DeLorean, the marque whose most famous creation ended up flying through the future, is entering an electric flying car racing championship. Doc Brown would approve.
The DeLorean Airspeeder Team will represent the United States in the Airspeeder International Series, making its competitive debut when the 2026–27 season begins in November.
DeLorean describes itself as a constructor, although it won’t initially be building an entirely new aircraft. The team
will race an Airspeeder Mk3C electric vertical take-off and landing machine, with DeLorean responsible for its design identity.
The Mk3C is also remotely piloted from the ground, making it closer to an enormous racing drone than a car with wings. It will race against aircraft representing other nations around electronically defined three-dimensional courses.
DeLorean’s involvement should become more substantial for the following season. Its 2027–28 racing aircraft will be developed with student engineering teams from American universities, including UC Berkeley and Georgia Tech.
Cameron Wynne, chief brand officer at DeLorean Motor Company, said: “People have pictured a DeLorean in the sky for forty years. We decided it was time to stop picturing it.”
Airspeeder has already staged races and demonstrations using remotely controlled Mk3 aircraft, so this is at least more substantial than a computer rendering accompanied by ambitious promises.
The design of the DeLorean machine and the identity of its pilots will be revealed before the opening race. There’s no mention of a flux capacitor, although somebody should probably check what happens when it reaches 88mph.
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