User:AndreEagle17/Sandbox/Batmobile (Tumbler)

"So what do you think?" "Does it come in black?"

- Lucius Fox and Bruce Wayne talking about the car.

The Batmobile (referred as Tumbler in the movies) is a superhero car appearing in the Batman franchise. Various mods of the Batmobile were made for Grand Theft Auto San Andreas and Grand Theft Auto IV .

Description
The Batmobile depicted in Christopher Nolan's trilogy of Batman films owes much to the tank-like vehicle from Frank Miller's Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, has a more 'workhorse' appearance than the sleek automobiles seen in previous incarnations and does not have a front axle. The film's production designer described the machine as a cross between a Lamborghini and a tank.

Gadgets
The Batmobile has a pair of machine guns mounted in the front 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: It provides more substantial protection with the driver shielded by multiple layers of armor plating. The other purpose is, 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:
 * Six rear flaps to assist brakes
 * Twin forward-firing machine guns
 * Rocket launcher
 * Landing hook to Sprung landing stabilization
 * Integrated fire-extinguishing system
 * Integrated safety connection to gasoline control
 * Vector-controlled jet engine on back of car for quick boosts/"rampless" jumps
 * Stealth mode, which turns off the car's lights and cuts the engine. The vehicle is powered by an electric motor, making it very hard to find in dark places, and as demonstrated by the car chase in Batman Begins, can easily throw off pursuers.
 * Explosive mines are deployed from the rear of the vehicle, which can take out any cars that make contact with them.
 * Front of car is heavily armored, so the car can ram as a practical offensive attack, and also protects the driver while in the prone driving position.
 * Both front wheels can eject when the vehicle is damaged to form the Batpod.

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. Under full acceleration, the car could actually rise up on its front suspension while the rear wheels stayed planted on the ground creating an effect like a giant spider.
 * Approx. full speed: 160 mph (257 kmh)
 * Engine: 5.7 liter GM engine capable of 500 horsepower. The jet engine and vector controls could jump up to 6 feet vertically.
 * Gears: 1
 * Fuel: The "jet engine" on the back of the car was fed by gasoline.
 * Tires: Super swampers tires standing 44 inches tall (via titanium axles).

Locations

 * Can be found around Gotham City between 20:00 and 5:00.
 * Replicas can be found around California.
 * Can be built if you have enough money to.

Notable owners

 * Batman
 * Lucius Fox
 * Jay Leno

Trivia

 * While the films never refer to the vehicle as the "Batmobile", it is still referred to as such in the scripts.
 * This is the second most popular batmobile, just before the 1989 model.