This month, some lucky people got a chance to own the Batmobile from the 1995 film, “Batman Forever,” starring Val Kilmer, Tommy Lee Jones, Jim Carrey, and Nicole Kidman. And with each variation, there’s usually a new Batmobile. Over the years, there have been several variations of Batman. So why did the Batmobile sell so cheaply? It’s a bad deal. $2,800,000 to create Batman’s Batmobile car for the 1995 film. With a totally new feature – a detachable ‘Batpod’ motorcycle, this mean machine is referred to only once, and only with a temporary name: “The Tumbler”.The Batmobile from Batman Forever just sold for only $297,000. Resembling something like the child of a hummer and a tank, it has no front axle, and so owes a lot of its design to the ‘spinners’ in Ridley Scott’s Blade Runner film. With a far more ‘workhorse’ like appearance in comparison to previous versions, it had nothing of the sleek, slender look of its predecessors. As a matter of fact, the name “Batmobile” is not used in reference to the car once in any of his three Batman films. With an onboard voice-controlled arsenal of weapons, this speed machine had only one seat (no space for pesky Robin).Ī Triumphant Return of the Modern BatmobileĪs “The Dark Knight Rises” fever hits the world, everyone will be hankering for another look at Christopher Nolan’s revamped Batmobile. Covered in red, orange, yellow, and blue lights, it also had fins that are unmistakable -they are still the biggest ever built into a ‘real-world’ Batmobile. The last in a line of sleek, slender, and claw-like Batmobiles, the one appearing in Batman & Robin was all glitz and glamour. Some even criticize it for being too phallic. In place of his robotic, alien-like designs, this version turned out to be one that aims to accentuate the intricate lines that make up its shape, but it still comes out looking a little bit tacky.
Due to creative differences (understandably), Giger was not chosen to design it. Clearly the product of a more modern and gadget-hungry generation!Īppearing in just one film, this Batmobile was originally going to be designed by the creative mind behind the Alien film franchise, HR Giger. Whereas the previous Batmobile was fit with not much more than a pair of rocket boosters, this version came with two M1919 Browning machine guns, a grappling hook, jet turbine engines, and leather seats to boot. Low, long, and sleek, it was on the chassis of a Chevy Corvette. To be fair, the 2nd model was made over thirty years after the 1st, so it stands to reason that it would be far more futuristic. Used not only in the Batman Returns (1992) film but also in the film Batman (1989), the 2nd on-screen manifestation of the Batmobile is a far cry from the relatively dated Futura. At a cost of a reported US$30,000, the not-so-humble Futura got its metal modifications and became the sleek icon that some will remember all too well.
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