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I was surprised by the seemingly low price of this car: "Estimate $175,000 - $300,000"

Jay Leno owns a replica of the Back to the Future DeLorean valued at $750,000.

I think anyone would agree the DeLorean is way sexier than the Trans Am, but I would argue its place among pop culture is pretty high, probably higher than the auction asking price.

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I don’t see anything in the post that convinces me this isn’t replica as well (albeit one ostensibly owned by Hasselhoff).

from what I remember, it is a replica... sorta. Made for promotion rather than for filming. There were several filming cars, and most were damaged for various reasons during the show. Also, most of those didn't have interiors. Interior shots were done in a different cockpit from the exterior shots, which were mostly stunt cars.

I don't think any of them wins in terms of design appeal (that Pontiac is really really peculiar and peak in its own genre). Now I think that BtTF got 1) an already very excentric car (pontiac was mainstream) 2) hollywood seal of fame, TV is important but not as glam.

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