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Holy Auction Prices! Batman’s Batmobile sells for $4.2 million

The Batmobile from the 1960s Batman TV series, starring Adam West and Burt Ward, has sold for $4.2 million at auction. For those of us of a certain age, the Batmobile from the original Batman TV series of the 1960s is the only Batmobile, and probably the first time we saw a car being the star of a TV show. Starring Adam West and Burt Ward, the Batman TV series was tongue in cheek and full of on-screen graphics like POW, WHAM and THWACK as Batman and Robin took on the bad guys.

Video: Allan McNish HUGE Le Mans Accident in Audi R18 TDi

Allan McNish's Audi R18 TDI shatters Motor Racing is a dangerous game. Not as dangerous as it should be according to Stirling Moss, but dangerous enough by any sane standards. But safety has improved enormously in recent years, particularly with the adoption of carbon fibre tubs, something Allan McNish will be thanking his lucky stars for this afternoon.

Aventador Sold Out. Will that mean cheap Gallardos?

Lamborghini Aventador LP700-4 - sold out for 2011 With production of the Lamborghini Aventador LP700-4 likely to run at no more than about 1,000 cars this year, it’s not the biggest shock in the world that we’re hearing every single LP700-4 slot for 2011 is already sold out. Whatever way you look at it, the LP700-4 does offer a remarkable set of performance stats, all wrapped up in a typically Lambo-esque body. It even gets a carbon fibre tub – long the preserve of the real high-end hypercars – and 0-60mph times that will spank the Huayra and have the Veyron looking over its shoulder.