Tim Burton Model

Tim Burton re-invented the Batmobile with this model. Inspired by a Harrier Jump Jet, with rear lights from a Ferrari, and headlamps from a Honda Civic. It was armed with two Browning machine guns and a grappling gun.

Tim Burton: "It made us kind of laugh, because it was tough, but it was kind a perverse, it had a weird quality to it that I can't quite put my finger on."

Joel Schumacher Model

In 1995 Joel Schumacher gave the Batmobile a campy makeover that went well with the movie's campy style. Fans of the franchise rejected both the car and the movie, and the superhero hung dormant for a decade.

Joel Schumacher: (Could not be reached for comment.)

Christopher Nolan Model

In 2005 Christopher Nolan radically changed the Batmobile with the "Tumbler," which fused a Lamborghini and a Humvee.

Christopher Nolan: "I wanted to rethink the Batmobile. It's a key component of Batman's arsenal which is a more grounded reality in which we're trying to base this story."

Batpod

For The Dark Knight, Nolan didn't change the Tumbler, but created even more excitement with the Batpod.

Christopher Nolan: "I decided very early on that I wanted to do a 2-wheeled vehicle, not exactly a motorbike, it was more the idea of having sort of an anti-aircraft gun on wheels that was sort of the jumping off point for it."

Batpod trivia: There's only one stuntman in the world who was able to drive the Batpod, 44 year-old Frenchman Jean-Pierre Goy. He had to lean his upper body forward, almost horizontally, and steer with his elbows.