John DeLorean Walked Away From GM. Then a Hotel Room Ended Everything

John DeLorean was one of the brightest stars General Motors ever had. In October 1982 he sat in a Los Angeles hotel room while a hidden camera recorded him next to a bag of cocaine. This is the true story of how a poor boy from Detroit built the muscle car that changed America, quit at the top, and lost his dream car, his company and his name in a single year. It starts with a father who drank and a mother who worked long hours, a boy who took radios apart at the kitchen table, and a young engineer who studied at night. At Pontiac he found a loophole in a General Motors rule and created the GTO. At forty he ran the division, and at forty four he ran Chevrolet. Then he walked away and built a stainless steel sports car with gull wing doors in the middle of Northern Ireland's Troubles. Thousands of people found work. The car did not sell. His last hope was a deal an informant put in front of him, and the jury later decided the FBI had gone too far. A John DeLorean documentary about ambition, pride, and the car that became a time machine. Chapters 00:00 The hotel room 00:48 A boy from Detroit 01:40 Climbing General Motors 02:48 The rule he broke 04:21 The day he walked out 05:21 A car with his name 06:08 Peace, war and a factory 07:22 The dream fails 08:23 The trap 09:33 The verdict 10:28 The time machine Watch next Louis Chevrolet's Name Is on Millions of Cars. He Ended Up Poor https://youtu.be/mocS0Y_rZBg Ford Mustang Evolution https://youtu.be/732MMlIIjAk #DeLorean #JohnDeLorean #CarHistory