Imoto yokuqala yeqhawe uBatman, "Batmobile" yathengiswa endalini ngumnikazi nomdali wayo, uGeorge Barris.
Kwakungu-1966 futhi u-George Barris, ngemva kokuthenga umqondo we-Lincoln Futura nge-euro engu-1 kwa-Ford, watshala into efana ne-15 000 yamadola ukuyiguqula ibe umshini wokugcina wokulwa nobubi. I-Batmobile ingene ochungechungeni lweqhawe le-Batman kanye nefilimu lapho u-Batman no-Robin baqala ukuvela ndawonye. UGeorge Barris ngeke acabange ukuthi ngemva kweminyaka ecishe ibe ngu-50 “utshalomali” lwakhe luzokhiqiza ngaphezu kwezigidi ezi-4 zamaRandi…
Esikhathini samanje lolu belungolunye usuku empilweni yomdayisi wezimoto odume kakhulu emhlabeni, u-Barrett-Jackson, futhi “njengenkanyezi yosuku” kwakuyimoto esatshwa kakhulu yezigelekeqe zika-Gotham, i-Batmobile. Kwenze ugqozi ezithamelini ebezigcwele abangaba abathengi balesi siqeshana esiyingqayizivele emhlabeni esigqugquzele abantu abaningi. U-Batman wenza ubulungiswa ngokuvikela abantu enkohlakalweni, uBruce Wayne wayengumlingiswa ongenabugovu, nakuba ekhathazekile futhi enomlando omnyama owanikeza umbala kukhava. Empilweni yangempela, imoto eqanjiwe evela endabeni yencwadi yamahlaya ilandwe ngamadola ayizigidi ezingu-4.62 - ama-euro ayizigidi ezingu-3.45 nezinkokhelo ezibiza cishe amadola angu-420,000 (314,000 euros).
Umbhalo: Diogo Teixeira