A 1989 Batmobile Can Be Yours For Over US$ 500,000

One of the five cars is at eBay
by Gustavo Henrique Ruffo
May 6, 2008 5:02 PM
Filed Under: American, Movies, Specialty Marques


Being a superhero costs a great deal of money, as anyone who has already watched Iron Man can say. But what if you could at least pretend to be Batman, driving around one of his machines? If you want to have that chance, you should have saved at least US$ 500,000, in order to start bidding for the 1989 Batmobile that is currently for sale at eBay.

According to the seller’s information on the car, it is one of the five built to star in the movie “Batman”, from 1989. In fact, this is the car number 5. Since it can’t be registered, and therefore cannot be used as a regular car, it shows only 54 miles in its odometer, most of them surely run in the movie making process. Besides buying the car, the new owner will have to sign some papers with Warner Bros., probably to exempt the studio of any legal liabilities concerning the use of the car.

People that love technical specs will like to know this Batmobile is powered by a Chevrolet V8 small block 350 (5.7-litre) engine, which generated around 230 hp by 1989, what may not be much for a 20 feet (6.1 m) long and 8 feet (2.44 m) wide car, especially considering it seems to be powered by turbine. Got interested? Then make your bid. Currently, there is no record of any offer for the car, but they may soon start to pop up.

Source: eBay via TheCarFanatic.com
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Comments

Dont really think its worth that kind of money , for one you prob could never insure it and two you would be very scared of taking it anywhere with speed bumps :O

by Spyshot-73 | May 6, 2008 7:27 PM
How much does this weigh?

by lelu | May 6, 2008 9:03 PM
This would be aerodynamically the worst car!! :P

by wolff | May 6, 2008 9:17 PM
uhh...ppl buy this for the collection, batman fans, bragging rights...

they dont buy it for speed, to take out for a drive, etc

by MattAAron | May 6, 2008 10:08 PM
yea...its not street legal, u cant take it out for a drive anyway. and if a person has enough money to buy it, then they probably have a couple of porsches for the track.

by jai_mav | May 7, 2008 12:03 AM
i bet this corners like a porsche :)))))

by norther | May 7, 2008 12:47 AM
This car deserves an owner willing to install an actual jet engine into it, road legalize it, and drive it everywhere.

by Joe_Limon | May 7, 2008 1:40 AM
get a ford falcon, turn it into black interceptor and I'll get the same attention on the streets

by spamme | May 7, 2008 3:09 AM
not in North America you won't

by Joe_Limon | May 7, 2008 3:58 AM
LOL , this should be in a museum or a scrapyard , its only fiberglass and a rubbish v8

by Spyshot-73 | May 7, 2008 11:52 AM
Now, what a serious dreamer would do is to get this car tuned up enough to outrun piles of police cars which would definitely make his/her life complete!

In my opinion, the dreamer no way should get this mobile comfiscated or get his or her face revealed by a medium coz that'd make us disappointed. Of course the action should culminate with a HOLLYWOOD explosion!

by samuelzeus | May 7, 2008 4:42 PM
Is this a joke? $500,000 for a car you cannot drive?

by The_woo_factor | May 8, 2008 11:49 AM
=0 i no i will sell my house and live in that thing! WTH y would u buy this!?! wat r u gona go down da pub nd say ¨guys looks at wat i bought, the batmobile but i cant drive it eventough i spent ova $500 000¨ abit retarded if u ask me

by BabyMilo | May 9, 2008 10:38 AM
Not the brightest star in the sky, are you?

by mps | May 12, 2008 1:59 PM
Are you mps?

BabyMilo was being sarcastic.

by Andres2007 | July 7, 2008 9:06 PM
ppl have paid more for movie props

by joe_limon | May 10, 2008 5:39 AM

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