This 1989 Batmobile has a 5.7-litre V8 and actually works

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Driving a Batmobile is the stuff of dreams as a kid, and Mike is getting to slide behind the wheel of one of the coolest ever seen on film - a replica of the 1989 Tim Burton/Michael Keaton Batmobile. It's not quite the original jet turbine car, but a hefty Chevy V8 should do the trick!
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[@DjHixxie]

Old Austin mini handbrake?

[@emboop2346]

If only we could get cpt slow in the turbine one for a top speed run...sigh..

[@butterbeen2847]

Paid advertisment legaly should be disclosed. We see you

[@CricketEngland]

Sorry but their is only one true batmobile and it was driven by Adam West

[@mattmarshall747]

Morris Marina handbrake?

[@taws666]

Handbrake lever is from a series 2 land rover it was attached to the drivers seat bucket and had that oval bolted leather boot. Just like that one.. My wife had a S2 landy..that's how I know👍

[@deanishere7237]

bet she enjoyed sitting on that...

[@JuliusBriggs]

@@deanishere7237 just as much as you instantly liking your own comments I imagine

[@FrankB1110]

That's the one

[@Kmobful]

@@JuliusBriggs XD

[@stuartstretton6894]

Had them on early mini too 😁

[@Squinoogle]

This is the original Batmobile for me, it departed from the original series Batmobile and was truely a character in its own right. The outlandish designs from the later mobies were pale imitations and never had that same spirit. The Tumbler is a completely different animal, just like everything else in the Chistopher Nolan movies, and I'd hold it up right beside this one as the true embodyment of the spirit of the Batmobile. That said, this Batmobile has a special place in my heart, right beside the Ecto-1, and Kitt... and probably a few others I'm forgetting.

[@AnujeetChatterjee]

A bald man with a Bat Mobile talking about Testicular Cancer. How lit is that 🔥

[@mv1509]

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[@lovrospacal245]

4:22 i am putting this as a ring for my messages

[@zakashi4206]

😂😂🤣

[@mv1509]

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[@jameskehoe1442]

*Jeremy Clarkson after watching New Top Gear:* “Never rub another mans rhubarb!”

[@d.m.e.b.m.f7649]

Great reference.

[@HowIsTheCraic]

SALMON

[@mv1509]

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[@evil_me]

I still like the turbine powered version Casey Putsch built! 😎

[@brianspenst1374]

You beat me to this comment. Too bad Casey's has gone into hiding for a while.

[@jus__gra]

Can’t beat Caseys build though. Can remember watching the episode driving on the highway, mad!

[@nitroustommy3668]

Casey's blows this away by far.

[@HAMMER8181]

Bingo

[@forresttm]

I came here to say just this 🤣🤣🤣

[@Yo_DynamoJoe]

You're right, no such thing as a 5'10" Batman- because Michael Keaton is 5'9"!

[@Bulldog1878]

HAAAAA Mike wishes he was 5'10". He's 5'7" at best

[@imnotamechanic3491]

@@Bulldog1878 I think he is more than 1" taller than Hammond, although not sure where you get the idea that a short car enthusiast would wish they were taller (lots of very nice older cars are not tall-person friendly!)

[@michaelkeaton5394]

I know your address, don't move

[@AsbestosMuffins]

personally I always loved the batmobile from Batman The Animated Series, its very similar to this one but maybe more realized being like a 30 foot long absolute beast of a car that bruce wayne had personally built for him by one singular engineer

[@sickpup820]

The shields on the 1989 one inspired the Animated Series look.

[@GAZZAMASTA]

Looks like an Allegro handbrake. A lot of people say Mini, but can remember my dads Allegro having that kind.

[@TerribleUsernameAmirite]

British Leyland parts bin perhaps?

[@GAZZAMASTA]

@@TerribleUsernameAmirite Hah! Yeah, sounds about right 👍

[@wharris302]

Probably because the mini came before the allegro? therefore a mini part?

[@ChristianMilesOnLine]

I recall my dads Allegro having that handbrake!

[@eddierose0608]

Best batmobile as far as I'm concerned. Epic machine, love the sound of the engine!

[@Roy_Boy4.1]

I grew up to the 1989 Batman movie and it's sequel respectfully. And ever since then, this has been my favorite of all Batmobile's. Oh man some people just have all the fun. If I had even a replica, I could live and die happier ever after.

[@jeanlongsden1696]

there was only 1 Batmobile when I was a kid and that was the Lincoln Futura.

[@No11Scalpel]

@@danletts1699 Dude you made my day ....

[@martinda7446]

True, absolutely true...Who are these pretenders? 😺

[@GameOverMan76]

@@danletts1699 Spam

[@isaacsrandomvideos667]

Exactly Gorgeous

[@spudgunn8695]

That handbrake looks like the one on one of my Dad's old Austin Maxi's. Or my godfathers Allegro. Definitely looks BL!

[@hobbie100]

my uncle has one on an MGB

[@showtim3]

MICHEAL KEATON: IM BATMAN! SHOWTIME: HOLD MY BEER

[@m.j.mahoney8905]

That handbrake looks like the one on my mum's Mini Clubman from the '80s.

[@mainlyminis5426]

looks like a mini to me

[@DjHixxie]

Im sure its old mini too

[@mikecribdon152]

My Dad's Austin 1100 had one like that.

[@mattprinn]

Yeah it’s Mini...or Morris Marina or Austin Allegro; anything that used the BL parts bin around that time basically👀😂

[@Leamick]

Definitely BL. Was thinking Marina

[@jimlawnjr]

Would have to go Adam West Bat Mobile for Me . That is a cool Car .

[@charleigh195]

You mentioned every bat mobile but the best one ,and that’s the original ADAM WEST one from the 60s.

[@Ravenholm337]

The 1955 Ford Futura concept is the best.

[@thetreblerebel]

Micheal Keaton's Batman is by no means "underrated"! It's considered to be the best one if you were there in 1989

[@martindalby3941]

That just IS the bat mobile. My favourite batmobile out of any of them.

[@zanemurcha9742]

I watched the 1989 Batman just two days ago. It was my first taste of Batman when I was only 10.

[@aarjaycee3601]

that handbrake lever looks REMARKABLY like the one that was in my 1963 Austin Mini 850 when I owned it in 1978

[@MaskofFayt]

I'm so confused by how you think people think more fondly of the Joel Schumacher movies than the Tim Burton movies

[@aslefjeldstad]

V8, that’s cute. Casey Putsch is the one who has the actually turbine powered one. Seriously though, as someone who has had testicular cancer, the attention is appreciated :)

[@forcedinduction_drive1975]

Somethin ain't right with that Putsch boy!

[@LapoftheWorld]

No other Batmobile replica comes close to what Casey managed (if you can even call it a replica as it's arguably more authentic than the actual movie prop).

[@muddytruck3395]

Ngl, i think i like Casey Putsch's turbine powered one better. Still though it takes a lot of dedication to build a replica like this.

[@harryshort2281]

The editor really needs to stop cutting between shots, have a look at examples of track driving from top gear from the last 20 years, its just a bit off putting otherwise, I believe you can do it

[@RottnRobbie]

We want to watch *THE CAR*, not you. Voicover is OK, but you could show us the car while you talk. Or at least I hope you have the ability... I notice that you didn't get spendy enough to bother with a tripod at the track 😩

[@Simmo_Cars]

Now that is incredible

[@TheHighestGodisGood]

This is the coolest car ever made, above all others.

[@NoName-rf2us]

I've seen one in Sydney, the guy who made it said that he used some of the original parts, I think the back wings was from the actual movie. It was amazing to see this thing in real life.

[@Levi_Amongst_the_Watchers]

I've got a picture of me sitting in that car. It was taken at a car show back in 2001 or 2002, I can't remember. It's an incredibly tight fit to get into.

[@Levi_Amongst_the_Watchers]

@Bugatti Chiron Supersport Probably but just barely. I was 6 foot 2 inches tall and 220lbs back then and now I'm 6 foot 3 inches tall and 236lbs so I could probably cram myself in there. In all honesty I have trouble getting in most small cars, lol.

[@Levi_Amongst_the_Watchers]

@Bugatti Chiron Supersport Lol.

[@sonnybill8271]

Best Edition of the Batmobile EVER!

[@CyberBlaed]

Same one we have here in melbourne Australia, dude built it 15 years ago. :) drives on our roads too.

[@TheTechGameish]

Looks like you are living the dream not just driving a bat mobile but your job too and happy to say I’m jealous

[@Uvall127a]

I might be wrong but we had a 72 ' mini clubman the handbrake looks very similar?

[@codebus]

The handbrake is from the 89 Batmobile

[@Robi.Robinio]

@@codebus technically the truth

[@mexibobor]

@@codebus alright pack it boys the question was answered

[@michaeldamore8979]

This was my childhood Batmobile!

[@cyrusthegreat3553]

Some dude made one with an actual gas turbine engine. His name is Casey Putsch if I'm not wrong.

[@brianspenst1374]

Yes it is Casey.

[@amanwholikescars]

He states this fact in the video at 2:15

[@ashleyhamman]

@@amanwholikescars The point is that the guy he's referencing is also an automotive youtuber so maybe it would have bee nice to at least say the name and mention that fact. It's not absolutely necessary, but it does seem like it would be more curteous to show people where they can find that.

[@r.m.l2665]

The editor needs to get the sack stop cutting every time the car picks up speed ffs

[@impact0r]

380HP out of 5.8 V8. American engineering is amazing.

[@HartyBiker]

"How do they get so little horsepower out of a vee eight modurrr?"

[@johnbeech1689]

did you leave the hand break on at the start of the drive

[@zeke7515]

I saw one of these outside Detroit in a town called Livonia just driving around. It turned my head so hard while riding my motorcycle I nearly crashed. 10/10 Would turn head again.

[@dyent]

Casey Putsch (A youtuber) actually has a jet engine powered one. This seems tame by comparison.

[@mmuussiiccmmaann69]

My favorite with the Tumbler, this survitamined humvee mixed with a rebound, remember that RC car from the 90’? The Tumbler is legendary, like the movies ! But the 89’ batmobile is a rolling sculpture 🤩

[@CertifiedSlamboy]

This is THE batmobile in my head

[@mikeyoung4858]

The George Barris Batmobile was/is the best!

[@jonnycando]

By far!

[@imnotamechanic3491]

I remember seeing the real one in the Stars of the Cars Museum when I was a kid, I'm pretty sure it was this incarnation - such an amazing museum with such memorable cars.

[@vibingwithvinyl]

I was 12 when this movie came out, so this is _the_ Batmobile for me. Those Keaton movies are also the true modern Batman movies for me.

[@tylerwood8710]

This is amazing LoL I laughed for the majority of the video. The absurdity is... wow. Unreal.

[@paulkeeley3048]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/pqKQgqZjo5uJm80 :)

[@SilverScarletSpider]

Surprised that the hard points of this car works so well. I wonder if a C7 Corvette or C8 Corvette would make a better base car

[@heathen-greaser]

Gota admit I slightly jealous that you got to drive that 😮 my favourite Batmobile and Michael Keaton was definitely my favourite Batman by far

[@wanderer1857]

I thought they were going to raffle off the bat-mobile for cancer. Would definitely buy that ticket.

[@Badbhoys]

Its so slick

[@rebeccaschade3987]

It's so weird to hear people say "an underrated Batman" about the Burton movies. Burton's Batman set a new standard for superhero movies. It was, for a very long time, seen as the gold standard for Batman. And as a movie, it still holds up to this day. The visual design especially is some of the best ever, and last time I checked, it was still fairly widely accepted as such, and not just my personal opinion. And all of a sudden, Burton's Batman is considered as underrated? Perhaps forgotten, because a lot of Batman fans today weren't born when that movie came out, and many young people aren't interested in seeing movies that are older than themselves, but I still think among those who were alive when the Burton movies came out, this is considered to be the ultimate Batmobile.

[@aubs400]

I dunno about young people not watching older films- a lot of us are very open minded, especially the geekier kind.

[@creativeearthian1702]

By far the best batmobile version

[@xJustviewingx]

hand brake from a austin mini from the 80's

[@churblefurbles]

reminded me to look, its out in 4k, awesome!

[@xGORJAx]

What a great idea. A feature perfect for The Grand Tour. The iconic Movie and TV car shootout. I'd imagine Hammond turning up in the General Lee, Clarkson in the original Batmobile and May in Chitty Chitty Bang Bang! Lol

[@vegadanial7240]

sign this guy already as a presenter, top gear

[@thequesomanishere]

Now you gotta come to the states and drive Casey Putsch's for the real experience. Gas turbine engines are cooler than 350s lol and I say that as a lifetime Chevy guy.

[@hrs7910]

I‘ve got that handbrake handle in my 1971 Reliant Bug 750 ES. Which does not mean a lot because those things were build from whatever they found in the scrap yard that day.

[@maxxedredlineproductions]

Awesome!

[@paulkeeley3048]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/pqKQgqZjo5uJm80 :)

[@Matt7895]

Guys, the Batmobile's outside! The Batmobile's outside, you guys!

[@anydaynow01]

This was my first Batmobile but the one from Batman Returns was my favorite! The Tumbler wasn't bad also.

[@mickey1175]

I’d buy it in a heartbeat.🤩

[@deanishere7237]

"THAT SORT OF PERSON" lol

[@tomfurie2996]

This is probably the best Batmobile, in the UK. He probably has one in every major country.

[@Sem5626]

got the lego kit for this car... its so much fun to build easily the best looking batmobile ever made

[@Murfitizer26]

We all have seen the actual turbine powered car from the guy on VINwiki right

[@ervinm.5065]

I would just drive it around town with a Batman costume on. I'd do groceries with it

[@nickturner2813]

The handbrake is from a Wartburg 353 pickup.

[@DavidsD00MedReport]

Maybe I shouldn't be throwing money at my phone at the Doctor's waiting room?!!

[@otisdriftwood3829]

The 1989 Batmobile was always the best looking IMO, it has an old timey Trans-Atlantic feel which makes it perfect. Again it needs an engine from an RX-7

[@isaacsrandomvideos667]

Probably too heavy though. Rotaries aren’t known for torque

[@coltondoescars]

I love the irony of the fact that he says, "I suppose there's no such thing as a 5'10 batman." when Michael Keaton, who played batman in the movies this car came from was only 5'9.

[@f0rzen]

What is the handbrake from? I need to find out now

[@Ellis007Bond]

A lot of people are saying its from an austin mini or austin allegro.

[@ClellBiggs]

I've driven one of these in VR that I modded into GTA V. It's nearly impossible to see over the hood. Literally all you can see is the bulge for the turbine. I still think this is the best Batmobile.

[@chrisfoster9080]

Adam West's car is the best. Adam West is, was and will always be batman.

[@matthijs.tieleman]

You know it’s a car video on KZbin if it has a Manscaped, Keeps, OMaze or random videogame promotion😂.

[@svanimir666]

The best batmobile

[@knytrydr73]

The Keaton Batmobile is definitely my favorite.

[@tedh7521]

The original George Barris creation batmobie is the definitive one!

[@TR-ce8wt]

Best batmobile from all

[@conorplaythonosb2194]

That in my eyes is the best Batmobile in any of the Batman films.

[@jamesbarisitz4794]

Das Sled. Definitely a vehicle for a die hard Batman fan. The rustic head liner looks like a fiberglass head grater. ✌

[@djonfonsteen6331]

1. Catwoman was beautiful and probably the best ride.. 2. Was the original car, only because, I had a toy one as a kid. In 3rd place is the dark night vehicle.. the military looking one!!

[@ubaibhuiyan1222]

batman 1989, batman animated series and batman forever. the batmobiles from these 3 are the best imo

[@TheBeatlesShow]

Now I want to see you fight crime with that car.

[@thatguyisthisguy]

This is THE Batmobile.

[@theJellyjoker]

Oh yeah, the Burtonmobile!

[@shazboz]

the 1989 batmobile is easily the best

[@DarkShroom]

it has rocket power, a personal shield system, it's black.... but at the time what really impressed me was it had a CD player

[@gusty9053]

The TAS version looks best for me :)

[@EmanASMR]

There is a Swedish guy called Leif Garvin who also built a extremely cool replica. He also has a Tumbler, Eleanor and some other cool cars.

[@CuoreSportivo]

casey putsch version is mentioned a few times because it has an actual turbine engine and retractable weapons :)

[@royalbloodedledgend]

My dream car

[@FrankB1110]

I would give a LOT to be able to have one of these and surprise kids

[@Birmingham_racing]

If I ever win the lottery I'm getting one built

[@bobcricket4873]

Austin Morris 1300 handbrake (google that car interior), my aunt had one. Given how many on here know this lever type, a firm must have been producing for BL, Austin and Morris.

[@SirSnails417]

Casey Putsch made the best replica. He runs Genius Garage

[@Jordanball-ib3iw]

1989 bat mobile is my favorite

[@braxtonwitteveen8677]

It sounds like many lawnmowers running together

[@JaronActual]

So, what does "based on a 1965 Mustang" mean? Is this a kit that just used the Mustang frame dimensions and wheelbase, or did they an actual Mustang for it? If the latter, I don't think even turning it into a Batmobile will save the owner from the Petrol Gods' karmic wrath of dropping a *Chevy* engine into *1965 Mustang.*