America’s business culture in the mid-century was decidedly drab: men in dark suits with close-cropped hair ruled the day, and in many ways were perfectly primed for disruption. So it was that the youngest division head ever to grace the C-suite at General Motors built a maverick reputation and, upon leaving (or being pushed! Accounts differ) set about to start a car company from scratch. John DeLorean’s dream sports car did briefly become a reality, but the ephemera and shady dealings that put a few thousand of them on the road would lead to an epic downfall, and cost him his family as well.

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Stacie’s Receipts

DE LOREAN’S TASTES REQUIRED FLOW OF BIG MONEY – The New York Times

John DeLorean | Irish Independent

Cristina Ferrare Friday filed for divorce to end her… – UPI Archives

DELOREAN HEARING EXPLODES – Chicago Tribune

Myth & Mogul: John Delorean (Netflix)

John Z. DeLorean, Father of Glamour Car, Dies at 80 (nytimes.com)

‘A malignant narcissist’: uncovering the dark side of John DeLorean (theguardian.com)

DeLorean Charged With Fraud (nytimes.com)

DeLorean Cleared By Jury in Fraud, Racketeering Case (latimes.com)