Your move, DeSoto. UPDATE- DeLorean Motor Company's vice president, James Espey, took time to talk with us about the updated DMC-12. Power?

The DMC-12, which debuted to the public in 1981, had a base price of $25,000 (upped to $29,825 in 1982). The two-passenger coupe featured gullwing doors and a rear-mounted engine.

On the skidpad the DeLorean generated 0.772g (comparable to the Alfa Romeo GTV 6/2.5 or Ferrari Dino 308 GT4), and its speed through the 700-ft slalom was 59.7 mph, slotting it between the Porsche ...