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An Audi for the film heroes: Iron Man goes R8 Spyder


Film heroes like to drive spectacular cars: whether James Bond's Aston Martin, Knight Rider KITT with the or Magnum in the Ferrari - they are all traveling in fast cars. Also Iron Man is in his second movie adventure with a spectacular car on the hunt for the bad guys - with an Audi R8 Spyder.

R8 Spyder and many Hollywood stars
On the world premiere of "Iron Man 2" in Los Angeles drove actor Robert Downey Jr., who represents the hero in the film strip, befitting an open front with R8. In addition to the 313 km / h fast two-seater as well as tons of other stars on the red carpet were on display. Director Jon Favreau was accompanied among others by the Hollywood stars Gwyneth Paltrow, Scarlett Johansson, Mickey Rourke, Don Cheadle, Sam Rockwell and Samuel L. Jackson, who have also taken roles in the film.

For the second time an R8
Surely it is no coincidence that the film start from Iron Man 2, 6 May 2010 shortly after the market launch of the R8 open additional attention on the 525-hp mid-engine sports guides. In the first part of the comic book movie of 2008 was Tony Stark, as Iron Man is, in his "normal" life, the way in an R8 on the road, but then closed in the variant.

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