At some point, everyone’s imagined being a superhero. And if you’re doing it properly, that fantasy always includes the car. For Batman, that car was the 1989 Batmobile: the brutal, jet-powered machine designed by Robert Lattin for Tim Burton’s films. These original blueprints pull back the curtain on what made that Batmobile so memorable.
The drawings reveal the Batmobile’s inner layout in surprising detail, from its blast-resistant windshield to the jet engine, rear thrusters, and weaponry tucked into the bodywork. It’s less about practicality and more about theatrical excess…exactly what made the car feel larger than life on screen.
While the blueprints won’t let you build a full-scale Batmobile in your garage, they do show proportions, components, and design intent in a way the films only hinted at. Fans will recognize similar drawings hanging in the Batcave across multiple Batman movies, usually shown briefly and never explained.
These blueprints aren’t instructions. They’re artifacts. A snapshot of an era when movie cars were designed like characters, not accessories. Framed, they make sense as wall art for anyone who grew up on Burton’s darker take on Gotham, or anyone who appreciates automotive design at its most unapologetically dramatic. You may not end up with a Batmobile. But this is about as close as most of us will ever get. And honestly, that’s enough.
