Originally Posted by apkano
DeLorean's are basically made of stainless steel...hence the reason they aren't painted. Stainless Steel is just this side of impossible to weld. It's far cheaper to glue them together than it is to weld them!
Well, they are mainly GRP (closely modeled on the Lotus Esprit) with a skin of stainless steel bonded over it, that's why they ended up so heavy! Stainless isn't really that difficult to weld either, you can TIG or MIG it just like mild steel, but bonding is cheaper like you say.