But to car people, especially those members of the “tribe,” the name DeLorean holds supreme significance. Decades before the stainless-steel wedge was even a thought, John Zachary DeLorean was ...

With DeLorean and Harmon divorcing in 1972, the businessman adopted son Zachary because he wanted to be a father and, “I never thought I would marry again,” he explained at the time.

In fact, the Pontiac GTO nameplate owes its fame to Mr. DeLorean. In the early 1960s, a small team of Pontiac engineers led by Mr. John Zachary DeLorean experimented with plonking a 389-cu-in V8 ...

John Zachary DeLorean was a very special human. Not a very trustworthy one, and ultimately not a very successful one. But a real charmer. First the face-lifted, self-styled playboy impressed ...