The most attention-grabbing aspect of the 1989 Batmobile that Classic Auto Mall recently put up for sale for $1.5 million isn't necessarily the price. After all, we've already seen a Batmobile sell for seven figures, and that was close to a decade ago. Rather, it's the fact that we're seeing a Batmobile from the Michael Keaton/Tim Burton era with a seven-figure asking price, a clear sign that a generational torch has passed. While we don't see the Batmobiles from Batman Forever and Batman & Robin soon gaining any similar level of fame (and we can only speculate how an H.R. Giger-designed "Bat Man Mobil" would fare on the collector market), it's probably only a matter of time before a Tumbler reaches this level.
All that aside, it's still possible to get into a Batmobile for significantly less than what that 1989 Batmobile's going for, as we can see from a trio of other Batmobiles available from Hemmings. For reference's sake, let's start with that 1989 Batmobile.
As noted above, Classic Auto Mall has put this one up for sale, advertising it with a $1.5 million asking price. It's not a screen-used car, but it does have some provenance: It was reportedly used in the Batman Stunt Show at Six Flags Great Adventure in Jackson, New Jersey. The stunt show, according to a Six Flags wiki, opened in 1992 and ran through September 1994, but according to the car's description, it was last run in 1993. For the show, the Batmobile was made to run on a 48-V electric drivetrain, fitted with a flamethrower exhaust and two big gas bottles in the passenger footwell, and modified with a second driver's seat behind the cockpit for "self-driving" stunts. It apparently hasn't been run since it was retired from the stunt show.
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