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Separated at birth? Lamborghini Ferruccio and the Batmobile
Lucius Fox may have some serious competition from English designer Mark Hostler, who created a concept car to celebrate this year’s 50th anniversary of Lamborghini that bears a striking similarity to an automobile seen prowling the streets of Gotham. Or, in the words of Jamal Igle, “It’s the f*cking BATMOBILE!!!!!”
The Lamborghini Ferruccio is equipped with a 5.0-liter V12 engine featuring twin-turbochargers and a direct-injection system, although presumably it doesn’t include a mobile Batcomputer or Bat-tering Ram. Still, it’s likely only someone with Bruce Wayne’s wealth could afford it.
14 Comments
Fury
March 11, 2013 at 12:48 pm
WANT.
Anthony Cheng
March 11, 2013 at 12:54 pm
This is interesting considering a District Court just ruled the Batmobile is a copyrighted character.
Does DC have an argument that this is infringing?
Ramone
March 11, 2013 at 12:54 pm
I’LL TAKE TWO.
Bruce
March 11, 2013 at 1:04 pm
Does it come in black?
Ben
March 11, 2013 at 1:08 pm
It looks kinda like the HR Giger designs from Batman Forever but I still would love one
Squashua
March 11, 2013 at 1:15 pm
How do you enter the car? I mean, besides having to have dropped a bat-load of cash first?
Curry Crabb
March 11, 2013 at 1:18 pm
Thank god it doesn’t have that ugly ass Bat-face on the front.
We get it Alex Ross, you love it. Doesn’t mean we all do.
Frank
March 11, 2013 at 1:24 pm
Re: Anthony
There are no bat-logos for lawyers to latch onto. It’s just a very stylized car.
Stephen Conway
March 11, 2013 at 1:32 pm
It’s a concept car. It will more than likely not go into production beyond maybe a one-off to be wheeled around the big car shows.
As for DC having a legal case, not likely as it will never be a commercial venture and Lamborghini are not calling it the Batmobile. Incidentally they did have a car a few years back called the Murcielago, which is Spanish for bat.
Zark Mieba
March 11, 2013 at 2:56 pm
It’s hard to look at something as flimsy and phony as a sports car and think “Batmobile” anymore. Nolan was right to look to DARPA for the prototype for the Batmobile. If Batman wants to have any kind of realistic chance of winning the war on crime, he needs real military hardware not flash.
Big Frank
March 11, 2013 at 10:12 pm
Like the European pedestrian impact standards would let that through.
“Oh my, I appear to have a street urchin impaled on the grill of my car”
Mr Teufel
March 12, 2013 at 4:54 am
Lamborghini clearly want Bruce Wayne’s money.
Seth Hollander
March 12, 2013 at 12:16 pm
Seeing this vehicle makes me think it might be time to do something with that empty cave i have under my mansion on the outskirts of the city. Allllllllllllllfred, get in here!
Torsten Adair
March 12, 2013 at 2:23 pm
Here’s the actual Batmobile:
http://www.freep.com/article/20130306/BUSINESS01/303060031/A-Lamborghini-built-for-3-owners
Lamborghini Veneno
Three made. Sold Out. Two were sold to Americans.
3 million euros ($3.9 million)
“UNDER THE HOOD: Powering the Veneno is a 12-cylinder engine and a seven-speed transmission with five different driving modes. Lamborghini says the Veneno can reach 220 m.p.h. and accelerates from 0-60 m.p.h. in 2.8 seconds.”
Carbon fiber body.
The front is designed as a wing to keep the car on the ground.