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The Walking Dead’s Robert Kirkman Teams With Hyundai To Make Zombie-Proof Car

by Jill Pantozzi | 4:25 pm, June 12th, 2012


We’ve all seen some obvious product placement in movies and on television and AMC’s The Walking Dead is no exception. You may remember the survivors making a little too big a deal over their Hyundai Tuscon in Season 2 (AMC later went on to give that car away in a sweepstakes) but when you’ve got a good thing going you should stick with it. That why TWD creator Robert Kikman has teamed with Hyundai to create a zombie-proof car in honor of the 100th issue of the Image comic book. 

Kirkman’s Skybound imprint and Hyundai present the Elentra GT Coupe sweepstakes. “I don’t know a lot about cars,” said Kirkman in a promotional video, “but I do know a lot about zombie apocalypse and what I would like to have to survive. And so I think I’ll be able to come up with something that looks cool but may not be very practical or effective because I’m not good with physics and stuff like that. But it seemed like a fun challenge.”

In The Walking Dead comic, Kirkman devised a modified Hyundai for zombie-avoiding purposes. Here’s what it looks like.

Kirkman said that most important aspect of the car is the mobility, and apparently the car is pretty fuel efficient in real life, but I can’t help but wonder, wouldn’t a hybrid be a lot more beneficial in a gas-lite apocalyptic world?

You may remember we recently brought you the story about how you can take part in the Walking Dead zombie escape route at San Diego Comic-Con this year, well, the zombie-proof car will also be on display at the convention at the Hyundai Undead booth.

The sweepstakes ends July 31 and the grand prize winner gets a 2013 Hyundai Elantra GT. Take a look at what else Kirkman had to say about it:

(via Robot 6, top image via FHM)

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  • http://skemono.blogspot.com/ Skemono

    So, the car has a cowcatcher to deflect zombies, but also put spikes on the cowcatcher so that it can keep all those zombies attached to the car?

  • Angelina Tilmen

    I can’t help but wonder, wouldn’t a hybrid be a lot more beneficial in a gas-lite apocalyptic world?

     
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  • Anonymous

     That was the first thing I thought of … followed by how the armor plating would weigh it down to the point of being useless, etc!

  • Anonymous

    This kinda stuff annoys the crap out of me.  The car that best suits your needs?  Any one with a set of keys and some gas in the tank!  Carry a charged battery with you, or have a friend help you bump it, and it’ll do.

    Even a regular sized car can take quite a beating and keep moving, and with practice can be driven over surprisingly rough terrain.  Ditch it when you need to, grab another one if you need to, and don’t rely on motorized transportation!

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  • Alexandra Rothschild

    The sweepstakes ends July 31 and the grand prize winner gets a 2013
    Hyundai Elantra GT. Take a look at what else Kirkman had to say about
    it:

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