Eat your heart out, Batman! Warner Bross and DC Comics have other plans for you when it comes to cars. And let's be honest! None of them is as wild as this BMW XM Black Rhino.
The BMW XM Venuum Black Edition WB, aka Black Rhino, is the creation of a Dubai-based company specializing in customizing cars in unique ways, bragging about rolling out pieces of art on wheels. This pretty much explains why the former XM/current Black Rhino looks the way it does: a predator that Batman wished he had.
It is a beast on wheels, blacked out, and turned wild, looking as if there was no chance in the world to accept domestication. The video the team uploaded on Instagram is just CGI, but the designers and engineers are already working on the real deal, which is set to drive out of their workshop soon.
The XM they make looks ferocious and very much like what Batman would die to drive. They showed a lot of courage to take the already controversial design of the XM to a whole new level.
The much-disputed front end of the vehicle received a redesigned bumper and a prominent black splitter finished in gloss black. They also came up with a new hood that enhances the untamed attitude of the model.
Photo: Venuum | Instagram
Flared wheel arches and specially designed rocker panels and side skirts give it a more intimidating stance. At the opposite end, Venuum installed a spoiler extending from the roof. The daring air diffuser and the two extra exhausts for a total of six (yes, you read that right, six!) tailpipes show that this XM means business.
The badass car will ride on multi-spoke aftermarket AV1 wheels finished in gloss black and available in sizes of 20, 21, and 22 inches.
Venuum says that we are dealing with a limited edition model, but does not mention the actual number of the examples to be built, nor how much the Black Rhino body kit will cost. In the US, the BMW XM starts at $159,000. Unless you want to go for the Label version, which is a $185,000 affair.
For the money, customers are getting the model powered by the 4.4-liter TwinPower Turbo V8 engine, generating 738 horsepower in an all-wheel drive setup.
That is enough for the plug-in hybrid to flash from 0 to 60 mph (0 to 97 kph) in 3.6 seconds. This one should be the most appropriate to get the aggressively styled Black Rhino body kit. It is, after all, BMW's most powerful M street-legal vehicle ever made.
However, those who would rather go for a more tamed Rhino can choose the one with 644 horsepower and a run from 0 to 60 mph in 4.1 seconds. That's right, not really domesticated, either.
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