KITT should run for cover. The new Batmobile, which debuts in next week's Batman #676, looks totally amazing and guaranteed to put the "cowardly and superstitious" into any fleeing criminal scumbags. Too bad it's appearing in the first issue of a storyline called "Batman R.I.P." — but at least Bats is going out in a sweet ride. [MySpace, via Newsarama]
First Look At New Batmobile
12:06 PM on Fri May 9 2008
By Charlie Jane Anders
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Sorry, but the theme to the Dukes of Hazzard comes to mind when I see this, and Batman yellin YEHAWWWW.
That's it? We now know what the underside of the car looks like.
Always a good idea to "scram out of the area" after running Rocky over...
@russdanger:
Yep I am offically sugesting you change your name to "Snarky Snarkington"...
You can chose not to included the additional title ", the guy who is snarky."
Now if I had a star.. oh I could mandate that you change it...
Oh the names I would change...
not that I would abuse my power..
No, sir..
@russdanger:
Interesting. I bet I could get more platinum off his catalytic converter than most other cars.
@russdanger: @DocGratis: I dub thee Snarky Snarkington!
Please, in the name of all that is good and holy, tell me those aren't Batman spinners...
...Seriously!
Rickotron: Would you ever believe me if I told you that the theme to The Dukes of Hazard actually WAS playing when I clicked on this link? The magic of Pandora quick mix stations.
@Eclectified: Those aren't Batman spinners... seriously.
For starters.. well the aren't spinning.
@DocGratis:
Really Doc, I wish I could give you my star. Truth be told, I think they're a little pretentious...
Now Moff's idea about changing "followers" to "minions". THAT, I like.
(or how about a black dot..Can I have a black dot next to my name? ...Oh! Or an "F"! I'm used to seeing those..)
itswemy:
New keyboard please, mine won't absorb the coffee i spit on it.
@Miranda Kali: What? You know if you give up your star, you give up the thing where the Swedish models serve you top-shelf liquor in bed every morning too, right?
@DocGratis: Brilliant observation there except that... well... the wheels ARE spinning.
When the wheels stop turning, the spinner starts spinning... that's how spinners work.
Really though... I hope that's gonna stay in 'concept' and not placed in the movies because spinners are weak.
@Eclectified: Uh no.. spinners are just hubcaps that are attached so the spin freely.. they don't start when the wheels stop, just spin.
The only time the are stopped is when the wheel has been stopped for a while and the slow down due to friction..
So THAT is how spinners work.
@DocGratis: Grrr I got torqued there and then didn't spellcheck/ proof that.. damn.
"they don't start when the wheels stop, they just spin freely."
Take that Jalopolink! Scooped again
@moff:
That comes with a star!? Hey! I've been scammed!
(just got that lousy Belgian nun that serves Pepe Lopez tequila in the plastic party bottle..)
@moff: Amen brother. Have you tried the "Women of the World" package? For me I got tired of Swedes and moved on to different nations each month. They have a man package for Jezebel stars that I'm sure they can lend out for Miranda if she so desires.
Oh and my Vintage Dodge Challenger that came with the star package FINALLY arrived yesterday. Looks wonderful.
@Garrison Dean, King Awesome: Man that sucks.. I am stuck down here with peons...
Oh hello peons^H^H^H^H^H err a people..
follow me and my witty comments...
press the pretty plus next to my name...
Free kittens or puppies for every follower...
@Garrison Dean, King Awesome:
Women, men, robots...it's all good so long as they're good looking, in shape, and like pain.
@Miranda Kali
now now...
Don't be knocking Belgian women...
I have yet see one in the 40 and under set that wasn't a complete knockout ;)
@dOk: I think you're confusing Belgians with the Dutch.
@Garrison Dean, King Awesome: Oh yeah. You know who was a delightful surprise? Estonia. It was just sort of a whim, but whoa.
I thought about a Dodge Challenger, but I ended up going with the working TARDIS because I live in a small New York apartment and the extra space is so great.
@DocGratis: (Baked goods and sisters work well, too.)
@Miranda Kali: How in shape?
@dOk:
True, but the nun they sent me is eighty-seven! ...and she can't even give a decent pedicure!
This can't touch the badassity of the tank-like Batmobiles (from The Dark Knight Returns, and the Chris Nolan movies)
@DocGratis: Hi Doc, nice to meet you. I'm Log1c, and my drug of choice is io9, I've been here for months now and I've stopped paying rent and eating. I usually get my fix anywhere I can sneak on a computer long enough to post, I've even stooped as low as begging people to post from their iPhone... I'm trying to get help I really am...
Also I'm in for puppies!
I'm having trouble liking this new Batmobile.
@moff: Hrmm wise choice. I didn't realize you could branch that far out in your vehicle selection. GAHH I just looked. I grabbed the selection PDF from Jalopnik, oh well. For the record... it does transform into a robot.
@Miranda Kali: Yeah, but at 87 her teeth are probably gone... Send her my way would ya?
@moff:
Admittedly, not very. I myself, am not as in shape as I used to be. ...Able to handle two hours of steady cardio should do.
...But mental fitness is as important as physical. It's such a turn off when people spaz after I get out the marmalade and battery cables.
@Log1c: Ahh fresh victims for my ever growing army of undead...
'Sir, you have to let got of the button.'
Well son of a bit-
@Miranda Kali: Oh see here I thought you were talking all kinky weird...
just marmalade and battery cables...
Now when you get to Nuttela and AC current.. thats werid..
@DocGratis: Or better yet, Apple butter and Superconductivity.
@Miranda Kali: You might get better results if you go with apricot jelly. Anti-British sentiment has been running rampant since the Suez Crisis.
@moff: Just because we don't like you doesn't us anti-British...
Your grand moff-ness...
@DocGratis: I prefer the name my Sith friends gave me:
Snark Vader.
So, that's Batman's new car, eh?
Oh, who am I kidding, I totally lust for a star myself. I just haven't the energy to actually work for one :-P
@jbq:
Work for one? Are you kidding me?
Hell, I'm a high school drop out. I really don't write that well...Oh, I'm sorry..See? Ahem. I don't write that good.
Class chant..
Sex, booze, arson and theft,
We're the class what got up 'n left.
...I'm fairly certain I was given one due to some obscure happenstance in paperwork processing.
Oh boy Batman...I sure hope that's a hybrid. At least e85 ethanol...
@Miranda Kali: Huh, that should be a piece of cake, then! Stardom, here I come!
Hm, nothing seems to be happening... Maybe I should change my nick to something powerful (like Moff or King Awesome), or something ominous (like Plague), or just become a hot redhead girl. That'll work for sure!
@jbq: Uh, not that Plague has a star, it turns out, apparently only in my head. (Ominous-sounding name, scratch)
And to think, I almost skipped this thread 'cause I thought y'all would just be yakking about Batman's car.
the "new" batmobile looks like the, much older, batmobile :-p
@bluewyvern: I read the whole thread, and I'm still not sure what it's about! But maybe that's because of the awesome hashish my swedish nuns are serving me.
Did anyone notice the grill on that looks just like the cadillac CTS/STS series?
I think bruce has gotten lazy looks like he bought himself a caddy and changed the paint job. lol
@jbq:
Ahhh. You have much to learn. You can't just become a hot redhead. It takes years of training, practice, and a whoooole lot of dye. (Queen Bodicea, Grace O'Mally, and Jessica Rabbit are, but a few, good role models)
@Charlie Jane Anders: Immaculate Sisterhood of the Sacred Leaf?
...As for the car, well, it looks like a standard Bat-type car. All though I think I see a hint of the new Rolls-Royce Phantom as influence.
@Miranda Kali: I think there is also the issue of my physiology to be concerned about in that respect, but seeing as how this is a sci-fi blog, anything could be possible. But I think I'll just be content with waiting to see what will happen, as I usually do
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