batmobile

Did you miss last weekend's Megaspeed custom car and truck show in Toronto? If you were unable to attend or just looking for some big ticket highlights from the huge annual car show, we got it covered. Our team stopped by Megaspeed 2013 to meet this year's headliner's in person, including Batman ...

All around Ontario, Quebec and even across the border, many custom car enthusiasts flock to the MegaSpeed show in Toronto to mark to official kickoff to the driving season. Rides that have been stored away for months protected from the snow, are finally unveiled, waxed up and shipped off to the ...

A federal judge has ruled that Batmobile replicas built by Mark Towle, of Gotham Garage, do, in fact, infringe on copyrights and trademarks held by Warner Bros. Towle's attorney, Larry Zerner, argued that US copyright law doesn't allow "useful articles" to be copyrighted. Zerner, in court ...

If you're still upset that you missed out on bringing home the US$4.62 million 1966 Barris Batmobile, the internet may just have your redemption. Technically, the car created for the TV show wasn't the Caped Crusader's first ride. In the early '60s, All Star Dairies commissioned this machine to ...

As jam-packed with excitement as Barrett-Jackson was in Scottsdale, AZ this past weekend, there is no doubt that the sale of the original 1966 Batmobile stole the show. As the car crawled towards the auction block the audience was already building into a bidding frenzy. With so many people ...

Even those unfamiliar with the world of collector car auctions have at one time or another heard the name Barrett-Jackson. From its humble beginnings back in Scottsdale Arizona in 1971, Barrett-Jackson has grown into a household name with 4 week-long televised auctions running throughout the year ...

While George Barris is preparing to sell his original 1966 Batmobile at the upcoming Barrett-Jackson auction in Scottsdale, another custom builder is attempting to stave off a copyright lawsuit. Mark Towle has been building Batmobile replicas through his business, Gotham Garage, for years, and ...

The original 1966 Batmobile is headed to auction in Scottsdale, AZ on January 19, and we hopped down to Barris Kustoms in North Hollywood before the car left for good. George Barris has owned this particular car since 1965 when he bought it from Ford for the princely sum of $1. While it started ...

We've seen a handful of clever Lego interpretations of the Tumbler from Batman, but this one takes the cake. Not only is it remote controlled, but it also packs in all of the features we love from the movie-going machine. The builder specifically engineered the front suspension and steering ...

Holy celebrity auction, Batman! The one and only original Batmobile, constructed by celebrity customizer George Barris, is slated to go up for auction at the Barret-Jackson auction in Scottsdale, AZ, on January 19, 2013. While a great many replicas and copies of the Batmobile have been bought ...