Rearview Mirror: The meteoric rise and dramatic fall of John DeLorean

Of all the auto ventures that might have been, few measure up to John DeLorean’s stainless-steel sports car. The story seems more fiction than fact: a “bad-boy” exec with no use for rules; an unusual car that couldn’t find its footing; and a narcotics sting some believe was a last grasp at success.
John Zachary DeLorean was born in Detroit in 1925 to factory workers, and earned degrees in mechanical and automotive engineering. He began his career with a short stint at lux