Iron Man and his Iron Cars!

By Jasmine

Hey all, in honor of the awesome new Iron Man 3 trailer  and the awesome new Audi R8, I wanted to take a look back at the Audi R8 which starred in the last film, Iron Man 2.

      In the superhero movie “Iron Man 2”, starring Robert Downey as Tony Stark, he drives his Audi R8 Spyder in a couple of scenes which has helped brought attention to the growing luxury brand, Audi.  The name R8 derived from Audi’s racecar that has brought many victories in the 24 hours Le Mans.  By using what Audi calls as “Aluminum Space Frame”, the car R8 is known to have a lightweight chassis that allows a more sports orientated driving pleasure for the driver.  Furthermore, with Audi’s renown Quattro, intelligent all wheel drive system and a rear mounted engine, the car’s handling characteristics is superb around the bends and high speed driving.  I personally love the looks of the car due to its sleek and elegant design that does not compromise with the sportiness of the car.  Audi’s design with the LED headlamps incorporated in their recent lineup of cars also catches my attention because the bright white lamps inside the headlight makes the car look very innovative and future like.  Upon the back, paired with either the V8 engine with 420 horsepower or the V10 engine with 532 horsepower makes the car a masterpiece.  From 0-100 km/h, the car only takes 4.6 seconds for the V8 and 3.9 for the V10, greatly helped by the all wheel drive system and dual clutch transmission that helps with shifting and launching of the car.