AMT 1/25th scale 1989 Batmobile

Tim Burton's live-action films Batman (1989) and Batman Returns (1992) presented a different version of the Batmobile, which reflected those films' Art Deco version of Gotham City. The car was designed by conceptual illustrator Julian Caldow and built by John Evans special effects team at Pinewood Studios in England. The body of the car was sculpted out of foam by Keith Short in collaboration with Eddie Butler and the fiberglass work being done by John Lovell. It was long, low, and sleek, and was built on a Chevrolet Impala chassis. Two cars in total were built for the movie. The back of the Batmobile resembles the back of the Fiat Turbina, which was a gas-turbine concept from the 1950s. 

• Technical specifications
• Length: 260.7 inches (6.62 m)
• Width: 94.4 inches (2.40 m)
• Height: 51.2 inches (1.30 m)
• Wheelbase: 141.0 inches (3.58 m)
• Wheels: Cast alloy, 15 in × 6.5 in
• Tires: High aspect L60-15
• Acceleration: 0–60 mph in 3.7 seconds
• Maximum Top Speed: 330 miles per hour (530 km/h) with jet booster
• Maximum Turn Speed: 45 miles per hour (72 km/h) with grappling hook
• Maximum Jump Distance: 7,270 feet (2,220 m)
• Engine: 10,000 horsepower (7,500 kW) Jet Turbine
• Fuel: High octane; 97% special (gasoline paraffin mixture)
• Torque: 1,750 pound force-feet (2,370 N⋅m) at 98.7% ROS
• Launchers: Side-mounted grappling hook
• Carjack: Central "foot" capable of lifting the car and rotating it 180°.

Features
Spherical bombs could be deployed from its sides. An afterburner[73] was housed in the back. Two M1919 Browning machine guns were hidden behind flaps in each fender. Its grappling hook, once hooked on a structure, serves as an anchor to allow the batmobile to make an extremely sharp turn at high speed that its pursuers typically cannot duplicate. It had super hydraulic for course changes, and a Batdisc ejector (side-mounted) that could fire precisely 15 Batdiscs in the 1-second pulse. Other gadgets included chassis-mounted shinbreakers, oil slick dispensers and smoke emitters. Inside, the two-seat cockpit featured aircraft-like instrumentation, a passenger's side monitor, self-diagnostics system, CD recorder, and voice-command recognition system. In Batman Returns it is shown to have a secondary mode referred to as the "Batmissile", where the wheels would retract inward and the sides of the vehicle would break off, converting the car into a thin bullet train-like form capable of squeezing through tight alleyways. Obviously, this secondary mode would require the car to be reassembled and significantly repaired.

The Batmobile's shields are made of ceramic fractal armor panels. They explode outward when struck by projectiles, deflecting injurious force away from the car and its occupants. If Batman must leave the Batmobile for an extended period of time, he can, through a voice command spoken into a wrist device (specifically, the word "shields"), activate the Batmobile's shielding system. This prevents anyone from tampering with the vehicle while it is left unattended. Bulletproof and fireproof steel armor plates envelop the body and cockpit entirely. While this armor is in place, the vehicle cannot be driven. In Batman the shields were not fully functioning.