Scandal: The Fast Lane (John DeLorean / Roy Nesseth documentary)

they need to make a documentary of the long list of people that have went up against the US auto makers and all of a sudden out of no where they are accused of drug dealing, fraud, tax evasion and all the rest, and all had no criminal backgrounds until they were a threat to the car companies. i just love how the US "free" market works.

Just wanted to give this doc a recommendation. Due to how old it is, it's obviously not the most complete picture (John DeLorean was still facing pending lawsuits related to DMC and other issues at the time the film was made), but its powerful. All the interviews with his former business partners, marks, employees, and other innocent people who suffered in his wake make for a compelling story. Roy Nesseth is pure menace. Great music, great narration, great pacing. A fine documentary film about an astoundingly interesting and disturbing pair of charismatic shysters.

I am 7 minutes into this... my thoughts... My dad bought a brand new Pontiac every 4 years when DeLorean was there. He had Oldsmobiles and Chevrolets as a kid, and then moved to a Catalina or two, (always 2 door), a Bonneville, I think a 440 engine, with hardtop roof. Wow. A gold-brown color. Such luxury. Then the car I had to take my license test in - the huge 1974 Gran Ville, 2 door. Wow, so huge. I knew so many people with that GTO. I personally had 2 Camaros. 1973 and 1977, a 1972 Chevelle and a 1968 Nova. He only let me drive the Granville 3 times before the exam. Needless to say, the parallel parking was interesting. But that I succeeded in, I failed the exam because I was told to use a hand signal, no power windows back then, and I was so nervous, I put my arm out straight and made a right hand turn instead of a left on to a one way street. Hilarious. I passed it a few weeks later. Those cars were iconic. My question is did the couple who "bought" a ranch have a title search done? Pretty fing basic. I have my Real Estate license. I would love to know the exact details. Does not even come close to making sense. I think some people and governments perhaps do not want certain people to succeed. Was GM the cause of his downfall. His set up? The British Govt.?

Before De Lorean sold the DeLoran manufacturing idea to the British government, he had gone to the Industrial Development Agency in the Republic of ireland with the business plan.. It did its Due Diligence properly, saw De Loeans record and kicked him out. He then went to the British Government. . One phone call from the british Government to the Irish government would have resolved the problem.The rest is history.

Re: the ranch sale. Should have used a title company. It would have never closed because the mortgages and liens would have been exposed and the buyers would still have their money.

"I have so many ideas, but nobody will listen to me anymore"... John Delorean

I was the one that told Delorean we need to market the DMC as a time machine, because it always went around his track in exact time and told him I would make a movie about his time machine, then the sales will really roll in.

There will always be people like this as long as humans remain greedy.

What a misuse of a life when he could have genuinely helped others.

Going to Church doesn't mean much. The Mafia was portrayed as being very involved with the same Church . . .

Who came from the Framing John Delorean trailer?

In 1999, DeLorean declared personal bankruptcy after having fought around 40 legal cases since the collapse of DeLorean Motor Company.

R.I.P. John Z.

Background checks. Never do a land transaction without a competent attorney.

22:38 Part 1 ends here 25:18 Part 2 starts here

It was neat seeing this story from 40 years ago. When it was happening and sorta fizzled from the new I was in my teens. It was nice to come across this on YouTube and see the whole story.

Now it makes sense why the Feds went after DeLorean, he deserved it. Now they’re making him a hero in movies. He committed fraud & should have been sent to prison for what he did to those ppl with the ranch. By the way, he was making $600k when he left GM.

I worked for John, he was so cheap it was shocking!

This does show how broken the legal system truly is, has been and forever will be....!!!!

It was ITV Central which aired this documentary.