Article: DELOREAN SPORTS-CAR SAGA ENDS; A DREAM THAT DIED IN COURTROOMS.

I stood in a Northern Ireland pasture on a drizzly October day in 1978 as John DeLorean broke ground for his factory, never imagining that his sports-car venture would end with lawyers haggling over the amount of a lawsuit settlement.

After the groundbreaking ceremony, when earth-movers began pushing around the Irish hills, the DeLorean sports car seemed like a big idea that had a chance to succeed. After all, the British government was backing the project with $140 million.

I should have known better.

Last month, when lawyers for the trustee of the bankrupt DeLorean Motor Co., the British government and other creditors settled a lawsuit ...

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