Royal Purple on the road with The Green Hornet's Black Beauty

Did you catch Royal Purple in Angelina Jolie's latest movie Salt, Iron Man or G.I. Joe Rise of the Cobra? Royal Purple will continue with their selective movie integration in 2011 as Royal Purple fans will see our branding Sony's feature film The Green Hornet opening Jan. 14, 2011. In addition to placement within the movie itself, Royal Purple is a sponsor of the Green Hornet Tour featuring the iconic car Black Beauty and the Harley V-Rod "Muscle".

The tour has already been through NY Comic Con and the SEMA Show in Las Vegas, and has been met with great response and enthusiasm from those who have been able to see Black Beauty up close and personal!

Remaining tour dates include:

LA Auto Show, Los Angeles - Nov. 19-25
Tampa Bay Auto Show, Tampa - Dec. 3-5
North American International Auto Show, Detroit - Jan. 10-23

Black Beauty features:

Green Hornet's Black Beauty in the RP SEMA booth

Race Trans Turbo 400 automatic transimssion
Flowmaster mufflers
4-wheel, 12-inch disc brakes
Twin calipers in the rear for stunts
Demon carburetor
Moser Ford 9-inch rear differential with 4.56 gears
Speedway engineering front and rear sway bars
Art Carr shifter
Hooker headers
Coyes 20x10 rear wheels, 20x9 front
Off-Road Unlimited rear drop spring
Tubular pan hard bar and traction bars
Rebuilt factory front suspension dropped 3-inches
12-gallon Jaz fuel cell
MSD distributor and 6-AL box
Be-Cool aluminum radiator
Twin Optima batteries
Autometer gauges
Grant steering wheel
Tommy Lee steering box
March engine accessory drive system
Earl's transmission cooler
Paint and Body work by Johnny's Auto Body
Clear glass from Allen Auto Glass
Interior by Reuben's Auto Upholstery

·       In the Green Hornet film, Kato outfits the car with the ultimate in advanced retro weapons to take on the bad guys:

2 hood mounted, retractable .30 Caliber M1919 Browning Machine Guns - cartridge fed
8 FIM-92A Stinger Missiles - front bumper loaded
1 M2 Grill mounted Flamethrower - modified
2 Benelli M2 20 Gauge Shotguns loaded with non-lethal, kinetic impact munitions rifles (rubber bullets/beanbags) - mounted in the light bezels
4 FIM-92A Stinger Missiles - rear bumper loaded
1 .30 Caliber M1919A6 Browning Machine Gun on tripod mount - trunk
2 retractable front wheel anti-riot spikes
6 AR-15, 12 Gauge modified door guns - inset 3 per front suicide door

In the 3D action movie The Green Hornet, Britt Reid (Seth Rogen) is the son of LA’s most prominent and respected media magnate and perfectly happy to maintain a directionless existence on the party scene – until his father (Tom Wilkinson) mysteriously dies, leaving Britt his vast media empire.  Striking an unlikely friendship with one of his father’s more industrious and inventive employees, Kato (Jay Chou), they see their chance to do something meaningful for the first time in their lives: fight crime.  To get close to the criminals, they come up with the perfect cover: they’ll pose as criminals themselves.  Protecting the law by breaking it, Britt becomes the vigilante The Green Hornet as he and Kato hit the streets.  Using all his ingenuity and skill, Kato builds the ultimate in advanced retro weaponry, The Black Beauty, an indestructible car equal parts firepower and horsepower.  Rolling in a mobile fortress on wheels and striking the bad guys with Kato’s clever gadgets, The Green Hornet and Kato quickly start making a name for themselves, and with the help of Britt’s new secretary, Lenore Case, they begin hunting down the man who controls LA’s gritty underworld: Benjamin Chudnofsky (Christoph Waltz).  But Chudnofsky has plans of his own:  to swat down The Green Hornet once and for all.  The film is directed by Michel Gondry.  The screenplay is by Seth Rogen & Evan Goldberg, based upon "The Green Hornet" radio series created by George W. Trendle.  The producer is Neal H. Moritz.