Auto Car | The Batmobile of Batman Begins and The Dark Knight | The vehicle that became the Batmobile was introduced in Detective Comics #27, the first Batman story. Bruce Wayne modifies a prototype military vehicle called "the Tumbler" that was designed by Wayne Enterprises Applied Sciences Division as a bridging vehicle for the military. It includes features like weaponry, and the ability to boost into a rampless jump. The new incarnation of the Tumbler was proposed by Nolan The Batmobile depicted in the Christopher Nolan directed films Batman Begins (2005) and The Dark Knight (2008). The vehicle does not have a front axle, a design that was influenced by the spinners featured in Ridley Scott's Blade Runner.
The Batmobile Technical specifications:
- Length: 15 feet (4.57 m)
- Width: 9 feet 4 inches (2.84 m)
- Weight: 2.5 short tons (2.3 t)
- Acceleration: 0-60 in 5.6 seconds.
- Engine: 5.7 liter GM V8 engine capable of 500 horsepower (370 kW).
- Fuel: The "jet engine" on the back of the car was fed by propane tanks.
- Tires: 4 Interco "Super Swamper TSL" tires standing 44 inches (1,100 mm) tall 18.5 inches (470 mm) wide in the rear, and two 94.0/15.0-15 Hoosier Checkerboard dirt tires on the front.
The Batmobile Features:
The Batman Begins Batmobile has a pair of autocannons mounted in the nose of the car between the front wheels. In "Attack" mode, the driver's seat moves to the center of the car, and the driver is repositioned to lie face-down with his head in the center section between the front wheels. This serves two main purposes: first, it provides more substantial protection with the driver shielded by multiple layers of armor plating. Second, the low-down, centralized driving position makes extreme precision maneuvers easier to perform, while lying prone reduces the risk of injury a driver faces when making these maneuvers. Other devices included:
- Rear flaps to assist brakes
- Dual front autocannons
- Rocket launcher
- Landing hook to Sprung landing stabilization
- Integrated fire-extinguishing system
- Integrated safety connection to gasoline control
- Jet engine on back of car for quick boosts/"rampless" jumps
- Stealth mode, which turns off the car's lights and cuts off the main engine. The vehicle is powered by an electric motor making the car very hard to find in dark places (which makes the mode most useful at night), and as demonstrated by the car chase in Batman Begins, can easily throw off pursuers.
- Explosive caltrops are deployed from the rear of the vehicle, which can take out any cars that make contact with them. This is used during a car chase in Batman Begins, where Batman uses it to take out numerous police cars pursuing him.
- Front of car is heavily armored, so the car can ram as a practical offensive attack, and also protects the driver (Batman) while in the prone driving position/"Attack" mode
- Both front wheels can eject when the vehicle is damaged to form the Batpod, a motorcycle-like vehicle (the rest self-destructs).
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