# Which Batmobile?!?!
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-batmobile/154658
**Category:** Cafe Society
**Created:** [February 12, 2003, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-batmobile/154658 "2003-02-12T21:10:24Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
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### Author:  [@kingpengvin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kingpengvin)
#### Post date: [February 12, 2003, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-batmobile/154658/1 "2003-02-12T21:10:24Z")
Ok Simple question, you may support your answer.
Which is the better of the Batmobiles
The 1940s non Batmobile (BATMAN/ BATMAN AND ROBIN)
The 1966 Batmobile (TV SERIES)
The 1989 Batmobile (BATMAN)
The 1995 Batmobile (BATMAN FOREVER)
The 1997 Batmobile (That piece of Crap film)
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### Author:  [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)
#### Post date: [February 12, 2003, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-batmobile/154658/2 "2003-02-12T21:25:24Z")
Given those choices, I’d have to go with the '89.
Personally, I preferred the hot-rodded Mustang-looking ride Bats had in the mid-70s comic books. It was very understated. For a Batmobile.
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### Author:  [@ResIpsaLoquitor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ResIpsaLoquitor)
#### Post date: [February 12, 2003, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-batmobile/154658/3 "2003-02-12T21:29:36Z")
I found [this site](http://www.geocities.com/spencerl984/) chronicling the various types of Batmobiles over the years. I doubt it’s complete, but it’s a start for comparison purposes.
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### Author:  [@shy\_guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shy_guy)
#### Post date: [February 12, 2003, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-batmobile/154658/4 "2003-02-12T21:33:16Z")
I like the '89 Batmobile, but the animated series Batmobile even more. The Batman Returns Batmobile gets points for being able to turn into the sleek and sexy Bat-Missle.
I also have a fondness for the golden age Batmobile with the big 'ol bat head slapped on the front.
[off topic]I got the DC Direct Batman and Robin set today, and they’re awesome. Buy them.[/ot]
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### Author:  [@Rocketeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rocketeer)
#### Post date: [February 12, 2003, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-batmobile/154658/5 "2003-02-12T21:57:47Z")
Gentlemen, I cannot imagine what you have been smoking.
There is one, and only one, Batmobile. The 1966 TV car.
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### Author:  [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)
#### Post date: [February 12, 2003, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-batmobile/154658/6 "2003-02-12T21:58:42Z")
The 1971 version **ResIpsaLoquitor** links to is pretty close to what I had in mind. I rememeber it being a little curvier than that (along the lines of a mid-70s Camaro), but I could be wrong. I very much remember the bathead on the hood.
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### Author:  [@Tblue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tblue)
#### Post date: [February 12, 2003, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-batmobile/154658/7 "2003-02-12T23:00:37Z")
1966!
Rrrowr!
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### Author:  [@Epigramcracker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Epigramcracker)
#### Post date: [February 13, 2003, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-batmobile/154658/8 "2003-02-13T00:15:48Z")
I only know I didn’t like the one that had just a single fin down the back. Yeah, checked that site–the one from Batman Forever sucks. (Blah, that was my least favorite of the movies too–even compared with Batman and Robin. That one at least cracked me up. I mean, it was so campy!! Batman Returns still rocks the house though. Catwoman rules!)
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### Author:  [@drm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drm)
#### Post date: [February 13, 2003, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-batmobile/154658/9 "2003-02-13T00:40:18Z")
From the link provided by **ResIpsaLoquitor** , the [Batman Year One concept](http://www.geocities.com/spencerl984/other.html) is one mean looking car. Even though it wasn’t in the original list, I’m going with this one.
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### Author:  [@Murcielago](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Murcielago)
#### Post date: [February 13, 2003, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-batmobile/154658/10 "2003-02-13T02:25:56Z")
The “Year One” concept car is cool, looks like Max’s car from the _Carmaggedon_ PC game. My favorite batmobile is the “tank” from Frank Miller’s _The Dark Knight Returns_ – “Rubber bullets (honestly).”
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### Author:  [@JThunder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JThunder)
#### Post date: [February 13, 2003, 7:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-batmobile/154658/11 "2003-02-13T07:22:28Z")
The Mach 5.
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### Author:  [@Asylum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asylum)
#### Post date: [February 13, 2003, 7:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-batmobile/154658/12 "2003-02-13T07:36:47Z")
Don’t make me get a spoon and smack you.
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### Author:  [@Silentgoldfish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silentgoldfish)
#### Post date: [February 13, 2003, 8:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-batmobile/154658/13 "2003-02-13T08:01:04Z")
'89. I saw one for sale on E-bay a while back. I was sorely tempted to sell my merc and put in a bid.
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### Author:  [@Sock\_Munkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sock_Munkey)
#### Post date: [February 13, 2003, 8:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-batmobile/154658/14 "2003-02-13T08:11:30Z")
The 97’ is #1 for me and the 89’ is #2 and WHAT were they thinking with the nipples and metalic looking crotches on the last costumes?
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### Author:  [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)
#### Post date: [February 13, 2003, 9:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-batmobile/154658/15 "2003-02-13T09:09:42Z")
Anyone expecting the next movie Batmobile to resemble the Cadillac 16?
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### Author:  [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)
#### Post date: [February 13, 2003, 12:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-batmobile/154658/16 "2003-02-13T12:29:22Z")
What’s this? No one mentions the TANK Batmobile from Frank Miller’s **The Dark Knight Returns**?
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### Author:  [@Some\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Some_Guy)
#### Post date: [February 13, 2003, 12:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-batmobile/154658/17 "2003-02-13T12:37:54Z")
**Murcielago** mentioned it above. I’m with you guys, btw.
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### Author:  [@gonzoron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzoron)
#### Post date: [February 13, 2003, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-batmobile/154658/18 "2003-02-13T16:23:48Z")
I’m going with the New adventures of Batman& Robin one. that’s slick. Runner up is the 89 Movie one
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### Author:  [@Balance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Balance)
#### Post date: [February 13, 2003, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-batmobile/154658/19 "2003-02-13T16:36:20Z")
I’ll take the one from Batman Beyond. Any car with an antigrav drive is good, and it looks cool besides.
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### Author:  [@kingpengvin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kingpengvin)
#### Post date: [February 13, 2003, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-batmobile/154658/20 "2003-02-13T17:23:59Z")
Sorry maybe the question wasn’t as simple. I was refering only to the actual built and filmed versions of the Batmobile Personall;y I have a soft spot for the 1966 version. If we include the entire gambit of batmobiles I’d take the comic 1972 version.