Marvel’s Captain America car by Daniel Simon [w/Video]

Automotive designer and futurist Daniel Simon has had his vehicle design from ‘Captain America: The First Avenger' featured in a short animation.

This 10-wheeler 1942 supercharged V16 Coupe, the personal car of Marvel's villain Johann Schmidt (the Red Skull), is 7,620 mm long and was inspired by cars such as Mercedes' 540K and the G4. The director's instructions for the car's size  led to a truck chassis having to be used for the practical film version.

Simon, previously Senior Car Designer at Bugatti and Volkswagen, has designed vehicles for many films, most famously ‘Tron: Legacy'. His creations can also be seen in ‘Tron Uprising', ‘Captain America', ‘Prometheus' and ‘Oblivion'.

By Rufus Thompson