Gotham Garage Lost The War. Was This One Of The Soldiers?

Jack Baruth
by Jack Baruth

Should it be legal to build Batmobiles? The final decision on that: no. Gotham Garage reportedly only built two of them before the hammer came down.

The Batmobile you see before you is an extraordinarily detailed replica, captured on pixels by a TTAC reader in Franklin, TN. But after reviewing pictures of the Gotham Garage Batmobiles, I’m not sure it’s one of them. Check the photos and tell me what you think.

One of my most (or least, depending on how you look at it) loyal readers saw this Batmobile outside a hair salon in Franklin, TN. Comparing it to this image of the Gotham Batmobile shows a few discrepancies, most notably in the reflectors and the shape of the spear on the nose. I’m hoping TTACers are slightly more eagle-eyed than I am and can make a determination for me.

It’s entirely possible that there’s another Batmobile builder out there who’s had the sense to stay under Warner Bros’ radar, perhaps only working with known people in the crazy-replica-movie-car “community”. Who knows? Let me know what you think. In the meantime, if you see any Batmobiles on the street, feel free to ask the owners where they got ’em. Who knows? They might even tell you the truth.



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  • Naterator Naterator on May 10, 2013

    Where do you GET such wonderful toys?!?!

  • Allard Allard on May 23, 2013

    Hello all, Interesting read. This is my replica depicted in the article. It began as a '55 Lincoln Futura Replica offered in the late 70's and early 80's. I found an unbuilt example and paid to have it built. Literally every one of those Futura replicas, except the first example for Fantasy Cars Ranch in El Cajon, CA was turned into a BatmobileTM. At the time, I had an outfit in CA mount the body to the chassis and they did it poorly to say the least. Just about everything of this replica had to be redone by another entity with additional monies vested by me to make it the example it is today in respect for the WB/DC trademarked Batman TV show. I remember my visit in TN (it was a good one just in time for the Cars4Kids show there), but it is not the Batmobile you have depicted in a prior article. Incidentally, this car is for sale for $225k should you know of any interested parties. I don't want to burst anyone's pipedream, but generally speaking, the Batmobile loving public is not aware of this whole "under current network" of losers mostly who fight amongst themselves over whose body is more accurate blah blah blah. And save for 2 or 3 class acts who do great fiberglass work, I can assure you 90% of "that element" are losers. So before you get the itch for owning a BatmobileTM, do your homework. My car is a not for profit auto enthusiasts car that I'm happy to share with anyone who wants to check it out as long as its a good weather day :) (no roof).

  • Wolfwagen Is it me or have auto shows just turned to meh? To me, there isn't much excitement anymore. it's like we have hit a second malaise era. Every new vehicle is some cookie-cutter CUV. No cutting-edge designs. No talk of any great powertrains, or technological achievements. It's sort of expected with the push to EVs but there is no news on that front either. No new battery tech, no new charging tech. Nothing.
  • CanadaCraig You can just imagine how quickly the tires are going to wear out on a 5,800 lbs AWD 2024 Dodge Charger.
  • Luke42 I tried FSD for a month in December 2022 on my Model Y and wasn’t impressed.The building-blocks were amazing but sum of the all of those amazing parts was about as useful as Honda Sensing in terms of reducing the driver’s workload.I have a list of fixes I need to see in Autopilot before I blow another $200 renting FSD. But I will try it for free for a month.I would love it if FSD v12 lived up to the hype and my mind were changed. But I have no reason to believe I might be wrong at this point, based on the reviews I’ve read so far. [shrug]. I’m sure I’ll have more to say about it once I get to test it.
  • FormerFF We bought three new and one used car last year, so we won't be visiting any showrooms this year unless a meteor hits one of them. Sorry to hear that Mini has terminated the manual transmission, a Mini could be a fun car to drive with a stick.It appears that 2025 is going to see a significant decrease in the number of models that can be had with a stick. The used car we bought is a Mk 7 GTI with a six speed manual, and my younger daughter and I are enjoying it quite a lot. We'll be hanging on to it for many years.
  • Oberkanone Where is the value here? Magna is assembling the vehicles. The IP is not novel. Just buy the IP at bankruptcy stage for next to nothing.
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