X-Men's Van Technology
When they first formed while in college, the X-Men didn't have any means of transportation besides their own private cars, none of which were suitable for the situations they repeatedly found themselves in. Seeking to remedy this, Hank McCoy and Warren Worthington, the X-Men known as Beast and Angel, respectively, worked out preliminary designs for an urban combat vehicle suitable for the team to use without causing excessive damage to New York City. Angel delivered the preliminary designs to his father's company, Worthington Industries, who then collaborated with Stark Industries and General Motors to produce a prototype. The prototype was delivered to the X-Men a few weeks later.
The X-Men's van is a van mostly in name, though it shares a lot of features with conventional automobiles. The van is a six-wheeled urban combat prototype, with four drive wheels in the rear providing motive power. The van seats eight – the driver and seven passengers - with a top hatch for Angel, Iceman, and Soulfire to rapidly exit as well as a side hatch for conventional use, and is powered by a hybrid diesel-electric engine. The armor is capable of withstanding fire from even AIM's high-powered pulse laser weapons, while the engine provides enough power to enable it to move at highway speeds. Offensively, the van packs no built-in firepower, but has a mount on the roof for a machine gun or laser (added by General Motors for its own military contracts).
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