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This summer, <a href="http://topics.latimes.com/entertainment/people/robert-downey-jr">Robert Downey Jr.'s</a> <a href="http://topics.latimes.com/entertainment/movies/summer-sneaks-2008/iron-man">"Iron Man"</a> alter ego, Tony Stark, drives a sleek Audi R8 sportscar. <a href="http://topics.latimes.com/autos/audi">Audi</a> had signed on to spend big bucks promoting the movie with advertising and a web site -- not to mention lending the production a lot of cars (including two R8s that were wrecked).

Audi in "Iron Man"

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This summer, Robert Downey Jr.'s "Iron Man" alter ego, Tony Stark, drives a sleek Audi R8 sportscar. Audi had signed on to spend big bucks promoting the movie with advertising and a web site -- not to mention lending the production a lot of cars (including two R8s that were wrecked).

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