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Topic ID: 2268
Message ID: 5
#5, RE: oh yes
Posted by laudre on Dec-14-07 at 00:40 AM
In response to message #4
>Or possibly a convertible version of the
>Maybach Exelero, except
>with a less blatantly Teutonic front end.
>
>Man. That's as close to a real-life Batman: The Animated
>Series
Batmobile as we're ever likely to see. It's even got that
>built-in forced perspective in the nose to make the car look even
>longer than it is, just like that Batmobile.

... Wow. That is a heckuva design -- I wish we'd get an affordable production car with that kind of front end.

Unfortunately, the wisdom that seemed to prevail right up until the end of the 70s that the ideal driving position is sitting on the back bumper is long gone; now we have "cab-forward" design and front ends that, if anything, look shorter than the actually are. (I drive a '97 Camaro, and despite having a substantial hood by 1997 standards, I cannot actually see it when behind the wheel.)

- Sean
"All tribal myths are true, for a given value of 'true.'"
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