Domainers Don’t Need Time Machine To Predict Future
It doesn’t matter what generation you belong to, Back to the Future has a soft spot in many childhoods. The trilogy has spawned plenty of trends, both real and myth; who remembers when everyone thought hoverboards were rumored to be real AND in production? The biggest thing to come from the movies is the unmistakable stainless steel DeLorean. It’s an icon of American film history.
DMC filed for bankruptcy in 1982 with it’s namesake getting caught dealing drugs to keep his company afloat. But it never completely disappeared. 9000 cars were originally built, and 25 years later there are an estimated 6500 still out there! Fans of the movie, and the car, kept it alive. This demand allowed companies to continue building replacement parts. One such Houston company actually bought out the remaining official inventory, including 200 of the original engines, and used them to refurbish and sell fully functional vehicles.
The big news? The DeLorean is coming back into production at the end of 2008. This Houston group purchased the rights to DeLorean Motor Company Co. (including website and engineering trademarks) and will be producing about 20 units a year. Sure, it won’t be the classic DMC-12 model that zipped through time in the ’80s, but it will be close.
With a base price of $57,500, it’s not for everyone. But it still carries the name DeLorean. Of course, you should avoid registering any domain names that violate trademarks, but I think you can get creative here and develop some nice mini-sites or even full blown info-sites before this hit gets bigger.
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