You can now buy Batman's fully functional Tumbler but it'll cost you a pretty penny
- You can now own Batman’s Tumbler
- It was the first officially sanctioned replica of the Batmobile
- It was riven by Batman in The Dark Knight Trilogy
Published on Nov 04, 2024 at 10:00 AM (UTC+4)
by Amelia Jean Hershman-Jones
Last updated on Oct 31, 2024 at 10:08 PM (UTC+4)
Edited by
Tom Wood
If you want to be a bit more Bruce Wayne, now you can, with the Batman Tumbler.
It was the first officially sanctioned replica of the Batmobile driven by Batman in Cristopher Nolan’s The Dark Knight Trilogy.
It’s on sale for a cool $2.99 million.
However, buyers beware: the Tumbler is not even street-legal.
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The Batman Tumbler
As per the movie, billionaire playboy Bruce Wayn, acquired gadgets from Lucius Fox, former board member of the Applied Sciences Division of Wayne Enterprises.
The Batmobile was just one such piece of tech.
Not only is it a black armored tank, but the Tumbler is also equipped with weapons and has the ability to jump without the need for ramps.
The original model was made from parts taken from model cars, boats, and planes.
On a similar note, Warner Bros teamed up with Pininfarina to create a Batman supercar.
Want more? Mercedes modified the ‘world’s coolest car’ so it could be driven by Batman in Justice League.
The listing
Fans of the trilogy now have the chance to act out their superhero fantasy.
Fully functional, but sadly not street-legal, a 6.2-liter LS3 engine is hiding beneath the hood pumping out 486 pound-feet of torque, managed by a GM 8L85E transmission with paddle shifters.
Its Black External Paint certainly wouldn’t look out of place on the streets of Gotham City plus its Smoke Screen Delivery System probably shouldn’t be tested out on the school run.
It weighs in at around 5,551lbs (2,500kg).
Built around a tubular aeronautical steel frame it measures a whopping 15 feet 3 inches (4,663 millimeters) long, 9 feet 3 inches (2,835 millimeters) wide, and stands 5 feet (1,524 millimeters) from the ground.
With 15-inch wheels at the front and 18.5 units at the rear, it features four-wheel power disc brakes, flap actuators, and even simulates jet engines.
In the Batcave cabin
The black Alcantara race-car two-seater cabin features five-point harnesses.
For driver entertainment and information, there’s a Digital Performance Dashboard on a premium GPS 10-inch screen for both driver and passenger and an air conditioning system for comfort.
The replica was engineered and built by Action Engineering.
It can only be reserved exclusively via Wayne Enterprises.
Those who have $2.99 million to spare are invited to reserve one of the ten custom and authenticated examples.
They’ll be sold by invitation only – making them almost as exclusive as this unique, one-of-one bespoke Rolls-Royce that cost more than $25 million to create.
All Supercar Blondie contributors undergo editorial review and fact-checking to ensure accuracy and authority in automotive journalism. After gaining her BA Hons in French and English at the University of Nottingham, Amelia embarked on a vocational diploma from the National Council for the Training of Journalists (NCTJ). This led to numerous opportunities, from interning at Vogue to being on the small team that launched Women’s Health magazine in the UK, which was named the PPA Consumer magazine of the year for three years running. As Health, Beauty and Fitness editor, Amelia personally received a Johnson & Johnson Award and was shortlisted for both PPA and BSME titles. Since then, Amelia has created content for numerous titles and brands, including the Telegraph, 111 Skin, Waitrose, Red magazine, Stylist, and Elle, as well as being Head of Content at Vitality and Editor in Chief at INLondon magazine. “My superpower is translating technical jargon about the mechanical workings of a supercar into a relatable story you’ll want to share with your friends after you’ve read it.” After joining the SB Media family as a senior journalist in September of 2023, Amelia’s role has evolved to see her heading up the SEO output of the editorial team. From researching the most ‘Google-able’ key terms to producing evergreen content - it’s been a time of hard work, growth, and success for the editorial team and the Supercar Blondie website. “I like to think of myself as a ‘method journalist’. In other words: I live and breathe whatever I am writing about. When writing about fitness, I trained as a personal trainer, and as a beauty editor, I completed an ‘expert’ in scent diploma with the Fragrance Foundation. “During my tenure at Supercar Blondie, however, I did something I never thought possible: I passed my driving test at the age of 36. One day I’d love to train as a mechanic to better understand what happens under the hood, too. “My sweet spot is providing readers with a ‘takeaway’ (read: something new they didn’t know before) after reading every one of my stories. While I don’t claim to be an expert in the automotive world, I know the experts and bodies in the field to rely on to provide our readers with an informative and thought-provoking story every time they visit the site.”
