Back To the Future-style flying DeLorean to take to the skies next year

In Back to the Future 2, Doc Brown says, ‘Where we’re going, we don’t need roads,’ – before the film’s DeLorean takes to the skies.

Now a flying DeLorean could actually be a reality.

Made by the nephew of the creator of the original DeLorean, the DR-7 is a vertical take-off vehicle – similar to those under test by companies such as Uber and Airbus.

The DR-7 will self-fly, like a drone, and can take off vertically using electrically powered fans.

It seats two people, and in an interview with Wired, Paul DeLorean said he hopes to test-fly a working prototype within a year.

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DeLorean said, ‘We’ve been in transportation forever, it’s in my blood. We are moving forward on a full-size, piloted prototype which will carry two passengers and is designed to operate, fully electric, for a range of 120 miles.

‘The design really solves a lot of major transportation problems and inefficiencies, such as deteriorating infrastructure, pollution, and road congestion.

‘You can cruise at higher altitude, with greater efficiency,. It’s designed so that you don’t have all the drag.’