“Dreams can come true.” It is with these simple words (“Sonhos podem se tornar realidade”, in original version) that the Brazilian football player Neymar presented to his some 232 million followers on the social network Instagram his new little toy: a life-size replica of the famous Batmobile used for Christopher Nolan’s The Dark Knight trilogy.
In a publication containing a succession of photos and videos, the former PSG player appears on the roof of the black car which sits on a track alongside his helicopter and his private jet, also black.
We even see Neymar taking a little ride on a suitable circuit at the wheel of his “tumbler”, the nickname given to the vehicle, which is not authorized to drive on public roads.
A collector of all kinds of cars, a fan of cinema and superheroes, Neymar, who attended the Paris premiere of “The Batman” in 2022 alongside the film’s actors Robert Pattinson and Zoë Kravitz, is realizing a childhood dream by adding this cult object of the 7th art.
A dream that comes at a cost: according to the specialized media Première, the replica “of the famous Batmobile would have cost around 1.3 million pounds (or 1.5 million euros)” and “was transported from the Dream Car Museum near São Paulo to Neymar’s private garage”. “Its construction lasted almost three years, continues the magazine. A team of around fifty specialists worked on the project to produce a version faithful to that seen in Nolan’s films. »
A trifle for Neymar whose personal helicopter would be worth around 14 million dollars (around 12 million euros) and the Dassault Falcon 900LX almost 50 million dollars (around 43 million euros).
The leader of the game, who will celebrate his 34th birthday on February 5, has also just extended his contract with his club FC Santos and has started a race against time to convince Carlo Ancelotti, Brazil coach, to call him up for the 2026 World Cup.
