Turbine-powered Batmobile for sale
 

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The Batmobile's on eBay. Not the Tumbler or one of those funny Lincoln Futura-based things - we mean THE Batmobile.

Well, we say THE Batmobile, we mean A Batmobile that's about as close as anyone's ever got to the real, fictitious thing from the Tim Burton movie, Batman.

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Created by 29-year-old racecar builder, Casey Putsch, this thing isn't some miserable lashed-up kit car - it's got an ex-military Boeing turboshaft helicopter engine that produces 365 horsepower and happily runs on jet fuel, kerosene, or diesel.

Underneath, there's fully independent, cockpit-adjustable suspension dangling from a steel tubular space/monocoque chassis, on top of which there's fiberglass and aluminum bodywork.

In the centre console there's an iPad 2 - Wayne Enterprises wallpaper, natch - which deals with the digital avionics.

The price? £379,669.

I wonder if he can be sued for copyright infringment on the design.

That would suck - make a batmobile, and have to give it up to the studio for $1 because you didn't check copyright laws.

That really blows away the Lamborghinis and Ferarris i see posted here.

geek question, so how does a jet turbine engine producing direct thrust manage to rotate a mechanical driveshaft to push the rear wheels? that must be one hell of a transmission

Saw some guy whip a turbine powered bike around at a monster truck show one time, pretty badass.

Rob from FTV should sell one of his cars and get that - more fun. once u get that you gotta get the Batman costume and drive around wearing it.

see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chrysler_Turbine_Car

Looks childish ...

I made a thread about this car before it was up for sale but this video is worth reposting :winkwink:

If it's for his private use I would think he is ok. I he wants to make money with it he could be violating Trademark and copyright laws.

Can you put a Rolex face on your Timex watch? Can you put that watch for sale on Ebay?

Nah, that thing wouldn't a cop magnet, nah.

a tightly coupled output turbine somewhat like a torque converter:
http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turboshaft

So ... that's Bruce Wayne ? Why he's selling his car ? How he's about to fight the crime, or he has better and cooler car. Why Bruce has no bat suit? How does he picks the chicks with it - there's no second seat, or a back seat. Why he parked that in garage, but not in a cave ? So many questions... I guess the answer is simple.
The cave rent is higher - he could not afford it anymore.
Mr.Wayne has bankrupted. It's a world crisis and he's selling his stuff - the car, the mansion, his bat suit and other cool bat stuff. Alfred died of poverty, all the women from Gotham become models at Brazzers ( I guess that's how this info of Mr.Wayne selling his batmobile came to us in this forum ), he probably gave the cave to someone from the industry so they can shoot porn inside - so there's the money, and the conclusion is : Porn's not dead.

Not engine wise. 365 horsepower? My old Mustang had more than that.

I knew this was going to come up...


A turbine-powered Batmobile and a Mustang walk into a bar. Who the fuck cares about the Mustang at that point.

Damn. Thats loud.

looks cool from that video.. too bad he didn't run it on a track.. Saw he had a ipad in his dash.. nice :thumbsup

I doubt he will get in trouble for selling ONE of these but I would think it would be a different story if he started making more of them just to sell