The third car, used in Back to the Future Part III, was restored and was sold at auction for $541,200 in December 2011. A fully restored Back to the Future DeLorean can be viewed at the Petersen Automotive Museum in Los Angeles. New production In 1995, Stephen Wynne, a British car mechanic from Liverpool, created a separate company based in the north Houston suburb of Humble, Texas, using the DeLorean Motor Company name. Wynne acquired the trademark on the stylized DMC logo, along with the remaining parts inventory of the original DeLorean Motor Company. After the passage of the Low Volume Vehicle Manufacturing Act, DMC Texas announced that it planned to produce replica DeLoreans. However, due to delays by the NHTSA in ratifying the act, the plan to build modernized DeLoreans was canceled. There has been discussion about DMC Texas building an upgraded version of the original DeLorean to mark the 40th anniversary, but no details have been released. Notes References Bibliography Further reading External links DeLorean Motor Company DeLorean Museum 1976 Concept DeLorean DMC 12 The Car's the Star – TV biography of the DMC by former Top Gear host Quentin Willson (1999, UK) Cars of Northern Ireland Sports cars Rear-engined vehicles Back to the Future (franchise) Cars introduced in 1981 Automobiles with gull-wing doors Coupés First car made by manufacturer Automobiles with backbone chassis Cars powered by rear-mounted 6-cylinder engines Italdesign vehicles Cars discontinued in 1983