A Closer Look at The Batmobile
I was at the mall with a friend when he quoted this movie line. As we descended the escalator, he said, “It’s not who I am underneath but what I do that defines me.” It was later on that I discovered that he was was referring to the words of his favorite superhero Batman in the 2005 movie Batman Begins.
According to Wikipedia, Batman started as a comics superhero but he was breathed into life by Christian Bale in the movie when he played Bruce Wayne, a revengeful man who later on plotted a one-man war against the corrupt system. It was in this state that he transforms as Batman, a caped Crusader with an armored suit and a prototype armored car.
In the movie, the Batmobile was called the “Tumbler”, an all-black car with a tank-like appearance (actually designed with a bat-design concept), 9 feet wide and 15 feet long with a maximum speed of 110 miles per hour. The Batmobile, designed by Nathan Crowley and Christopher Nolan, is also capable of rampless jumps up to 30 feet.
According to batmobilehistory.com, a Chevy 350 V8 capable of producing 500 horsepower that runs on unleaded gas with four 44 inches Super swamper tires via titanium axles gave power to the Batmobile. It can accommodate only the driver and one passenger. It was aesthetically appealing though it lacks fender flares that add more gorgeousness to cars. The Batmobile is noted for its ability to transform into attack mode thus making it a car oozing with performance and protection. It is also equipped with two machine guns placed between the front wheels.
According to www.imdb.com, the production of the Batmobile has an estimated cost of half a million pounds.
