Businessman Stephen Wynne purchased the remaining parts for the car, selling them out of Houston, Texas, and adopted the name of the original company on the grounds that it was no longer a going concern.

On December 3, 2009, DMC released a collection of T-shirts and hats in collaboration with streetwear brand The Hundreds, featuring modernized images of the DeLorean in Los Angeles culture-based graphic designs.

[citation needed] In November 2010, in collaboration with DMC, Nike released a limited edition DeLorean Dunk shoe with an estimated production of 1,000 pairs at a suggested retail price of $90.

In October 2011, DMC announced intentions to sell custom-made electric DeLoreans by 2013,[10] development on which has been stopped pending the outcome of the release of regulations pertaining to the Low Volume Vehicle Manufacturing Act.

Due to the passage of the Low Volume Vehicle Manufacturing Act, the production of the DeLorean was announced in 2017, with 300 new cars to be produced by DMC.

[12][13] Both the EPA and NHTSA had one year to establish a process for companies to register with each agency and to issue any necessary regulation to implement the Low Volume Vehicle Manufacturing Act.

[15] In 2014, Sally Baldwin, the widow of John DeLorean, sued the DMC for misuse of trademarks and images which were never purchased after the bankruptcy of the original company, claiming that they were still owned by his estate.

[16] On October 20, 2015, the lawsuit was settled out of court for an undisclosed sum in exchange for DMC having the rights to use the DeLorean Motor Company name, trademarks and logo.

[23] Brought by Karma Automotive LLC, it is alleged that its former vice president of sales and customer experience and the chief revenue officer formed their own company, Reimagined Automotive LLC, with the intent of stealing a joint venture project with DeLorean Motor Co.[24] According to the lawsuit, the former employees were tasked with developing and proposing ideas for the joint venture, called Project 88, which was led by ex-vice president Joost de Vries, ex-chief revenue officer Alan Yuan, Troy Beetz, and Neilo Harris.

[26] In 2022, the DeLorean Motor Company, seeking an unspecified amount of money, sued media conglomerate NBCUniversal, alleging it hadn’t paid the royalties it owed.