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The tumbler and bat-bod should not be on here they are completely different vehicles, when I get a chance I'll remove that section. This article is strictly on the BATMOBILE, and not anything else. Talyllyn1 (talk) 17:41, 7 August 2012 (UTC)
I got a chance to see a pre-release screening of Batman Gotham Knight, and I'm wondering why there is no mention of the Tumler/Batmobile being in the short from Gotham Knight, entitled Field Test. If you don't believe me, go watch yourself when it comes out.... and yeah, the one in Field Test looks like a Batmobile/Tumbler hybrid sort of thing... but... yeah, i was jw.... I;m sure there will be something about it when it is released. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.78.247.72 (talk) 19:41, 30 June 2008 (UTC)
Can someone please put up photo's of Burton's Batmobile from 89 & Returns along with the FOREVER model + B&R model??? THANK YOU!!!!!!!!!—The preceding unsigned comment was added by Invincible Ninja (talk • contribs) .
I heartily disagree about the status of the 'The Batman' Batmobile. It in no way resembles any other Batmobile, especially that of Batman Begins.—The preceding unsigned comment was added by 209.23.129.74 (talk • contribs) .
but some people doesn't realize. if thier trying to find a batmobile they don't know how much they cost though!!! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.214.179.59 (talk) 01:57, 14 October 2010 (UTC)
Why aren't there any reference to the futuristic Batmobile featured in Batman Beyond?—The preceding unsigned comment was added by Fraix (talk • contribs) .
"In the cartoon Transformers: Cybertron, the Decepticon leader Megatron looks similar to the Tim Burton version."
Looks much more like the Batmobile from Schumacher's Batman films, particularly as regards the pointed front end.—The preceding unsigned comment was added by 71.71.242.110 (talk • contribs) .
As there's been no response, I'm going to go ahead and change this. As it's something of a subjective matter, feel free to revert my alteration.—The preceding unsigned comment was added by 71.71.242.110 (talk • contribs) .
I removed a few paragraphs in this edit as they were copied with little changes from either this site, this site or this site (or from the source those sites used). The first of the three sites gives a full citation of the original source of the text as "DC Who's Who In The DC Universe #5, December 1990,Text Mark Waid, Published Monthly By DC Comics Inc.".--Drat (Talk) 09:59, 13 July 2006 (UTC)
I removed the following statement: "In reality, however, nuclear reactors do not have the possibility of detonating like a nuclear weapon. Therefore, Penguin may have been speaking figuratively when he made this comment." This is the essence of original research — see the example on that page. As always, if a reliable review states this, or there is commentary in DVD commentary or some such, restore that bit and cite it.--Drat (Talk) 09:59, 13 July 2006 (UTC)
I felt I had to add a description of the Dark Knight Returns batmobile, since it is referenced a few times in the article. Noclevername 02:33, 27 December 2006 (UTC)
Seeing as how the Batmobile used in Batman and Batman Returns are essentially the same car, is it really necessary to have two separate pictures? Justin The Claw 04:30, 9 May 2007 (UTC)
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merge - the car is an adaption of the Batmobile for the use in Nightwing comics. Due to their close relationship, and the lack of informations separating it from the Batmobile, this article could be merged seemlessly. 66.109.248.114 22:51, 2 October 2007 (UTC)
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Why on Earth is there a ((fact)) tag on the statement that there was more (if not entire—I've not seen the whole series) use of an internal combustion engine as opposed to a jet engine? What, exactly, is the problem here? Octane [improve me?] 11.03.08 1014 (UTC)
The problem is that even a statement that you believe to be fact must be backed up with a citation from a verifiable source. I agree that the audio effects did sound far more like internal combustion engine noise, but that's still just consensus opinion, not fact. Part of the problem is that the noises made by motors are different to different people's ears, and can also be affected by acoustics (both inside the engine and in a surrounding area). For that matter, some well-tuned race engines emit a high-pitched whistle that is nothing if not jetlike. I've also heard jet engines that sound a lot like internal combustion engines (I grew up near a U.S. Air Force base, and also served on one while in the Navy, and a "hush house" used for tuning jet engines muffles their characteristic sound, making it almost like the dull roar of a 427 ci V-8). P.F. Bruns (talk) 02:45, 5 April 2008 (UTC)
In this set of edits: [1] [2] [3] the content added was almost entirely copyvio from [4]. As this material and any material derived from it are unsuitable for use on Wikipedia, I have rolled the article back to its last clean version, from May of 2007. Please, if re-adding material, be absolutely sure that it did not cope from [5] and that it was not substantially derived from or expanded from material from that site.
Sorry to have to gut the article like this, but it's an unfortunate consequence of uncaught copyvio. Phil Sandifer (talk) 13:42, 9 April 2008 (UTC)
Popular Mechanics printed an article on that Batmobile when the movie was released. IIRC, it was built on a 1966 Chevrolet Caprice frame and running gear, with no modifications at all to the suspension or drivetrain. The 'jet intake' is built from pieces from a Rolls Royce jet engine. The large bulb is where the electric starter motor would be on the actual jet engine. For the car, the Caprice's radiator was mounted behind the jet intake.
To add: the flames coming out of the back of Burton's Batmobile are from an oil-fired burner manufactured Nu-Way Heating Plants (Droitwich, UK). —Preceding unsigned comment added by 62.3.200.69 (talk) 21:52, 26 August 2008 (UTC)
You know, after looking at this article in relation to other articles, shouldn't the ORIGINAL Batmobile be at the top of the page instead of the newer version?--Hourick (talk) 08:17, 26 June 2008 (UTC)
I removed the "In Popular Culture" section. I didn't see anything in there that was particularly interesting or notable, and none of it was sourced.—Chowbok ☠ 17:50, 19 July 2008 (UTC)
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Just to head off a few things:
- J Greb (talk) 23:15, 6 August 2008 (UTC)
Someone posted a merge tag on the Tumbler article, I'm finalizing this. BIGNOLE (Contact me) 04:10, 11 October 2008 (UTC)
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the michael keaton bat mobile was powered by a small block 350ci. v8. they may have put parts of a jet engine on the front and back for show. you can hear the v8 rumble in the films a jet engine doenst sound anything like that. --69.230.184.50 (talk) 01:21, 2 November 2009 (UTC)
I am amazed at the short shrift the Batmobile of apparently more than 20 years is given here, including the lack of an illustration (BTW, just where does that comic panel of the red thing come from?). With the big Bat-head on the front end—too big to qualify as a "hood ornament" in my book—the glass-domed cabin and the big fin upright on the trunk (or whatever), it was the Batmobile for more than one generation of comic book readers. Is this the one described as being introduced in Batman #5? When Julius Schwartz became Bat-editor in 1964 and brought in the "New Look," he included a Batmobile that looked like a conventional convertible given a superficial Bat-decoration job (prophetic, as we'll see). But the #5 mention is followed by this: "The live action television series was so popular that its campy humor and sleek Batmobile designed by George Barris were quickly introduced into the Batman comic books." Actually, Barris did not design that car. When ABC not only bought the series but scheduled it quickly, Dean Jeffries was in the middle of building a Batmobile that he could not deliver in the newly-requisite time. Barris was the current owner of a one-off car built in a distinctive style for publicity purposes by Ford Motor Company/Lincoln more than a decade earlier (it can be seen in the film It Started with a Kiss, 1959), and his shop painted it, slapped a few Bat-decals on it, placed a jet-exhaust pipe under the rear end, and presto! A quickly assembled Batmobile. (James Van Hise, The Green Hornet, Schuster & Schuster, 1988, p.24; he doesn't mention the movie). A version of this rather square-ish vehicle replaced the sleek convertible in Schwartz's comic books. --Tbrittreid (talk) 22:53, 26 November 2009 (UTC)
I removed this description of a 390 C.I.D. Ford engine as it is nonsense. What is an atomic turbine anyway? Just another of Barris' promotional tricks. Meanfrank (talk) 23:56, 19 December 2009 (UTC)
In this article, it is stated, that "[Giger's] designs are on his official website in illustrated and 3D Graphic Art form." I couldn't find the designs of the Batmobile anywhere on the official web page of H.R. Giger (http://www.hrgiger.com/). The above-mentioned statement should be deleted, IMHO. White rotten rabbit (talk) 17:04, 23 February 2010 (UTC)
The Batpod section of the Batcycle article states that the front two tires are 20" tall. The Batpod makes use of the "tumbler" Batmobile's front two tires. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Percussionchuck (talk • contribs) 16:00, 10 July 2010 (UTC)
Most of the links thatave been removed appear to only have been inserted to allow additional images to be linked to the article without over stepping the non-free content. In doing that they did not provide support for the text where they were located - the primary function of a reference. As it stands some of the links that are left, while providing text that may support they follow, also feel like they are only there to add images. These likely should also be eliminated.
- J Greb (talk) 10:31, 16 September 2010 (UTC)
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There is a suggestion for a split and merge from Redbird (comics) to here, see Talk:Redbird (comics). 65.93.13.210 (talk) 07:45, 21 January 2011 (UTC)
The Arkham Asylum version doesn't look at all like the one in the Animated Series. It looks more similar to the Tim Burton version. 80.98.146.68 (talk) 02:06, 19 March 2012 (UTC)
The article claims it had a gas turbine engine. George Barris says it had (indeed still has) a Ford 429 race engine fitted by Dean Moon.[7] ShipFan (Talk) 06:42, 18 July 2012 (UTC)
The sale of Batmobile #1 at Barrett-Jackson on January 19, 2013 for $4.2 million [8] [9] [10] has started a lot of edits. There are a few issues with the current edits:
Thanks, 72Dino (talk) 04:22, 20 January 2013 (UTC)
This article is actually about two classes of vehicle: the super-powerful fantasy vehicle presented in the various Batman productions, and the real vehicles used in the creation of the productions (when there was a real vehicle). Even though this is an important distinction, the article completely ignores it, and readers will think one class has the properties of the other, or even end up believing that they were one and the same, and that the real vehicles had the fantasy abilities.
For instance, the fantasy vehicle can do things that would be amazing and even impossible in real life, e.g. "Bat-ray (capable of many tasks, such as remotely opening quarry's vehicle doors)", "central "foot" capable of lifting the car and rotating it 180°", and "disguised central carriage, which detaches to become an emergency road vehicle". There is a lot of great information, however, about the real vehicles, e.g. "originated as a one-off 1955 Lincoln Futura concept car", "Tires: High aspect L60-15", "... used the primer-painted, white-striped car in October, 1965, for a network presentation reel".
How can we reorganize the article so that it's always clear whether we're currently talking about the fantasy vehicle or the real vehicle?
Big principle: we should NEVER mix the two classes' specifications (e.g. "Wheelbase: 126 in" and "Secondary power plant- rear mounted turbine, capable of propelling it for 15 seconds").
Since the article starts (as it should) with the comic production, where there was no "real" vehicle behind the scenes, I think we should standardize the main thrust of the article to be on the fantasy vehicle as it evolved through the various productions. Then, whenever we want to include information about the "real" vehicles behind the productions we should start a new subsection that is explicitly focused on the reality behind the movie/TV series. Sometimes that subsection will be long (e.g. there's great detail on the Batmobile for the original TV series), but it really must be set apart.
This will be a fair amount of work separating the currently mixed specifications, but I think it has to be done. -- Dan Griscom (talk) 13:48, 20 January 2013 (UTC)
I think its time for this vehicle to have its own article. As a reference, there are 2 other autos with their own article: the vehicle Kennedy was in when he was shot, and a car hit by a meteorite. see Category:Individual vehicles. You tell me which vehicle of the 3 is the most famous.(Mercurywoodrose)76.254.32.169 (talk) 17:18, 21 January 2013 (UTC)
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The batmobile was a 1955 Lincoln Futura and not a cadillac.
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Please mention that for promotion of Batman: Arkham Knight, West Coast Customs created a real-life Batmobile for the 2014 E3 convention, which takes the exact design from the video game. [1] 2601:7:9080:2E7:857:E9F2:9B8C:1BF1 (talk) 21:35, 8 June 2014 (UTC)
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template. Doesn't seem like a very encyclopedic thing to add such a promotional thing to the article... Create a consensus for this please. — ((U|Technical 13)) (e • t • c) 22:14, 8 June 2014 (UTC)References
Needs a picture of the Batman vs. Superman batmobile and the "Arkhamverse" batmobile (uing both modes) --Inyouchuu shoku (talk) 07:21, 8 August 2015 (UTC)
In one section the scale is specified to be 1/3 and in a later section 1:6. Which is the correct scale?
-67.242.212.220 (talk) 19:58, 20 October 2015 (UTC)
There has been a copyright lawsuit regarding the Batmobile which probably should be covered here. Here are some refs:
I'll get back to it if I find time, but hope someone beats me to it. LaMona (talk) 16:16, 9 March 2016 (UTC)
Nan image of the Batman: Arkham batmobile; preferably all versions displayed like the DC Animated Universe image.--Atvica (talk) 04:31, 7 July 2017 (UTC)
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