It was last month that we first brought you news of an American man who created the world’s only turbine-engined Batmobile replica (read news). It’s an amazing piece of engineering but is entirely impractical and exists only to help play out the boyhood fantasies of its owner and creator Casey Putsch. But now, Putsch has gone tired of this pricey toy and has put it up for sale on eBay Motors.

The Batmobile has a shape made famous by the earlier Keaton-era Batman movies and is powered by the same Boeing turboshaft engine found in the likes of a U.S Navy drone helicopter. The price tag is a very heavy $620,000 USD, that’s a lot of money to play dress ups. (more…)

What is it about the Batmobile? No other TV/movie car seems to make men go to such extraordinary lengths to recreate one for themselves.

Sure, having a real-life Batmobile parked in your driveway would be pretty sweet, but the reality may not live up to expectation. Most Batmobile replicas ride on a rough junkyard chassis and are powered by a rusty old GM-sourced 350 V8. It’s hard to emulate the Caped Crusader when there’s black smoke spewing out the back of your ride and you have to stop every 3km because the cabin overheats and you skimped on the air-con.

But not all try-hard Batmans are created equal. A man by the name of Casey Putsch decided he wanted a Batmobile to call his own, but he wasn’t ready to settle for anything second-rate, he wanted the real deal. Much like Bruce Wayne, Mr Putsch has the hard cash needed for the job, mainly because he’s the owner of Putsch Racing, an outfit that restores and builds all sorts of automotive machinery. To make his replica unique, Putsch has built what he claims is the only turbine-powered Batmobile in the world. (more…)