The Batmobile used in "Batman Begins" is an icon for the movie and acts like a giant rolling advertisement for the film. The Batmobile is real. Every single time you see the Batmobile in the movie, you are seeing a real, physical object, not a computer-generated graphic.

In a behind-the-scenes documentary about the making of "The Dark Knight" trilogy, Nolan confessed he was originally not going to include the iconic vehicle. "I couldn't conceive of any way, at that stage, to get the Batmobile into the film," the filmmaker said.

Production designer Anton Furst felt that the Batmobile was “a pure piece of expressionism,” whereas the militaristic Batmobiles of the Christopher Nolan and Zack Snyder eras were rooted in realism. The “tumbler” introduced in Batman Begins was a tank prototype, and Ben Affleck’s Batmobile continued the trend with a repurposed military vehicle.