Wayne Enterprises is selling the Tumbler, the prototype military vehicle made famous by Batman in Christopher Nolan’s “Dark Knight” movie trilogy. This iteration of the Batmobile will have a limited production run of 10 vehicles, each costing just under $3 million. A select number of wealthy superhero fans will be able to roll around town like the legendary caped crusader .
Just please don’t try to fight crime in this thing. Yes, you read that correctly. Wayne Enterprises is a “real” company.
Warner Bros. Discovery partnered with PR firm Relevance International to produce ultra-luxury experiences and products under the banner of fictionaire billionaire Bruce Wayne’s conglomerate. For example, Wayne Enterprises collaborated with Pininfarina to build four one-off Batman-themed versions of the Battista electric hypercar .
The Tumbler is an entirely different breed of machine compared to the Battista. While a jet turbine canonically powers this Batmobile in the movies, the road-going four-wheel-drive vehicle is powered by a 6.2-liter LS3 engine.
The entire thing weighs in at 5,511 pounds with a steel tube space frame, sheet metal fiberglass, carbon fiber and kevlar. These Batmobiles will still have a screen-screen feel with imitation gun turrets, a simulated jet turbine powerplant and a smoke-screen delivery system. Not to forget, there’s also a movie-accurate two-seat interior with a five-point racing harness.
While it sounds absurd in-universe for a defense cont.