John DeLorean: John DeLorean. Self: DeLorean. John DeLorean was the legendary American automobile executive whose non-conformity and taste for the limelight derailed his likely ascension to the presidency of General Motors, which seemed predestined after his meteoric rise up through the ranks for the world's biggest car manufacturer. DeLorean, in sync with his times, had a distaste for the "Establishment" as embodied in the G.M. bureaucracy, which he found stifling. By leaving...
