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Everything You Ever Wanted To Know About Batman's Tumbler
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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Video: Batmobile Hits The Track At Silverstone
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] -
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Batmobile To Lap Silverstone Alongside Toyota F1 Car
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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Batpod Photographed, Less Subtle Than Lamborghini
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.
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Tim Burton's Batmobile Makes You Feel Like Michael Keaton
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:
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Bruce Wayne's Subtle Lamborghini
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? -
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Batman's Daily Driver Is A Lambo, Would You Expect Anything Else?
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 »
5:45 PM on Mon Mar 17 2008
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4,109 views, 13 commentsLatest by the good dr zero: I'm not seeing a resemblance to any Lambo there. Surely Bruce Wayne wouldn't rock a Jin Da Lu knock-off. more »
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Dark Knight Trailer Hits Web, Shows Off all Sorts of Bat-Vehicles
Our sister site obsessed with all things gadgets just hipped us to the new trailer for the new Batman movie. We must say, it's got a plethora of different action shots of new Batty vehicular goodness. Whether it's the Tumbler or the BatPod or even Joker's crazy truck, there's a lot of transportation options in the new sequel from the folks that brought you Batman Begins. We'll certainly be there opening Knight. Ha. Ha. Ha. [Gizmodo] -
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Congrats on Buying a Batmobile, Just Don't Ever Drive it
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 »
