a car you'll never have - the Tumbler

Few days ago, I saw the new Batman movie '' The Dark Knight '', the second in the all-new serie of Batman movies, this time with real actors (forget Jim Carrey's hidious acting and Tommy Lee Jones's surprisingly bad sence of humour), a real story, genuine effects, and they've been serious this time : you don't see for instance the Joker laughing like a monkey, this time with Heath Ledger (from The Patriot) the Joker is funny, amuzing and on the other hand, serious and intelligent. en bref, a must-see movie. But what I want to really talk about here is the new Batmobile.

It's called the Tumbler and is always refered to as the Tumbler, although it's still a Batmobile, but the reason for talking about this particular one is that it's the first Batmobile to be built from scratch, previous one were based on big american cars, this new one, the Tumbler, is based on nothing specific, making it a real Batmobile ! and what's more, it's made in England...

One of the amazing things about this car is the engine : it's a 5.7 liter V8 !! which means it's capable of a number of things, among which jumping from a roof to another. I was really amazed by the Tumbler's performance and I knew somehow that it is capable of what appears in the movie.... indeed, the Tumbler scenes, as revealed to Top Gear & many motoring media, no computer tricks were done, especially in Batman Begins, where Bruce jumps from a roof to another, it was absolutely real, which is still incredible.

and the sad thing is that, although this is a real car, you can't buy one. none knows if it's a road-legal car yet, so hopes about seeing one in the street are still down. Anyway, to make it up for you, I have some secret news about the next Batman Movie, these information have been recorded by some magazines from the directors of both Batman Begins & The Dark Knight : Harvey Two Face will be there somehow, the Riddler is more likely to appreas, and there's a strong rumor about Johnny Depp (Willie Wonka) doing the job. The Joker won't be back because Heath Ledger was so affected by the schizophrenic character of the Joker that he commited suicide after three months of the filming...