Got $3 Mill to Spare?
…You might be able to take your Batman cosplay to a whole new level.
“Chicks love the car.” That was the line Val Kilmer’s Batman used on Nicole Kidman in Batman Forever almost 30 years ago. While that movie hasn’t aged well, it did have one of the sweetest-looking Batmobiles in any Batman movie. I had the toy version as a kid.
Who hasn’t been enamored with the Batmobile over the decades? Even going back to the Adam West TV series in the 1960s, it always has been the most iconic vehicle in comic book and superhero stories.
But if there was ever a version of the Batmobile that would be the most fun to drive around in real life, it would have to be the tank-inspired Tumbler version from Christopher Nolan’s movies with the Christian Bale Batman having that iconic chase scene using it in 2005’s Batman Begins.
I will always love the Tumbler chase sequence in Batman Begins. Might be my favorite scene in the whole movie tbh. The score too in this scene is so epic pic.twitter.com/CZ3qJ5gStm
— Bart (RIP Kingda Ka Era) (@Bart2389) June 15, 2023
Batmobiles for Sale
If you ever wanted to feel like Bruce Wayne and have your own personal Batmobile, and if you have an extra $3 million lying around, you might be in luck. According to entertainment news, Warner Bros. is going to sell 10 custom-made Tumbler Batmobiles at the cost of $3 million each as part of their Wayne Enterprises Experience, a luxury brand of products inspired by Batman.
Warner Bros is selling 10 “fully functional but not street legal” Tumbler Batmobiles from Christopher Nolan’s ‘DARK KNIGHT’ films
Each is priced at $3M. pic.twitter.com/QYZvmTrmtb
— DiscussingFilm (@DiscussingFilm) November 11, 2024
Here are some of the stats on the vehicle: Custom steel frame with a 6.2-liter LS3 V-8 engine, 525 horsepower, torque measuring 486 lb-ft, and four-speed automatic transmission. They also gave it a smoke screen and jet engine (but no flames) to resemble the movie. The Tumbler Batmobile weighs over 5,500 pounds.
So, if you have the cash, and the impulse control to not go on a Grand Theft Auto-inspired rampage in one of these bad boys, you might be able to take your Batman cosplay to a whole new level.
Will We Spot Them Out and About?
Just remember that these are not street-legal for driving even though they are fully functional vehicles. But what are the odds that 10 people buy these and never make the news even once for taking it out on the streets? I’d take any odds you want to give me that at least 1-of-10 will slip up and go on the ultimate joy ride.
Hell, if I had one, I could properly confront the guy who drives around on a motorcycle dressed as the Joker in the suburbs of Pittsburgh where The Dark Knight Rises was partially filmed. I’m not making that part up either:
I saw this guy today and I also happened to be wearing a Batman shirt, so I avoided making eye contact when he drove by. https://t.co/iuT3PPp8Gx
— Scott Kacsmar (@ScottKacsmar) May 28, 2023
You just know fans on social media are already thinking about what they’d do with a Tumbler Batmobile, leading to some comical replies:
Because you can’t drive a fucking batmobile on the streets.
— Ryomen. (@RichInTheFutur3) November 11, 2024
>not street legal
What cop is pulling over the Batmobile I’ll be fine https://t.co/ho2jZ3BR9Z
— Guangdong Dogedude (@MOKET_THE_LUFFY) November 11, 2024
It will reportedly take 15 months to build and deliver the vehicles to the people fortunate enough to afford such a luxurious item. I look forward to seeing the updates to this story after someone drops the Bat Signal.
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