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Nolanverse Batmobile leaps barrier between film and reality – but it'll cost you

(2024/11/07)


If you fancy yourself a Batman aficionado – and you have Bruce Wayne levels of spending money sitting around – you could be one of the lucky few to score a working, licensed reproduction of The Tumbler from Christopher Nolan's Dark Knight trilogy.

Available through the real-world "Wayne Enterprises Experience," the luxury marque was created in a partnership between Warner Bros. and PR firm Relevance International. When we say [1]The Tumbler is going to be limited to a lucky few, we mean it: Only ten of the vehicles are going to be produced, and even if you can meet the $2.9 million price tag, you can't just buy one.

Interested millionaire playboys can apply for "allocation" of one of the bespoke Tumblers built by [2]Action Vehicle Engineering , with Wayne Enterprises making the ultimate decision on who gets one.

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The reimagining of the Batmobile into the angular, military-like combat vehicle first featured in 2005's Batman Begins . Christian Bale, portraying Wayne, [4]cruised the streets of Gotham in a miniature tank capable of jumping off buildings, driving through walls and barricades, deploying anti-vehicle mines and chasing down bad guys in undeniable style.

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Sorry – it's not jet powered, or armed with real guns, obviously – click to enlarge

The Tumbler also had the ability to eject a motorcycle – dubbed the " [6]Batpod " – but it doesn't look like that feature comes standard in this reproduction.

What does come standard in the Wayne Enterprises Experience Tumbler is a 6.2-liter LS3 powertrain, delivering 525 horsepower and 486 ft-lbs of torque; a body made of a mix of kevlar, carbon fiber, sheet metal and fiberglass; unspecified "advanced software upgrades"; flap actuators and a working smoke-screen delivery system.

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The jet engine on the back of The Tumbler is non-functional, but simulates jet engine noises (sans flames, sorry) – and the vehicle also includes "imitation gun turrets."

"It has an even more commanding presence in real life," Relevance International founder and CEO Suzanne Rosnowski said of the nearly three-ton vehicle. "Owning a Tumbler is the ultimate opportunity to pluck a piece of Batman's world and bring it into reality."

[9]Batman sues Batman over Batman

[10]Porsche wants to sell you a rusty tailpipe soundbar for $12k

[11]Holy litigation, Batman! Custom Batmobile cars nixed by copyright

[12]Man who nearly killed physical media returns with $60,000 vinyl turntable

According to The Tumbler's page on Wayne Enterprises Experience, The Tumbler is being produced as part of the 85th anniversary of Batman's first appearance in Detective Comics. That doesn't mean they'll be ready in time, though – each Tumbler is expected to take 15 months to build from the date a deposit is put down, though we're told delivery could happen sooner.

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This is the only place you'll be allowed to drive The Tumbler, which isn't street legal – that didn't stop Batman though, did it? – click to enlarge

As an additional caveat, The Tumbler isn't street legal, so you'll need space in the wide open countryside adjacent to your manor house and bat cave to cruise around in your Batmobile. That, or just be like Batman and take traffic laws into your own hands.

If you want to get your hands on some of the other ultra-lux products sold by the Wayne Enterprises Experience – such as a $20k [14]Batchair , the $250k Stormy Knight [15]jetski , a $16.5k pair of Arma Instruments closed-network [16]communication devices , or for those looking for more of Batman's personal kit, an $810 replica of The Dark Knight's [17]grappling gun (non-working, sadly) – you can find them all at "Mr Wayne's" [18]website .

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Purchases don't come with a guarantee of transformation into a suave, wealthy, crime-fighting martial arts master, of course. ®

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[1] https://brucewaynex.com/pages/tumbler

[2] https://actionvehicleeng.com/

[3] https://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/jump?co=1&iu=/6978/reg_offbeat/front&sz=300x50%7C300x100%7C300x250%7C300x251%7C300x252%7C300x600%7C300x601&tile=2&c=2ZyzyNP9jyF4FcyWCI7UIxQAAAEA&t=ct%3Dns%26unitnum%3D2%26raptor%3Dcondor%26pos%3Dtop%26test%3D0

[4] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uLx6el5dCwA

[5] https://regmedia.co.uk/2024/11/06/batman-tumbler-rear.jpg

[6] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ZBxMtwVT8M&t=58s

[7] https://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/jump?co=1&iu=/6978/reg_offbeat/front&sz=300x50%7C300x100%7C300x250%7C300x251%7C300x252%7C300x600%7C300x601&tile=4&c=44ZyzyNP9jyF4FcyWCI7UIxQAAAEA&t=ct%3Dns%26unitnum%3D4%26raptor%3Dfalcon%26pos%3Dmid%26test%3D0

[8] https://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/jump?co=1&iu=/6978/reg_offbeat/front&sz=300x50%7C300x100%7C300x250%7C300x251%7C300x252%7C300x600%7C300x601&tile=3&c=33ZyzyNP9jyF4FcyWCI7UIxQAAAEA&t=ct%3Dns%26unitnum%3D3%26raptor%3Deagle%26pos%3Dmid%26test%3D0

[9] https://www.theregister.com/2008/11/12/batman_city_sues_batman/

[10] https://www.theregister.com/2022/11/02/porsche_tailpipe_soundbar/

[11] https://www.theregister.com/2015/09/24/batmobile_copyright/

[12] https://www.theregister.com/2023/07/10/jony_ive_linn_turntable/

[13] https://regmedia.co.uk/2024/11/06/batman-tumbler-off-road.jpg

[14] https://brucewaynex.com/collections/wayne-enterprises-editions/products/we-003-h

[15] https://brucewaynex.com/collections/wayne-enterprises-editions/products/maverick-gt-stormy-knight

[16] https://brucewaynex.com/collections/wayne-enterprises-editions/products/arma-instruments-g1-mkii-secure-communicator

[17] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mn40RDJsyk0

[18] https://brucewaynex.com/collections/all

[19] https://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/jump?co=1&iu=/6978/reg_offbeat/front&sz=300x50%7C300x100%7C300x250%7C300x251%7C300x252%7C300x600%7C300x601&tile=4&c=44ZyzyNP9jyF4FcyWCI7UIxQAAAEA&t=ct%3Dns%26unitnum%3D4%26raptor%3Dfalcon%26pos%3Dmid%26test%3D0

[20] https://whitepapers.theregister.com/



Brewster's Angle Grinder

"The Tumbler isn't street legal"

What?! Not allowing me to drive any car I choose on public roads is clearly against the First Amendment! You're impinging my right to "speak" through my choice of vehicle!!!11!!!

I'd like to think I'm being facetious. But I'm sure some billionaire would actually argue this.

J. Cook

Well, if the penalty is a fine, then that's just a line item on the operating costs for the thing, or just drawn from petty cash. /sarcasm.

On a more serious note, I wonder if there's a scaled down R/C version that's priced more down to earth for us mere mortals...

My other car WAS an IAV Stryker

Any R/C version would also not be street legal. --->

J. Cook

Yeah. And as it turns out, there's a few different models and scaled versions of it, and the prices are reasonable. (I don't need anymore toys, though... :D )

My other car WAS an IAV Stryker

Rich car-lover who respects the road laws: Jay Leno -- one of a kind.

(How many of the other customers would be willing to break a few more laws and install some kind of accessory fuel tank to create the flames?)

IGotOut

And unlike this, he has a jet powered car.

unspecified "advanced software upgrades"

Phil O'Sophical

Oh gawd, it probably has Alexa...

Re: unspecified "advanced software upgrades"

ThatOne

Rather Alfred?

Re: unspecified "advanced software upgrades"

FrogsAndChips

or Jarvis, if we're ready to cross the multiverses.

Rob

Would love one, but will have to wait until after I have saved up for a reproduction, that is street legal, of the TRON2 bike (fully EV apparently, needs the costume to go with it though).

Sorry – it's not jet powered, or armed with real guns, obviously

Rafael #872397

Well sir! I'll take my business elsewhere then.

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