James Bartlett reflects upon the Irish-built DeLorean that became one of the most iconic cars in automotive and film history. It’s hard to believe that 40 years ago – on January 21, 1981 to be exact – the first DeLorean DMC-12 rolled off the factory production line at the factory in Dunmurry, a suburb of Belfast. Yes, the famous DeLorean was an Irish-built car, and decades later, former employees still talk fondly of those chaotic days of “The Troubles”, when the jobs and security that the plant bought was, for a time at least, a near-miracle. The factory famously closed less than t...