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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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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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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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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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Society is crumbling and most of us live in cities, which means we're going to be fighting in urban jungles for scarce resources. With the help of our readers we've identified these ten best vehicles for urban warfare. 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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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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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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Yeah, yeah — you knew this was coming. But I think Jalopnik would have a real shot at winning. First of all, with Murilee and Bumbeck working the pits, you know our car would running like a Swiss clock. Sure, they may sneak a nitrous system into a fake battery, but so what? As for actually driving, I'm sure between all of us we could come up with a pretty mean team. Actually, Wes says we hear Wes is quite capable. And how could you not love a race car driver named Spin? But what are we driving? Obviously an El Camino comes to mind. As does a Starion. However, those are simply too obvious. No, we need you to put on your hoon-hats and do some serious pondering. Think DAF (Turbo-Twin FTW!). Or Ekranoplan. Or better yet, the Tumbler. As many have pointed out, whatever the actual car is, it will need to be Camino'd. And since we can't figure out how one would Camino an Ekranoplan, what about an RS4 Avantamino? Lord, that would be sweet. I'm shutting up. Your turn. 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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We think the Batmobile Tumbler is pretty sweet as far as superhero movie cars go. True, it's no Transformers Camaro concept or Dukes of Hazzard '69 Charger — but we'd totally take one for our own garage (note to self: inclusion in Jalopnik Fantasy Garage perhaps?). Now, there's a young man with a lot of free time on his hands who's got one for his desk. It's a former Wal-Mart-bought R/C Tumbler with the innards scooped out and replaced with an AMD Sempron chip and...well we're now already out of our league. We'll let our gadget-obsessed brothers take over from here. Needless to say, the only thing cooler would be if this R/C car still drove. [via Gizmodo] More »
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