Several classic cars inspired that look. The design team borrowed the front fenders and grille from the Mercedes 540k, one of the most expensive coupes of that time. The six-wheel design is based on the Mercedes G4. Simon also studied Duesenbergs, and he created an exposed supercharger between the front wheels because of a request from Johnston. "He said, 'Daniel, do you know the Bentley Blower?'" Simon says. "'It has this massive supercharger on the front. I want that on the car. '"
These and other light touches make the car look as evil as its driver. "Vehicle design is character design," he says. "In the moments where the character is sitting in the vehicle, everything you know about him has to speak through the car that he is sitting in." The coupe's sheer size—25 feet long and 8 feet wide—helps; so do the slit masks over the headlights, a popular feature in military vehicles at the time. "If you squint your eyes a little bit, every car has a face and those masks helped a lot," Simon says. "I think if the villain doesn't show up in something that has 50 million guns all over it, but something that is almost beautiful, that can be even more menacing." Plus, it's plenty powerful: Simon imagined that the car would have the most powerful engine available at the time—a 16-cylinder aircraft engine. "The real car has nine exhausts on either side which would make it an 18-cylinder," he says. "But on airplanes back then, they actually used the exhaust gases as additional exhilaration power. I thought this could also be a cool feature on this vehicle—a boost for additional miles per hour."
The car's classic exterior also masks a futuristic interior installed by HYDRA. The coupe also has state-of-the-art radio technology, toolboxes for futuristic gadgets and an extra engine in the back. "The vehicle is very advanced under the skin with all this technology, but style-wise, we wanted to give him something classy," Simon says. "He has so much other futuristic stuff going in the Hydra division. It's a grounding thing."
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