An inventor who claims to be the son of the late motor tycoon John DeLorean has lost a legal fight to sell his own version of the DeLorean cars that featured in the Back to the Future films. But Ty DeLorean says the case was actually a victory and claims he is on the verge of a Hollywood deal.
Ty, who was born Benjamin Granger but changed his name by deed poll, makes his DMC21 cars, complete with the famous gullwing doors, from the front of a three-wheeled Reliant Robin and the back of a pick-up truck. They are advertised as coming with a “free hoverboard with every purchase” in reference to the Michael J Fox movie trilogy.
However, a judge at the High Court in London has now ruled that he must stop using DeLorean branding on the vehicles. The case was brought by the DeLorean Motor Company (DMC) in Texas, which bought the rights to the design when John DeLorean went bust in the early Eighties.
