For the first time Batman was adapted for the screen in 1943. Housewives and husbands who came after work with their children glued to the screen when the show started with the same name -- “Batman.”

Ironic costume brave men now make us smile, as his car too – a Cadillac Series 75 Convertible Sedan.

The heaviest Cadillac had a V-8 engine, the volume of which was 5.7 liters. Power was not prohibitive -- 135-140 hp depending on the version. Batman was given the most powerful, the one that pulled 140 “horses”.

The second time that the popular comic book hero came back on the screen was in 1949. The 15-chapter serial was called “Batman and Robin”.

This time, probably, for the same reason -- low budget, Batman and Bruce Wayne in one person got a production car -- Mercury Convertible by Ford Motor Company. The convertible also did not had the appearance of a supercar, but the producers could not afford individual design refinements.

In the “Batman and Robin” the roof of the Mercury again helped to orient, who is behind the wheel. Only now it was the opposite: the roof was raised -- the vehicle was used as the Batmobile. For the rest, Mercury Convertible – the good old “American” had a huge “eight” under the hood with 4.2 liters.

The end to the serial for the hero put a full-length “Batman”, which was based on the serial show. At this time, there was a task -- to develop a real Batmobile, which would become worthy of the main crime fighter in Gotham. Schedule was tight, given only three weeks to build a supercar, but genius George Barris coped with the task.

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