10 Secrets Of The Batmobile Explained

2. The Tumbler

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Batman had previously had a Batmobile or two that were bulkier beasts (here's looking at you, Frank Miller's Bats), but the Tumbler felt so fresh and unique when it surfaced for the first time in 2005's Batman Begins.

In terms of its real-life creation, production designer Nathan Crowley worked with Nolan to develop what was a mish-mash of a Humvee and a Lamborghini. Quite the mix, right?

Considering how seamless CGI can look these days, and considering some of the insane things done by the Tumbler on the silver screen, it's a tad surprising to realise that every single Tumbler scene was done with a genuine, physical vehicle rather than assisted by any sort of computer generated shenanigans.

Even after filming wrapped on Nolan's trio of Bat-flicks, the four running Tumblers were regularly taken out of storage every two or three weeks to keep the engine ticking over and make sure that these behemoths were still running A-OK.

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