Career Packard Motor Company DeLorean was at Chrysler for less than a year. In 1953, he was offered a salary of $14,000 () at Packard Motor Company under the supervision of engineer Forest McFarland. DeLorean quickly gained his new employer's attention with an improvement to the Ultramatic automatic transmission, giving it an improved torque converter and dual-drive ranges; it was relaunched as the Twin-Ultramatic.
Career Packard Motor Company DeLorean was at Chrysler for less than a year. In 1953, he was offered a salary of $14000 () at Packard Motor Company under the supervision of engineer Forest McFarland. DeLorean quickly gained his new employer's attention with an improvement to the Ultramatic automatic transmission, giving it an improved torque converter and dual-drive ranges; it was relaunched as the Twin-Ultramatic.