DeLorean DMC-12
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The DeLorean DMC-12 is a stainless-steel sports car produced in the early 1980s by the DeLorean Motor Company, best known for its distinctive gull-wing doors and iconic appearance in the Back to the Future film series.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| DeLorean DMC-12 canonical | 6 |
| DeLorean | 2 |
| DeLorean DMC-12 design | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7940371 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: DeLorean DMC-12 Context triple: [DeLorean time machine, basedOn, DeLorean DMC-12]
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A.
DeLorean time machine
The DeLorean time machine is the iconic, gull-winged car modified with a flux capacitor that enables time travel in the "Back to the Future" film series.
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B.
Aston Martin DB5
The Aston Martin DB5 is a classic British grand tourer made famous worldwide as James Bond’s iconic spy car, especially in the film "Goldfinger."
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C.
Holden Apollo
The Holden Apollo was a mid-size family sedan and wagon sold by Holden in Australia in the late 1980s and 1990s, based on rebadged Toyota models as part of the Holden–Toyota joint venture.
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D.
Shelby Cobra
The Shelby Cobra is an iconic 1960s Anglo-American sports car that combined a lightweight British AC roadster body with powerful Ford V8 engines, becoming one of the most celebrated performance cars in automotive history.
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E.
Studebaker Avanti
The Studebaker Avanti is a distinctive early-1960s American personal luxury coupe known for its futuristic fiberglass body, performance focus, and status as one of the last iconic models produced by the Studebaker Corporation.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: DeLorean DMC-12 Target entity description: The DeLorean DMC-12 is a stainless-steel sports car produced in the early 1980s by the DeLorean Motor Company, best known for its distinctive gull-wing doors and iconic appearance in the Back to the Future film series.
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A.
DeLorean time machine
The DeLorean time machine is the iconic, gull-winged car modified with a flux capacitor that enables time travel in the "Back to the Future" film series.
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B.
Aston Martin DB5
The Aston Martin DB5 is a classic British grand tourer made famous worldwide as James Bond’s iconic spy car, especially in the film "Goldfinger."
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C.
Holden Apollo
The Holden Apollo was a mid-size family sedan and wagon sold by Holden in Australia in the late 1980s and 1990s, based on rebadged Toyota models as part of the Holden–Toyota joint venture.
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D.
Shelby Cobra
The Shelby Cobra is an iconic 1960s Anglo-American sports car that combined a lightweight British AC roadster body with powerful Ford V8 engines, becoming one of the most celebrated performance cars in automotive history.
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E.
Studebaker Avanti
The Studebaker Avanti is a distinctive early-1960s American personal luxury coupe known for its futuristic fiberglass body, performance focus, and status as one of the last iconic models produced by the Studebaker Corporation.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (58)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | sports car ⓘ |
| 0To60MphTime | approximately 9–10 seconds ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | DMC-12 ⓘ |
| approximateProductionNumber | around 9000 units ⓘ |
| assemblyLocation |
Dunmurry, Northern Ireland
ⓘ
linked to:
Dunmurry
|
| bodyStyle | 2-door coupé ⓘ |
| brakeType | four-wheel disc brakes ⓘ |
| chassisType | fiberglass underbody on steel backbone chassis ⓘ |
| collectibility | highly collectible classic car ⓘ |
| countryOfAssembly | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| culturalSignificance | iconic car from the Back to the Future film series ⓘ |
| curbWeight |
approximately 1230 kg
ⓘ
approximately 2710 lb ⓘ |
| designCompany | Italdesign Giugiaro ⓘ |
| designer | Giorgetto Giugiaro ⓘ |
| doorType | gull-wing doors ⓘ |
| drivetrain | rear-wheel drive ⓘ |
| engine | 2.85 L PRV V6 engine ⓘ |
| engineCode | PRV ZMJ-159 ⓘ |
| engineConfiguration | V6 ⓘ |
| engineDisplacement | 2.85 L ⓘ |
| enginePosition | rear-mounted engine ⓘ |
| featuredIn |
Back to the Future
ⓘ
Back to the Future Part II ⓘ Back to the Future Part III ⓘ |
| fictionalRole | time machine in Back to the Future films ⓘ |
| fuelSystem | Bosch K-Jetronic fuel injection ⓘ |
| fuelType | petrol ⓘ |
| height |
1140 mm
ⓘ
44.9 in ⓘ |
| layout | rear-engine layout ⓘ |
| length |
168 in
ⓘ
4267 mm ⓘ |
| manufacturer | DeLorean Motor Company ⓘ |
| market |
Europe
ⓘ
United States ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| marketReputation | cult classic car ⓘ |
| material | brushed stainless steel body panels ⓘ |
| nickname |
DeLorean
ⓘ
linked to:
DeLorean DMC-12
|
| notableFeature |
gull-wing doors supported by gas struts
ⓘ
rear-mounted PRV V6 engine ⓘ unpainted stainless-steel exterior ⓘ |
| productionEnd | 1983 ⓘ |
| productionStart | 1981 ⓘ |
| productionYears | 1981–1983 ⓘ |
| relatedCompanyEvent | DeLorean Motor Company bankruptcy in 1982 ⓘ |
| seatingCapacity | 2 ⓘ |
| successor | no direct production successor ⓘ |
| suspensionFront | independent suspension with coil springs ⓘ |
| suspensionRear | independent suspension with coil springs ⓘ |
| topSpeed | around 130 mph ⓘ |
| transmission |
3-speed automatic gearbox
ⓘ
5-speed manual gearbox ⓘ |
| wheelbase |
2400 mm
ⓘ
94.5 in ⓘ |
| wheelMaterial | cast alloy wheels ⓘ |
| width |
1850 mm
ⓘ
72.8 in ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: DeLorean DMC-12 Description of subject: The DeLorean DMC-12 is a stainless-steel sports car produced in the early 1980s by the DeLorean Motor Company, best known for its distinctive gull-wing doors and iconic appearance in the Back to the Future film series.
Referenced by (10)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
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Emmett
linked to: DeLorean DMC-12