Audi R8 5.2 V10 Spyder Caught During Iron Man 2 Filming

Caught filming on the PCH for the upcoming Iron Man sequel, the Audi R8 Spyder's been spied again, this time with the top down and everyone's favorite comic book hero, Tony Stark, at the helm. More »

Iron Man 2 Race Car Spotted On Set

Apparently there's a need for Tony Stark to have a race car in Iron Man 2 and spy shooters have spotted the "Stark Industries" sponsored race car on a recreated Monaco circuit built in California. More »

Speed Racer Sucked, Took In Less Than $20 Million On Opening Weekend

So we hear Speed Racer kind of sucked, which despite our fervent wishes otherwise, we kind of guessed after watching those damned trailers. In fact, depending on which studio numbers you used, came in either in 2nd place or 3rd place this past weekend, behind the juggernaut that is Iron Man and the silly romantic comedy What Happens In Vegas. Anyone care to guess exactly why the movie sucked? Was it the cartoon-ish graphics? Was it Chim-Chim? Was it — gasp — Christina Ricci? Was it the over-priced cost of $160 million to develop the movie — an amount that allowed the Wachowski brothers to spend more time playing and less time directing? [Deadline Hollywood Daily]

Iron Man Producers Gives Audi Happy Ending After Destroying R8s

Having driven both the Audi R8 and the Audi Q7, we have to say that although we enjoy driving both, Iron Man Director and Producer Jon Favreau goes a little over the top talking about these two beautiful babies. Yes indeed folks, the theatrical release of Iron Man is just days away and the marketing machine is kicking into full swing. Since Audi is a major sponsor of the film, we get to see two different videos where the men in charge of the movie blab on about how great the cars are. Well, great for driving, but perhaps not for filming because apparently they couldn't get the Q7 to lock its brakes or do a burnout. Oh — and they couldn't destroy the R8 in the way they'd initially wanted to. Destroy an R8 in a huge conflagration? Not a chance if Audi and their big check have anything to say about it. Only they can do that to the R8. Double video action below the fold, and possible ending or alternate ending spoilers. More »

Iron Man Takes To Flight For The First Time And We Already Know About The Cobra-Destroying Let-Down At The End

We believe we can fly, we believe we can touch the sky. We think about it every night and day, we want to spread our wings and fly away. We believe that like Iron Man, we can soar...and...well, like the man of iron does in this first clip of his first flight in the movie hitting theaters next month, crash the hell back down to earth into a Cobra replica. [via Gizmodo]

Iron Monger Is NOT Iron Man...

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Audi Opens "Iron Man" R8 Micro-Site, Gives Us A Few More Seconds Of Hot Video Action

After the big Super Bowl blitzkrieg, we all kind of knew the media marketing on Iron Man would muscle it's way beyond mere trailers, and it just has. The culprit? Audi, of course. The multi-ringed brand has spent some serious Deutsche-marks to set up a mini-site for the movie that shows off the R8, the rest of the Audi lineup, some historical background on the brand all about the Vorsprung durch Technik and about three whole seconds of all-new footage from the new movie with some Audi hand-job action spliced with it. Whatever. We're still excited about the movie and everyone already knows how excited we already are for the Audi R8. Although we'd prefer they'd have used the "Iron Man Red" Audi R8 V12 TDI Le Mans we saw live in Geneva. Full press release below the jump. More »

Full Iron Man Trailer Debuts, Makes Us Want One of Those Suits

After months of Ironman teaser shots and Ironman Super Bowl commercials and all kinds of other nonsense, the full trailer is now live and it's looking pretty good. Convenient for our Leap Day Celebration, Ironman appears to be able to jump right into the suit with some sort of Jetsons style automatic clothes putter-onner then bound around from explosion to explosion. It also looks like the evil-doers get a hold of... oh, we don't want to be a spoiler - watch it yourself. Be forewarned though, the destruction of the Cobra is explained here so be sure you can stomach it after lunch. [also playing at Gizmodo and io9]

Iron Man Crushes Cobra, We Cry

Poor little Cobra. From what we can tell from this one screen shot found on the official Iron Man web site, the 427 we saw in the teaser shot of the Iron Man Super Bowl commercial — and then in the full commercial itself — doesn't quite make it out of the film in one piece. Ok, so it's probably obviously just a replica (It may be a big-budget flick, but nobody is THAT careless). Either way, we're saddened by the loss. Maybe Iron Man is just placing old supercars on notice, seeing as he does also have that Audi R8. Whatever the reason and despite it more than likely being a kit car, we lament the need to destroy one for the Coliseum crowds coming to watch this comic book cinematic spectacle. (Hat tip to Earl!)

Iron Man Super Bowl Commercial No Longer Just A Tease

Here's the full Iron Man Super Bowl commercial we showed the teaser shot from on Friday in all of it's auto-loving glory. See the Audi R8...just sitting there. See the Saleen S7...just sitting there. See the Cobra...just sitting there. See...umm...the Tesla Roadster...yeah, you get the picture. Well, whatever works for Tony Stark, ya know? Remember to follow along with the rest of our automotive Super Bowl commercial coverage once your done with your fill of Marvel madness.

Audi Releases More Details of Iron Man Product Placement Extravaganza

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Iron Man Trailer Debuts, Features The Tony Stark Audi R8

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Iron Man To Drive Audi R8

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