Comments on: Spied: Robert Downey Jr. (as Tony Stark) drives Audi R8 V10 Spyder in Iron Man II

By: reedfast

reedfast — Sat, 18 Jul 2009 15:48:34 +0000

what happens when they take a turn too sharp and the camera truck crushes the audi and Rob.? that truck would be so fun to mount a turret on the end of that crane arm.

By: reedfast

reedfast — Sat, 18 Jul 2009 15:46:16 +0000

looks great

By: xcatchmyshadowx

xcatchmyshadowx — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 09:43:15 +0000

Audi porn rite here

By: DrFill

DrFill — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 02:31:38 +0000

Didn’t like the first Iron Man
Rob isn’t a leading actor
Good trailer
Bad movie
DrFill

By: A4

A4 — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 23:28:12 +0000

yeah scratchy, thats what they should have done, it almost looks like a GM rebadge job the similarities to the Gallardo are quite obvious from angles like the rear 3/4 views.

By: andy

andy — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 21:32:31 +0000

@pavlindrom: Sammy L is playing nick fury like at the end of the first Iron Man

im liking the look of the drop top a lot more than the original, but this definitely needs the side blades

By: zoomzoomer

zoomzoomer — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 20:14:59 +0000

I miss the sideblade.. with it, the matching dark mirrors might actually look right.

By: scratchy

scratchy — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 19:35:28 +0000

@ zeegone , maybe they will offer a transparent engine cover as an option, would look even better that way.

@ A4 , i’m with you on the sideblades , i think this is how it should look like :
http://www.0-60mag.com/online/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/r8-convertible.jpg

By: beatusmongous

beatusmongous — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 19:10:11 +0000

A4 is right, it just doesn’t look the same (or as good) without the sideblade.

By: KarLoveBoy88

KarLoveBoy88 — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 18:34:58 +0000

Can this car get anymore beautiful or perfect? This is possibly the best looking car in the world right now. Although it is essentially the Gallaro, its executed so much better than the Lambo. Can’t wait until this car is debuted.

By: JakeK66

JakeK66 — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 18:23:52 +0000

Brenda,

from an amatuer photographer like myself, those are pretty amazing for spy photos! You had me fooled, honestly. Kudos to your men/women on the team for the great job, I’m truley impressed.

idrinorbarsaku,

I know they are carbon fiber, but they still look out of place on the mirror housings, unless it’s on a black or dark grey car, I think they should be body colored. On white they just stand out too much. I’, sure they are an option though, so when I order mine I can get them in white (or my exterior color choice of silver) to go with the rest of the car and even if they are standard I can always get them painted. Hypothetically speaking if I run into $180k of course

By: idrinorbarsaku

idrinorbarsaku — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 17:19:04 +0000

Fromes,
you have no clue as to what you are talking about!

By: beatusmongous

beatusmongous — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 17:01:08 +0000

Wow! That jib on the tracker car is a beast!

Samuel Jackson plays Nick Fury, and has been in other Marvel movies, too. He tries to get Tony Stark to take on The Hulk, which may happen later.

By: A4

A4 — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 16:23:54 +0000

This car just isnt the same without a sideblade, they should have made a targa.

By: Rafa LL

Rafa LL — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 16:13:43 +0000

They could differentiate it a lil’ bit more from it’s Italian sister, but it’s obviously good looking.

By: pavlindrom

pavlindrom — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 15:48:11 +0000

Samuel L. Jackson? What for?

By: leftwingagenda

leftwingagenda — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 15:46:51 +0000

the pics are very nice, good camera (and photographer) there…it’s a shame we live in a day and age where images are so freely copied and distributed without giving credit that the copyright has to be plastered right across the subject of the image, though…

By: zeegone

zeegone — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 15:36:03 +0000

Before I post anything, I’ll go ahead and get NMOFGM’s usual comment out of the way for everyone- “Useless piece of junk only a mechanic will ever see because it will never be running, buy GM, they rock, american revolution blah blah blah” Ya we get it.

I am surprised they didn’t keep the glass engine cover over the engine but this car looks incredible! Wow, the coupe looked so good and the shape of it I thought might be hard to turn in to a converible but they certainly pulled it off. They did an awesome job with the shape of the rear cover still (very Gallardo Spyder-ish looking, duh).

By: Fromes

Fromes — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 15:23:22 +0000

humm…now I say this with the understanding that the R8 is based on the Gallardo…but judging by the side profile of the car and the back 3/4 view I would say that this is a very, very early prototype…the side of the car looks almost exactly like that of a LP560-4, maybe just a LP560-4 with different facias? could be they are only shooting this car from the front

By: Brenda Priddy and Co.

Brenda Priddy and Co. — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 14:42:56 +0000

JakeK66 – They’re real (spy photos!)!!! Half of the traffic lanes were open and these were shot from a passing truck by one of my regular photographers. They rank in my top 5 all-time favorites of spy pix. Cool, aren’t they?

By: idrinorbarsaku

idrinorbarsaku — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 14:34:18 +0000

Jake,
it’s actually carbon fiber! I’ll take carbon fiber over anything with paint on it!

By: West Ryder Lunatic

West Ryder Lunatic — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 14:28:40 +0000

Love the exhausts, infact the bag in general is excellent.

By: JakeK66

JakeK66 — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 14:24:57 +0000

These are real “spy” photos? I think these are purposely leaked by Audi and the makers of Iran Man to boost some interest. They look professionaly done and from a variety of angles…

Ont he R8 – what’s up with those black mirror housings? They should always match the paint scheme IMO or they look like they belong on an Accord DX.

By: idrinorbarsaku

idrinorbarsaku — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 13:49:24 +0000

I can’t wait to see this movie! This r8 looks pretty good, especially from the rear with its engine bay air scoop/vent thing! I would not mind having this…when money comes to me…in about 12 years!

By: johnnycanuck

johnnycanuck — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 13:42:34 +0000

Hairy Twatter be damned. Now this is a movie I want to see.

By: Borat

Borat — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 13:37:20 +0000

Car is appropriately white, but rear view mirror is 90 degrees wrong.

By: carbonsigma

carbonsigma — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 13:34:14 +0000

That engine cover is a bit cool.

By: Fletch

Fletch — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 12:50:54 +0000

Is he drunk?

By: 05Z88Path

05Z88Path — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 12:44:26 +0000

lol…that prop/scale model looks ridiculous sticking out of the car like that.

By: ricky_b

ricky_b — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 12:16:25 +0000

I though the hard top was a nice car. I’d take this over an Italian supercar.

By: scratchy

scratchy — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 12:14:10 +0000

is that F1 racer an Audi too ?

By: AutoCritical

AutoCritical — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 12:11:17 +0000

Awesome.. When will they get the photos of him in the F1-style racer? (!!)

What a great movie!

By: bimmer_mann_18

bimmer_mann_18 — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 11:17:08 +0000

This should be interesting