Batman's New Ride Officially Unveiled — Is it a HYBRID?? - Top Speed
Many cried foul when Nolan brought the Batmobile back as a sky-hopping armored tank with massive steamroller tires in 2005’s Batman Begins. At least, considering the number of armored vehicles that were on the news in 2005. But times change, and the Batmobile changes with them. At the 2015 Las Vegas Licensing Expo, we got our first glimpse of the Batmobile. The Batmobile At first glance. It’s pretty well known at this point that Zack Snyder’s Batman vs Superman film won’t be a direct follow-up to Nolan’s trilogy — but you wouldn’t know it looking at his Batmobile. At first glance, it does look like a direct evoution of the Tumbler, right down to its massive rear meats, exo-skeletal wheel supports and the angular, pragmatic, stealth fighter-esque styling that we all loved so much about the Tumbler. But where the Tumbler was always meant as a cross between a Lamborghini and a tank, this iteration looks like it could be the grandchild of the Tumbler, Keaton’s 1980s Corvette, the 1992 Animated Series Streamliner and a sand-rail dune buggy. Put like that, this thing truly does sound like a complete mess — but somehow, it just all kind of works. That kind of speed might seem plausible for a 7,000-pound, 21-foot-long vehicle with the aerodynamics of the Deathstar if it were powered by a massive jet engine — which all Batmobiles in the past have used. Source: www.topspeed.com
