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De Lorean Motor Company
Would like to see this article featured in the near future. Obviously needs more references and a copy-edit - but is there anything else? Any comments appreciated. — Wackymacs 11:31, 15 December 2006 (UTC)


 * Please see automated peer review suggestions here. Thanks, APR t 23:14, 15 December 2006 (UTC)


 * Outside of the referencing (perhaps use cite web?), it looks mostly good. Some minor issues I picked up:
 * WP:MOSDATE – there is inconsistent date-linking. Some years are linked and others aren't (2006 vs. 1982), and some months+years are linked while others aren't (January 1981 vs. October 1978). MOSDATE states that these should be linked if they provide WP:CONTEXT; I guess that's open to interpretation.
 * WP:MOSNUM – suggests that US$ be used in front of money. This is done further down the page.
 * Conflicting infobox. It states 2000+ (1981?) (its ambiguous as to whether 1981 refers to year or number; here, a link would be useful); while as later on it notes 2500 people lost their jobs.
 * Under-linked: There are no less than 7 paragraphs which are completely black. (Of course, we don't want them to be completely blue either ;)
 * Umm… are you sure the image copyright tag on Image:IMG 9992.jpg is accurate? (unless User:Grenex is Kevin Abato)
 * Some ideas for copyediting (scroll over to see my suggestions):

Unit production was scheduled to begin in 1979, but the engineering delays and budget overruns caused the first cars to start rolling off the assembly lines in early 1981. Workers at the factory were generally inexperienced; many had never had regular jobs prior to this. This may have contributed to the reported quality issues attributed to the early production vehicles and the subsequent establishment of Quality Assurance Centers located at various delivery locations. "QACs" were set up in California, Delaware and Michigan where some of the quality issues were to be addressed and resolved before delivery to the dealerships. Some of the issues remedied in these locations related to the fit of body panels, retrofitting the vehicle with higher-output alternators, and gullwing door adjustments. The combined efforts of quality assurance improvements at the factory and the post-production QA done at the Assurance Centers were generally successful, although workmanship complaints would still occasionally arise; and the 1981 De Loreans were delivered with just a 12 month, 12,000 mile warranty. Though by 1982, improvements in components and the more experienced workforce meant that production quality was vastly improved. However, the combination of expiring warranties on earlier cars, and the fact that in some instances, dealers had not been reimbursed for warranty work, and therefore were refusing to do more warranty work, led to dealership-customer disputes. APR t 00:22, 20 December 2006 (UTC)