Editing John DeLorean (section)

==Early life==
DeLorean was born in [[Detroit|Detroit, Michigan]], the eldest of four sons of Zachary and Kathryn ({{née|Pribák}}) DeLorean.<ref name="NYTdeath">{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2005/03/21/business/21delorean.html?_r=1&oref=slogin |title=John Z. DeLorean, Father of Glamour Car, Dies at 80 |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |date=March 21, 2005 |access-date=May 6, 2010}}</ref> His father, a mill worker, was [[Romanians|Romanian]], born Zaharia Delorean<ref name="Popescu">{{cite news |last1=Popescu |first1=Adam |title=Întoarcerea printre români a părintelui "maşinii timpului", John DeLorean |url=https://evz.ro/intoarcerea-printre-romani-a-parintelui-masinii-timpului-john-delorean-914066.html |access-date=1 October 2021 |work=Evenimentul Zilei |date=2010-11-30 |language=ro |quote=fiul lui Zaharia Delorean, imigrant român}}</ref> ({{IPA|ro|deloˈre̯an}}) in the village of [[Sugág]], [[Alsó-Fehér County]], [[Austria-Hungary]] (currently [[Șugag]], [[Alba County]], [[Romania]]) and emigrated to the [[United States]] when he was 20.<ref name="story">{{cite news |url= https://www.forbes.com/sites/tamarawarren/2011/10/21/my-john-delorean-story |title=My John DeLorean Story |work=Forbes |date=October 21, 2011 |access-date=April 10, 2012 |last=Warren |first=Tamara |url-status=dead |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20111022140421/http://www.forbes.com/sites/tamarawarren/2011/10/21/my-john-delorean-story/ |archive-date=October 22, 2011}}</ref> He spent time in [[Montana]] and [[Gary, Indiana]], before moving to Michigan. By the time John was born, Zachary had found employment as a union organizer at the [[Ford Motor Company]] factory in nearby [[Highland Park, Michigan|Highland Park]]. His poor English skills and lack of education prevented him from higher-paid work. When not required at Ford, he occasionally worked as a carpenter.<ref name="father">{{Harvnb|DeLorean|Schwarz|1985|p=22}}</ref>

DeLorean's mother was a [[Kingdom of Hungary|Hungarian]] citizen of [[Hungarians|Hungarian]] origin.<ref>{{cite web |title=John DeLorean |website=delorean-dmc-12.com |url=http://www.delorean-dmc-12.com/John_Delorean.html |access-date=April 10, 2019}}</ref><ref name=story/><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://longreads.com/2014/11/11/the-rise-and-fall-of-john-delorean/|title = The Rise and Fall of John DeLorean|date = November 11, 2014}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://dyler.com/posts/16/j-delorean-s-story-one-of-the-most-colourful-chapters-in-automotive-history|title=J. DeLorean's Story – One of the Most Colourful Chapters in Automotive History|website=dyler.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://autopro.hu/gyartok/film-keszul-az-amerikai-autogyarto-orias-magyar-vezererol/214153|title = Film készül az amerikai autógyártó-óriás magyar vezéréről|date = April 10, 2019}}</ref> She was employed at the Carboloy Products Division of [[General Electric]] throughout much of DeLorean's early life. She took work wherever she could to supplement the family's income.<ref>{{Harvnb|DeLorean|Schwarz|1985|p=23}}</ref> She generally tolerated Zachary's intermittent episodes of erratic behavior; but during several of his more violent periods, she took her sons to live with her sister in [[Los Angeles, California]], where they stayed for a year or so at a time.<ref name="father"/> DeLorean's parents divorced in 1942. John subsequently saw little of his father, who moved into a [[boarding house]] and became a solitary and estranged drug addict.<ref name="movingback">{{Harvnb|DeLorean|Schwarz|1985|p= 29}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.autoevolution.com/news/john-zachary-delorean-the-detroit-dream-merchant-8420.html |title=John Zachary Delorean – the Detroit Dream Merchant |last=Oagana |first=Alex |date=October 25, 2018 |website=Auto Evolution}}</ref>