Which Batmobile is Your Favorite?

In honor of National Superhero Day, which Batmobile is your favorite?

I'm torn between the original and the Tim Burton/Micheal Keaton version. Aesthetically they're my fave for sure. But the tumbler from Bale's films and the Pattinson version are cool too.

The newest version is pretty fricken cool in a madmax sorta way but because I was a kidlet when I first saw it, the Keaton batmobile holds that honor.

Edit; I guess I just assumed live action stuff. If cartoon is on the table then Kevin Conroy's batmobile is the coolest vehicle on planet earth.

vwcorvette (Forum Supporter) said:

I'm torn between the original and the Tim Burton/Micheal Keaton version. Aesthetically they're my fave for sure. But the tumbler from Bale's films and the Pattinson version are cool too.

I feel the same way. I suspect that's mostly a factor of what I grew up with.

From an actual functional design, I think the Tumbler is the best. I think the original Adam West Batmobile looks the coolest, even though it's the dumbest and least-functional. I feel like if I were to roll up somewhere and have one immediately look at and go "It's Batman!" that would be the Tim Burton.

So I guess I have to go with the Burton/Keaton as the best as the only one you can look at and immediately think "Batmobile" without having had to see any movie/show as reference.

#1- 1966 batmobile. By a narrow margin. 

#2 1989 batmobile. 

#3 the new one. 

The new one, because it's a neat Mad Max-ish musclecar. Also, because the first time we see it, it stalls as soon as Batman tries to do something cool, which is pretty relatable.

Having not seen the newest film, imma go with Keaton's 'bile.
Kilmer's is undoubtedly the worst. 

#1 animated series Batmobile

#2 Keaton Mobile

To me the 1966 batmobile is not attractive.  Maybe it's a "Had to be there thing" but that whole George Barris style car just looks wierd to me.  I appreciate the work that goes into making a custom car like that but the end result is not one I like.  I know I make things that aren't for everyone also and that is cool.  Everyone doesn't have to like the same things.  

I'm a fan of the original Lincoln Futura based '66 Batmobile. It had atomic batteries!

Not really a fan of any of the others. Maybe Tim Burtons, which is surprising because I really don't like Tim Burton's stuff.

Haven't seen the new movie yet so I can't judge, but the glimpses I've seen make it look like it will be my second favorite.

The original live action Batmobile was a '39 Cadillac phaeton.

No love for the 1938 original?
 

The '66, of course. It's the icon. Everyone else is just trying to compete with it. That's when Batman had some style.

The 1966 model. There is a guy in my neighborhood who has a replica. I see him on the road on weekends playing the batman theme on his stereo. There is a DJ here in Dallas who used to have two replicas.

I have never seen a replica of any of the others, and these things cost about 100K each.

I quite liked that the newest Batmobile was pretty much just a trophy truck. 

1966 - the show was cheesy but I was 6 years old and it was cool.  

Don't forget the Munstermobile and the Monkey's car.  

It was a special time.

nocones said:

#1 animated series Batmobile

#2 Keaton Mobile

This.

It's not possible to have a "favorite Batmobile".

There is only one true Batmobile. 

Gotta go with the 66 version.

The new one looks like a Dodge Challenger that ate a guard rail.

Woody (Forum Supportum) said:

It's not possible to have a "favorite Batmobile".

There is only one true Batmobile. 

Which is... ? A '39 Cadillac?  Something from the comics? 

The 1966 version will always be the Batmobile I think of as a Batmobile.

But the Tumbler...  Oh my...

I don't get the love for the Tumbler.

At least it doesn't have machine guns, like Zack Snyder's version did. Nothing like ignoring one of the salient criteria from your well-known subject matter:

A GUN KILLED MY PARENTS SO NO GUNS EVER

The best Batman movie had the best Batmobile. 

Duke said:

I don't get the love for the Tumbler.

At least it doesn't have machine guns, like Zack Snyder's version did. Nothing like ignoring one of the salient criteria from your well-known subject matter:

A GUN KILLED MY PARENTS SO NO GUNS EVER

 

Early on Batman killed the E36 M3 out of people with guns. Like all the time. It wasn't until the Comics Code Authority that they came up with the whole "no guns, no kill" thing. Well, that and it makes it hard for writers when they spend a bunch of time building up some cool new villian and then Batman mows him down with a tommy gun on their first scrap. The way I understood the Zack Snyder Batman was that by that point he had kind of come to the conclusion that his way just didn't work, he put the villians away and they get right back out and kill someone (including Robin, in that timeline), so by that point he was starting to break his own rules.

1989 Batmobile. If you weren't around for it, you dont realize how huge this movie was. And if you were, you know why its my #1.

Duke said:

I don't get the love for the Tumbler.

At least it doesn't have machine guns, like Zack Snyder's version did. Nothing like ignoring one of the salient criteria from your well-known subject matter:

A GUN KILLED MY PARENTS SO NO GUNS EVER

 

You are driving to work, traffic is backed up.  You drive down the median, over the guardrail and down the embankment.  No problem here, you have a Tumbler.  (Futz, no copyright mark.)