Unfortunately the article skipped over the prototypes, named DSV for 'De Lorean Safety Vehicle'. Looking around for funding for his sportscar concept he didn't

Unfortunately the article skipped over the prototypes, named DSV for 'De Lorean Safety Vehicle'. Looking around for funding for his sportscar concept he didn't have much success in the fuel-conscious mid-70s until he had the genius idea of promoting it as a safety-first vehicle, emphasising handling and crashworthiness. That was a good enough sales pitch to earn him $500,000 from Allstate Insurance Company who were interested in associating themselves with something safe but exciting. Not a lot of cash but enough to bootstrap De Lorean. Allstate still own at least one of the DSVs but sadly not on display in the museum at their HQ, though there are a couple of other interesting cars there; a Sears Allstate sedan and the very first car insured by an Allstate policy.