15 Coolest Concept Cars Ever Made

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10. Lincoln Futura

If that Lincoln Futura looks familiar, that’s because a modified version of it was used to create the Batmobile for the 1960’s Batman TV show. Built in Italy in 1954, the Futura was painted pearl white and displayed at the Chicago auto show in 1955. It was featured in the 1959 film It Started With a Kiss, but was painted red for the film. Later when 20th Century Fox needed a Batmobile for the TV series in 1966, the Futura was given a modified front end, more open wheel wells, and reshaped rear wings. They gave it a black and orange paint job and the Batmobile was born. Ever since then the vehicle has been the Batmobile. Originally costing $250,000 to build, the Futura sold for $4.6 million dollars at auction in 2013.