New Iron Man 2 trailer is up! Marvel Universe inhabitants, unite! Gotta’ love the Man’s love for Audi’s. Very un-BMW like. Eat you heart out, bimmerphile!

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And the Audi-BMW war continues. BMW brings it down to the grassroots level – a classroom filled with graders. You’ll have to watch the video to the end though, ‘cause that’s where BMW gets ass kicking in full swing. I’m sure you’ll agree that sourgraping is just too obvious. Especially after Audi just finished bragging about their three-peat Car and Driver comparisons. What do you think?

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Here’s something even marketing professionals just can’t ignore – a good old Ferrari up for grabs.

For $115,000, you get to own this mint-condition 1985 512 Berlinetta Boxer. Nevermind if its engine isn’t a flat 12 with which the original BB debuted with. For the money, you get a 180-degree V12 whose song calls upon the heavens above and the hells below.

If you had this baby, would you park it in your own living room and gawk at its sexy lines all day? Or would you rather drive around town and be cooler than Steve McQueen?

Both ideas sound good, but we’d rather be out driving it like it was supposed to – like hell.

Of course, we’d still be pampering it with all the love money can’t buy.

What do you think?

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This is stepping over the line. It’s just too (how do I put it)… unnecessary.

Sure, six gears are just sweet for high speed cruising. Seven is overkill, even for luxury cars, while eight is just too damn much.

How many gears do you need to get from point A to point B?

Yes, you may get some boost in fuel economy, but what about the ‘oomph’? Having too many gears just gives you too little rpm range for engine braking, something that is completely necessary if you’re planning on crossing the 200mph mark.

Unless you’re a lightning-fast shifter, the time it will take to downshift from 8^th to 2^nd gear just in time to avoid hurtling off a corner will have gotten you in the hospital by then.

Even double clutches can’t shift as fast. Even if they were to become capable in the near future, it’s just a waste of energy.

It also gives more ‘free-wheeling’ time to leave you helpless in high speed cornering, a big NO-NO for hooners.

Well, all of this is from a performance perspective. Still, eight gears will surely do wonders of squeezing more miles out of each gallon.

Keep up the good work, Audi. You’re amazing.

Source: Autoblog