He was an automotive engineer who created cars like the Pontiac GTO ... obtain and distribute $24 million worth of cocaine. FBI cameras caught DeLorean calling the drug “better than gold ...

The original DeLorean Motor Co. went bankrupt and left the car-making business after founder John DeLorean was charged with ...

The company fizzled out in 1982 in the most epic way, with a federal drug bust, arrest, and trial after DeLorean got tangled up in a cocaine trafficking deal to fund his dying car company.