Naw, in liberal Hollywood, it would have to be an SUV.
But the Delorean's stainless steel construction is what enables the flux capacitor to work so well...
See, KITT needs to have time travel capacity to make the show work for the 21 st first century.. The evil Delorean could back in time and change things, and KITT would need to back and set right what had gone wrong..
cue the theme music from Quantum Leap....
