NICK SUTTON
Chapter 1
Hero to villain in four years
Chapter 2
London and Belfast, 1978
Chapter 3
DMCL - a credible organisation
Chapter 4
Meet the family
Chapter 5
Lotus Cars and the USAAF at Hethel
Chapter 6
The first year
Chapter 7
The suppliers and the processes
Chapter 8
One step forward, one step back
Chapter 9
Delays and difficulties
Chapter 10
The first cars - and the smell of success
Chapter 11
The IRA hunger strikes
Chapter 12
Staff expansion and the visit of a legend
Chapter 13
Life in the factory and the darker side of Belfast
Chapter 14
Gold cars and other dreams
Chapter 15
Doubling production and the episode of the gold taps
Chapter 16
Golden October to white December: cracks appear
Chapter 17
Dark winter days and receivership
Chapter 18
Recovery plans and employee number 21
Chapter 19
Margaret Thatcher's challenging year
Chapter 20
Recording the deceit
Chapter 21
Closure and Colin Chapman's last days
Chapter 22
Sunken treasure, trials, fines, finances and fiascos
Chapter 23
After closure
Acknowledgements
Bibliography
Index
This is the inside story of the DeLorean saga written by a senior manager who worked with the company from beginning to end and saw it all. The short life of the DeLorean DMC-12 sports car - a vision of the future with its gullwing doors and stainless steel body - began after John DeLorean secured financial backing from the British government for his car-making venture in Northern Ireland. Four years and nearly 9,000 cars later the company went bust and DeLorean faced questions about fraud against the British taxpayer, and his big ally, Colin Chapman of Lotus, also drew scrutiny. As an insider's account, this book contains a great deal of new information about the DeLorean scandal.
