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You can't possibly grasp the overhead costs associated with being Batman. You ever try to dry-clean molded kevlar? And the G-D government will let Bruce Wayne get away with paying only 13.9% in taxes, but Batman can't write-off the electricity used to power the Bat-Signal unless it's 100% renewable. So Batman cut back a little, people. More »
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We now know the name of the first American to take delivery of a new Lamborghini Aventador: Bruce Wayne. Those rich Gotham industrialists with troubled pasts and spelunking hobbies always get the best toys. More »
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You won't see it on the big screen anytime soon, but when you take into account the fact one man built this unique vehicle on his own, it becomes impressive in its own way. More »
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You've seen Anne Hathaway astride the popular, two-wheeled Bat conveyance — the Batpod. Now watch her stunt double demolish a movie camera (IMAX?) while filming an action scene for the third movie in director Christopher Nolan's Bat-trilogy. Oof. No breakfast burrito for her. More »
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One viewing of "Love & Other Drugs" might make one question whether Anne Hathaway has the necessary badittude to pull off Catwoman in the upcoming Batman movie "The Dark Knight Rises." This first image of her riding a Batpod offers a little reassurance. More »
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Three camouflaged copies of the latest version of the "Tumbler" — the Batmobile from the past two Batman movies — were being driven this weekend around Pittsburgh for filming of the third installment, "The Dark Knight Rises." The best part? There's video. Lots of it. More »
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Exhausted after years of attempting to fight crime and corruption through extralegal means, Batman's running for City Council in Tulsa, Okla. It's an unlikely journey for Mike Batman, who went from Syrian immigrant to dishwasher to car salesman to, hopefully, elected official. More »
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The sharp eyes at Luxury4Play caught a Lamborghini Aventador parked on the set of the next Batman movie, "The Dark Knight Rises," in keeping with 21st-century Bruce Wayne's affinity for all things Italian. More »
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For its "Batman Live" stage show in Europe, DC Comics commissioned former Formula 1 designer and McLaren maestro Gordon Murray to fashion a new set of wheels for the caped crusader. Formula Hydrogen Fuel Cell with lasers, anyone? More »
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In his prolific design career, Giorgetto Giugiaro never made vehicles for either Star Wars or Batman, but his Aztec concept from 1988 could have featured in both. Isolated from the cockpit by a wall, there is nobody to hear the screams of one’s passenger when the Aztec’s rally-derived mechanics—a five-cylinder, 200 hp turbo from the Audi Quattro mated to the four-wheel drive from the Lancia Delta Integrale—are unleashed on a winding road, preferably somewhere between Cannes and Coruscant. It’s all very cool, but a question nevertheless nags: Does it come in black? More »
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A 31-year-old man dressed as the comic book character Batman was arrested Wednesday in the city of Petoskey, MI after he was seen hanging from the wall of a downtown business on East Mitchell Street. More »
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By day, Tim Neil oversees software development tools for Research In Motion, the company behind the Blackberry. By night, he transforms into a guy building a Tim Burton-era Batmobile that he'll be able to control via Blackberry. More »
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Always wanted to own the car Batman drives on the big screen? If your Batmobile preference is the Batman Returns vintage and you have several hundred thousand dollars to play with, you too could patrol Gotham in style. More »
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Of all comic book fantasy vehicles, the Batmobile claims a special place among fans and car geeks alike, but few realize just how many variations there have been over the last 70 years. Here's every Batmobile ever drawn or built. More »
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Although custom vans are just a bad memory in America, they are still hugely popular in Japan. The Batvan is the result of one van owner's decision to mix a serious love of Batman with Japan's extreme custom van culture. More »
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Every Halloween the streets fill with tiny Supermen, Batmen, Green Lanterns (not many Aquamen). There are some superheroes you must avoid. Can they fight bad guys? They can't even drive to where the bad guys are. More »
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Our story of the world's worst Batmobile has taken a sad turn as the poorly Gothamized 1994 Pontiac Grand Am was reportedly pilfered. If you see it, turn on the bat signal (and call the state police). [Daily Telegram] More »
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Universal Designs just unveiled their Iron Man motorcycle leathers. But it's not the first time they've gone the superhero-aping route, they've also made a protective suit to look like Batman. Kinda cool, but mostly incredibly dorky. More »
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This gentleman's just out for a leisurely drive in his Batmobile enjoying the sunshine with a fake Robin in the passenger seat. Nothing wrong here. And by nothing we mean everything, including the car it's based on below. More »
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The slow economy has even gotten to the Dark Knight, who'd already previously downsized from the Tumbler to a tarted-up Honda Civic. Now he's being forced to sell it on eBay to pay for rubber suits and those wonderful toys. More »
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We've seen tons of home-brew Tumblers built by back-yard Batmen, but so far nobody's build the... ahem, batshit-crazy Batpod. Industrial designer Marouane Bembli's combined that machine with the Terminator motorcycle and penned a movie-inspired creation he's calling the Bat Bike. More »
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Bruce Wayne has shown us it's possible to cruise with more than a single companion in a two-seater Lamborghini. Perhaps. But there is a more elegant way—worthy of both superheroes and mere mortals. More »
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Grab your cape and tights, and stop telling Robin you want to see the inside of his bat cave. Today, Nice Price or Crack Pipe has a homage to the Dynamic Duo's car, and that's no joke. More »
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This last-generation Chevy Camaro's got an owner fascinated by the Dark Knight and a complete lack of spell-checking skills. Perhaps he didn't want to infringe on the Batman's copyright. Click through the gallery in order, for maximum effect. More »
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Hold onto your Batarangs kids, cause a fab-dork uber alles is selling plans for a mini-Tumbler. Now you can pretend to "build it for your kids" and then wear your Batman costume while driving it around the neighborhood. More »
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Last week was the one year anniversary of the Batpod's first appearance in The Dark Knight and frankly it's aging better than most production vehicles. Actually, it's still cool as hell one year later. Gallery below straight from Comic Con. More »
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Beginning in 2006, Aussie superhero Grant Hodgson started off with a dream, a dream of being the Batman, and he's been building a faithful replica of the Tumbler ever since. This time it comes with a build blog. Grant's version looks to be even closer to the real deal than the one built by Bob Dullam, featuring a 560 HP GM 454 CID V8, Turbo 400 automatic transmission, Argo V drive and a reinforced 35-spline Detroit Locker nine-inch rear end. The best part is that we get to watch it in action and watch the fabrication. Oh, did we mention it's got nitrous too? Yeah. Build image and more below the jump. More »
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Most everyone has seen the new Batmobile, known as the Tumbler, in action on the big screen. But not everyone knows what makes it tick. Sure, there was that one guy who made his own Tumbler single-handedly, but the rest of us may not have studied up on the Dark Knight's ride so extensively. How Stuff Works has put together a dummy's guide for the completely clueless, but we'll break it down to the important bits for you. More »
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We told you this past week the Batmobile would be taking some laps at Silverstone, with Panasonic Toyota Racing's Formula 1 car team spending some time this weekend running alongside at the track. Now we've got the video to prove that still shot wasn't some kind of hallucination. Don't expect a lot of screeching tires and hard and fast 'round the bend action. Do expect a lot of Panasonic Toyota Racing drivers Timo Glock and Jarno Trulli hamming it up with the Tumbler and the BatPod — which apparently, from what we hear, almost no one can successfully drive. Although Trulli looking like he's searching for the ignition. Still, setting aside the fact that it's fairly lame B-roll in the action department, we've got to say the current incarnation of the Batmobile's the coolest one conceived — even if we don't get to see it taking Silverstone like it deserves to be taken. Sure makes the KITT-like night vision on the 2009 BMW 7-Series look like a kiddie toy, don't it? [via Panasonic Toyota Racing] More »
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Toyota and Warner Bros have joined forces to promote The Dark Knight, announcing that the Tumbler will make an exhibition lap of Silverstone alongside the TF108 Formula One car this Thursday. More »
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In a move we're assuming the Joker will be unable to duplicate in "The Dark Knight", reader Erich caught the intimidating new Batpod up close and personal on the set of a photoshoot and snapped off a couple pics of his own. While the two-wheeled cohort of the Tumbler probably elicits pleas for mercy from its riders, and looks like some form of elaborate death trap, it also looks pretty badass, even without fancy lighting and movie magic. And yes, we'll be some of those dorks lined up on July 17th waiting for the midnight showing. More »
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Want to be just like Bruce Wayne's superhero alter-ego, but don't want to build your own Flatmobile? Well, you could just buy this. It's a real Batmobile from the Tim Burton-directed films starring Michael Keaton. And this ain't just a prop, it actually runs too, though we're not too sure how practical (or legal) it would be for daily use. Of course the price isn't very practical either, at a current asking price of $500,000. For that money, we'd rather have Bruce Wayne's Lambo. Vehicle description from the current seller after the jump: More »
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As if Lamborghini didn't already inherit enough Bruce from their parents at Volkswagen/Audi, now the supercar brand is associating itself with a different type of Bruce. Yes, we're talking about Batman's, or rather Bruce Wayne's, Murcielago. It's a nice subtle daily driver— well, compared to the Tumbler. This inevitably leads to the question of who would win in a race: Batman in his Murcielago, or Iron Man in his R8? More »
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Bruce Wayne is a ka-jillion-aire so you wouldn't expect him to have anything less than a Lamborghini as a daily driver. We first told you about Batman's Lamborghini LP640 a while back, but here is a quick view of it, at least in the toy form from the 2008 Toy Fair. If this little toy is a bit of a tease don't fret, the real beauty will be at a gala on Thursday at the New York Auto Show and we'll be there. More »
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The fellows over at Hemmings News know a thing or two about auctions, and managed to locate some fairly hilarious fine print in a recent one. The original Batmobile from Batman Forever was sold last week at the Al Wiseman Collection auction (BTW, we promise you Speed Racer won't be as bad as that stinker). It sold for less than half the reserve price and they were a little curious why. More »
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You've no doubt read about the great State of Kentucky playing around with the idea of naming the Corvette its official sports car. Which got us thinking about what the Golden State's official ride might be. After 37 seconds much internal deliberation we decided that the Tumbler from Batman Begins is the only rational choice. How could Californians not embrace a Hollywood car designed to look like a Lamborghini crossbred with a Hummer that's powered by a 500 HP 5.7-liter Chevy small block? To make it absolutely viable, we'd affix a "My Other Car Is A Prius" sticker to the back, uh, bumper. Imagine cruising down to the taco truck in that. Perfect! Even if you don't live in the States, you can play along from home. Instead of a State, just tell us your Provence Province or country of origin. Good luck. More »
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A couple of days ago a special effects technician working on the new Batman movie, Batman: The Dark Knight was killed when the camera truck he was in crashed into a tree while on a stunt test run following the Batmobile. We're assuming by "Batmobile" they mean the "Tumbler" based upon the quote from a spokesman calling the vehicle being followed a "4x4." Warner Brothers says the accident happened off-set and there was no filming taking place. I bet Monday was one of those days where Christian Bale wished he really was a superhero who could save a man's life by wrapping him up with a batarang and snag him before he hit the tree — or maybe he just wishes the guy driving hadn't hit the tree. [via BBC] More »
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Yup, it's still like Batman with those big ol' winged doors. But a new development would seem to be that it draws in the ladies like crazy. Or maybe those two lovely ladies were paid to be up there. Somehow we doubt that. Nope, it was totally the animal magnetism of the Dark Knight. Full press release again included after the jump. More »
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