The Most Famous Concept Car

While everyone growing up has seen the show and wish they could own it, not many realized that the Bat Mobile was actually the 1955 Lincoln Futura Concept car. Built in only three months, the Futura was shown at various showrooms in 1955 but never gained in popularity as it was deemed to excessive for the time period.

Years later the car ended up in the hands of George Barris who happened to be hired to come up with the design for vehicle to be used in a new television show called Batman. With only three weeks to design before the filming began, Barris turned to Futura Concept car for inspiration. With only a few changes here and there to add bat signs, the Futura went on to be one of the most popular concept cars ever to be built.

Some of the cutting edge features of the day built into this concept car was a built in compass into the dashboard to help the driver know the direction they were heading, warning lights for fuel, battery, temperature and high beam indicator. While almost every feature seems common or even out dated to day, makes you wonder what concept cars fifty years from now will have in them.