Holy midnight, Batman! Porsche has 777 sinister Caymans heading out of the Batcave, but only 250 will make it here to Gotham cities. Bloomberg describes the new black-on-black, limited edition from Porsche Design Studio as having Batmobile looks – but claims the design inspiration was the Chronograph 1 wristwatch, the Studio's first design. Starting at $69,900, the body, door handles, air intakes, striping and Design Studio logo are a variety of matte and shiny blacks. Nineteen-inch Turbo wheels are silver and active suspension is standard. Interior is – you guessed it – black leather, soft-touch black-painted metal, and black Alcantara (faux suede) steering wheel, gear shift and handbrake. For chasing bad guys, the 3.4 L, 295 hp six goes 0 to 60 in 5.1 seconds reaching 171 mph. And 18 mpg in traffic and 26 mpg on those long chases means you won't need Bruce Wayne's credit card to pursue justice.
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I’ll sure as heck need Bruce Wayne’s credit card to buy it. Value is in the socio-economic eye of the beholder. However, I do give it thumbs up for attitude. I’d hate to have bad dandruff and own it, though.
And how much for the twin turbo option?
I’m sure it’s a nice car, but to these eyes, it looks pretty much like every other Porsche. Maybe I’m jaded from hanging out at a Porsche tuner shop…but on looks alone – doesn’t even register a blip on the excitement meter.
Nice Car.
But, what is soft-touch black painted metal??
Reminds me of Zaphod’s line from The Restaurant at the End of the Universe:
It’s the weird colour scheme that freaks me. Every time you try to operate one of these weird black controls, which are labeled in black on a black background, a small black light lights up black to let you know you’ve done it. Hey, what is this, some kind of galactic hyper-hearse?
They should’ve blacked out the headlight housings, or, at the least, the chrome surrounds on them. Batman is devoid of bling. They should make the wheels a matte gray as well.
This will be great on hot sunny days!
… what is soft-touch black painted metal??
Metal finished with something like this:
http://www.alsacorp.com/products/softtouch/softtouch.htm