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Old 03-13-2012, 03:15 PM
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Too small to be the next Batmobile?


DeltaWing powered by a Nissan 1.6L turbocharged engine, makes around 300 hp

Whole article and more pics at R&T's website:

DeltaWing Powered by Turbocharged Nissan 4-Cylinder ? DeltaWing Test Video ? RoadandTrack.com
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That's Batman's autox car, duh
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Old 03-13-2012, 06:33 PM
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That's Batman's endurance car, of course
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That's Batman's time attack car, Brah.
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It's batman's son's car... he's 3.
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Old 03-14-2012, 07:47 AM
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It is clearly Batman's commuter, small to weave through traffic.
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It's his practical car.


Because it seats 2.
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Check out the steering wheel. Is that for like playing rockband or something?

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This car was produced last year as a possible replacement for the Champ car series. It didn't win, so they decided to switch it to try to go after land speed instead. Maybe a test mule for this

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looks much more bada** in black though
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i wonder if they over thought of installing airplane flaps on the end of that tail.
i bet it would handle like its on rails
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