If you’re anything like us, you have watched the Back to the Future movies about a million times and drooled over the sweet DeLorean every single time. That sexy body with the crazy gull-wing doors had us wishing (for maybe the first and last time) that we could switch places with Michael J. Fox. Lucky for everyone who has ever lusted after the iconic car, a brand-new, all-electric DeLorean will soon hit the streets.

The DeLorean Motor Company of Texas plans to release their modern update of the classic (but previously failed) sports car in 2013. It will be lighter and far more technologically advanced than its 1980s predecessor – and did we mention it’s all-electric? It has a range of about 70-100 miles on a single charge. Thanks to a radical overhaul under the hood, the performance of this new version should finally match up to the speed and power promised by the gorgeous body.

The updated car is still in the prototype stage at the moment, but it’s getting closer to production every day. No word yet on whether converting it into a time machine will void the warranty.

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When the Chevrolet Camaro was first unveiled in 1966, it was accompanied by a big, mysterious build-up. The car was meant to be a competitor for Ford’s popular Mustang, and as such it deserved a properly dramatic introduction. A week before the press event that would launch the car destined to become a pony car classic, members of the automotive press received a telegram inviting them to a meeting of the (fictional) group Society for the Eradication of Panthers from the Automotive World. When the press showed up, they became part of history as attendees of the first 14-city real-time press conference conducted over telephone lines. They didn’t get to see the car that day, but they got to hear the name: Camaro.

This commercial for the first-generation Camaro is a delicious little piece of automotive industry history. The two-minute spot plays like a love song to this powerful sports car, but more importantly it features some classically cheesy elements. Over-the-top pyrotechnics and falling prop boulders are meant to show off the car’s fiery, powerful origins. This commercial, and the many others that have followed, must have worked: the Camaro has gone through five generations of redesigns and is still around today. When asked way back in 1966 what a “Camaro” is, Chevrolet managers responded that it’s “a small, vicious animal that eats Mustangs.”

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