1980 DMC DeLorean | Windlesham, Surrey

A 1980 DMC DeLorean, the rear-engined two-seat coupé built in Northern Ireland, with brushed stainless-steel panels and gull-wing doors. It is best known as the time machine in the Back to the Future films, and its sharp wedge shape still looks like the 1980s idea of the future. This car is silver with a black interior, a cool, plain pairing that lets the lines of the body carry the frame. It is left-hand drive: the driver sits on the kerb side and the front passenger steps out on the road side, which also gives the car a continental look on camera. With the doors raised, it gives film and TV, music video and photography crews a strong shape for 1980s or science-fiction settings. Advertising and fashion shoots can use the silver bodywork against a plain backdrop, and themed events get a centrepiece guests walk straight up to. Weddings and personal hires work well for arrival photographs. The car is based in Windlesham, Surrey.