doors, the bodywork has been fashioned into an even bolder fastback after the rear doors have been deleted, there are hubcaps that mimic the original wheels, the bumpers have black portions, there’s a Mr. Fusion-like pod on the back, and those cooling ducts are FREAKING GINORMOUS.
Of course, someone else would just have framed the taillights by following the existing edges of the clusters, but that’s just one way to do it. Sadly, there’s no side-on photo, and if the builder would have gone all in, the headlights would have been replaced with four sealed beam units. But for 300 of your well-earned euros, the build is phenomenal. Ceci est lourd, Docteur!
[Source: Leboncoin/Hat tip to Edvin!]
Retard vers la futur: DMC-ized Citroën BX for sale
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I emptied my lungs with a massive surprise exhale seeing that nr 2 picture…wow.
There’s some connection here to the original though. The DeLorean’s famously underpowered, under-everything PRV engine is the least appreciated Volvo motor. The BX is a Bertone design basically rejected by Volvo in 1979:
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(I usually take an active stand on “no-car-babes-photos”, but this one was so period-awesome I made an exception)-
I wonder why asymmetrical grill openings never caught on?
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I guess symmetry is just understood as a given in trying to design harmonious car faces. It’s very uncommon to have any kind of asymmetry:
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Hmmm…I smell Hoonatica…
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A logical follow-up of the dashboard session.
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I like gullwing’d BX. I’m less big on BTTF’d BX. Mostly, just needs more louvres. Really;
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I’ll be leaving my BX absolutely stock looking thanks.
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Save the BXs! Great cars, in my opinion. Yet you hardly ever see one anymore. I sold mine last week, but not before shedding one single tear.
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A set of GT spheres and you have handling like a slightly longer 205GTI, or Integra, with ride like an XJ6 Jag, better than anything German. It’s a balance that Citroen has completely forgotten about, judging by my recent drive of an extremely disappointing new DS5.
Just when I start to think that my W124s are the perfect cars, a short drive in the BX refreshes the synapses and reminds me that you can have very good handling AND a very good ride.
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