The Fantasticar is the name of the series of the Fantastic Four's personal air-cars, used for in-city travel within the New York City greater metro area as well as rapid transcontinental and transatlantic travel. One Fantasticar is stored on board their starship, the Fantastic, for travel on alien planets.
Designed by Dr. Richards and built in collaboration between Richards and Johnny Storm, the Fantasticar uses a series of small rockets to provide both lift and thrust. The Fantasticar seats six comfortably (five if one of them is the Thing), and is capable of being sealed to protect against hostile environments. The "car" is actually a supersonic aircraft built with a pair of variable thrust plasma torch rockets for propulsion, and is outfitted with a extremely sensitive omniscanner of Richards's own design in the nose. The Fantasticar is able to operate at extremely low thrust in a VTOL configuration for travel throughout the city.
First Post-Reboot Appearance: FANTASTIC FOUR #1.
Front:
[1-2] Armor, Advanced Metallic Laminate; DR 40, $40K
[3] Science Comm/Sensor Array; Comm/Sensor 5, $100K
[4-6] Cargo Hold, 1.5t
Middle:
[1-2] Armor, Advanced Metallic Laminate; DR 40, $40K
[3] Control Room; C6 computer, Comm/Sensor 3, 1 Control Station, $20K
[4-6] Passenger Seating; 5 seats, $9K
[core] Fuel Tank; 0.5t, 3K
Rear:
[1-2] Armor, Advanced Metallic Laminate; DR 40, $40K
[3-4] Plasma Torch Engine; 2G/10G accel, 6.25/1.25 mps/tank, $600K
[5-6, core] Fuel Tanks; 1.5t, 9K
Design Features:
NBC Filters Only
Winged; $50K
Design Switches:
Multiscanner Array
| PILOTING (HIGH-PERFORMANCE AIRPLANE) | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TL | Vehicle | ST/HP | Hnd/SR | HT | Move | LWt | Load | SM | Occ | DR | Range | Cost | Stall | Notes |
| 9^ | The Fantasticar | 150 | +4/5 | 12 | 20/1,800 | 10 | 2 | +4 | 1+5S | 40 | 22,500 | $91.1M | 0 | [1, 2] |
| or | +5/5 | 12 | 100/4,000 | 4,500 | [3] | |||||||||
Notes:
[1] Streamlined hull.
[2] Limited production run including experimental technology; cost per unit is 100× mass production value ($911K).
[3] High-thrust mode.