Here's How Much the Batmobile and Other Famous Cars Would Cost in 2026
Let’s face it: Car shopping isn’t always fun. From the drudgery of dealing with insurance rates to the intimidating high prices to the relative blandness of modern auto design when compared to classic rides of the past, buying a new car in the 2020s isn’t all it’s cracked up to be. Plus, we still haven’t invented the hovercar quite yet.
That’s why it’s fun now and then to browse through cars that, while not attainable, are a lot of fun to daydream about. Specifically, the famous cars from favorite films and TV. They might not be a car you can roll off the lot with, but hey, at least some of these actually do hover.
Here's how much you'd pay for the classic cars of pop culture with their in-universe capabilities at real-world feature pricing.
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The Batmobile
Projected Price: $100 million or more
Military-grade power and armaments, a customized body that’s a mix of hot-rod style with a shocking amount of power (including bombs, machine guns, grappling hooks and one can assume a fairly decent audio system) and an almost priceless amount of cool to acquire: that’s the Batmobile for you. Add to that a jet propulsion engine capable of rooftop jumps and all that advanced weaponry, and, well, you’re looking at a ride that costs more than your average Humvee — not the commercial Hummer, but the military truck, which clocks in at about a quarter-mil these days, going by Quora. Considering that a single modern fighter jet alone costs approximately $80 million, the Batmobile — which organizes multiple military combat systems into a single platform — would likely cost two or even three times that.
The Spinner Hover Car From 'Blade Runner'
Projected Price: $100 million
Still in the market for a hover car? If so, it will definitely cost you.
Utilizing the hover technology of electrical vertical take-off and landing (eVOTL) crafts that currently cost $5 million each, as well as the flight capabilities of helicopters that usually run $10 million a pop and add to that the fact that aerospace program prototypes often cost tens of millions in additional research and development … well, hover car companies would likely have to charge you at least $100 million for a Spinner hover vehicle in order to make a profit.
James Bond's Aston Martin DB
Projected Price: $10 million to $20 million
An Aston Martin DB is rather expensive, with a starting MSRP of approximately $250,000.
The Aston Martin DB driven by superspy James Bond, though? That’s a luxury car with unique customization: bleeding-edge surveillance tech (he is a spy, after all), weapon systems (not quite Batmobile-level, but at least a turret or two and the ability to create oil slicks) and — of course — ejector seats. Folding all of that into a sleek luxury ride without sacrificing the overall design won’t be cheap.
DeLorean (With Flux Capacitor) From 'Back to the Future'
Projected Price: Great Scott — impossible to predict!
In 2026, the average market value for a 1981 DeLorean DMC-12 in 2026 is $70,000. However, the 1981 DeLorean DMC-12 from "Back to the Future" has a crucial add-on: a flux capacitor, which allows the car to break a number of physical, theoretical, chronological and scientific laws (not to mention the speed limit) by achieving time travel when it hits 88 mph.
Currently, there’s no real way to estimate what that would cost in 2026 (even $5 billion particle accelerators like the Large Hadron Collider can’t achieve time travel), especially given that a time machine is a priceless device allowing its driver to change the course of history itself.
The one relief: you can finance it by going back to the dawn of commerce and inventing index funds. The DeLorean pays for itself!
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