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What you see here isn't just some crappy homebrew Batmobile parked on a random sidewalk. This is either a real art deco "Keaton" Batmobile from one of the Tim Burton films or an excellent reproduction. More »
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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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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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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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After a worldwide competition to imagineer a new Batmobile, Car Design Fetish named Matt Gould's speeder as the international winner, and a more Gothic take as the the overall pick. You can see the rest of the entries here. More »
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We hesitate to call any Batmobile undesirable for obvious reasons (It IS a Batmobile) but if there were to be one that fit the bill, this would be it. Used in 1995's "Batman Forever" (which we do not hesitate to call total crap) this Batmobile is being sold today at Auction America by RM's sale in Ft. Lauderdale, FL with an interesting stipulation. 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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They weren't in comics, but in full race trim the BMW 3.0 CSL's profile was close enough to the caped crusader's ride to earn the title. The nickname's validity is debatable. The CSL's drool worthiness is not. (Photo Credit: le_huf) 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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The sticky-fingered Joker who stole the World's Worst Batmobile didn't get away, thanks to the work of some eagle-eyed Jalopnik readers. 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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"Oh Helen, I just love your Batmobile — where on earth did you get it? And those shoes! To die for!" (1955 Lincoln Futura concept, a.k.a. Adam West's Batmobile, when new.) Photo Credit: Ford More »
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The recession's hit Michigan particularly hard, forcing even superhero wannabes to improvise. With just $100 and a dream, one Ann Arbor resident turned a wrecked Pontiac Grand Am into the world's worst Batmobile. 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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One week ago, I rediscovered pictures I took inside BMW's closed-to-the-public motorsport museum. Those images were four years old, however, and their pron was limited. Now someone has YouTubed an off-the-cuff video tour of the same building. McLaren overload, anyone? More »
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Bish! Bam! Pow! Kerpop! My Hip! Spotted in Pasadena, this Cadillac CTS-V has been transformed into the ultimate Batmobile for elderly crime fighters. Could Bob Lutz really be the caped crusader? 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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A Swedish man wanted to be Batman so badly, he spent three-and-a-half years and $1 million turning a 1973 Lincoln Continental into a 700 HP fully-functional Tim Burton Batmobile. Why'd he start with a '73 Lincoln in Sweden? 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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Batman Forever was a psychedelic stinker of a movie, and the Batmobile from the movie isn't high on the list of best superhero supercars, but one sculptor has meticulously recreated one in his own garage. More »
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An astonishing 93% of you felt that paying $200,000 for an '81 Buick Regal with the Gale Banks prototype turbo V6 would require a trip to Booth Number Two for the crack pipe. Today's NPOCP contestant sold for far less, and we could see how driving it would be pretty damn fun… but nine grand? That's how much the winning bidder paid for this 1973 Opel GT converted to a mini-Batmobile. And (holy 1990s, Batman!) it's got a Sony Magic Link and hardwired Alpine analog cellphone! More »
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Imagine you're a grease monkey minding your own business, turning wrenches at your shop when a return customer asks you for help fixing up his Batman Forever Batmobile. Pretty wild, huh? Well, that's what happened to David Smith of St. Albans, West Virginia. Indie film producer Robert Perez acquired the car for use in a movie about a retired Batman, whose grandson discovers the car buried in a garage and decides to take up the cape. Smith's part in all this was basically to take a replica of the Batmobile from the hokiest Batman movie ever and make it drivable, installing smaller tires and trimming some of the body work. The car will be auctioned when the movie is complete, so if you're interested or have a sick sense of style, keep your eyes peeled. [WVGazette] More »
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Well before Adam West donned his sexy skin-tight Bat Suit and hopped into the Ford version of the Batmobile, DC's "Dark Knight" had a little-known, slightly less sleek sled. The original 1940s era Batmobile was apparently a mix of VW Beetle and Cord style — with the requisite wings and fins, of course. Bob Dullum may have built a bitchin' Tumbler, but someone thought that was way too new, so they built a replica of the original Batmobile, which we've dropped below the fold, with somewhat less impressive results. 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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In the pantheon of awesome fan art, Bob Dullam holds a place of high regard after his work on a full scale, working Tumbler replica from the movies Batman Begins and The Dark Knight. Constructed in his two-car garage with little more than pictures and the extra features from the DVD, Bob has built for himself the single baddest piece of driveway candy ever to make the leap from the silver screen. This thing makes Deloreans with bent up trash cans on the hatch look like kids' stuff.
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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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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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We occasionally see lists of the best television cars pop up on the Internet, and we always find ourselves at a loss to understand why people feel the need to limit themselves to just ten. A good list should probably come in closer to 30, so it's not just predictable choices like K.I.T.T. and the Batmobile. The list below isn't a bad attempt, though we're sad to see the Ferrari Daytona from Miami Vice didn't make the cut. Anything else missing? 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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