If Transforms is all about GM products, the Avengers movie universe seems to be infatuated with Audis. The brand with four rings began being associated with heroes when the R8 appeared in Iron Man, way back in 2008. Now its little brother, the TT, is ready for some action.
Audi Germany recently shared details about a special Avengers comic that features the TTS coupe in gray and roadster brother in bring red. It appears to be a commission, not part of a comic book series, but it shows that cars play a big role in the superhero world.
The short series is called "Two For The Road" and shows the Avengers fighting Taskmaster, a fictional supervillain with has an army of robots at his disposal, terrorizing the weak and innocent.
Audi's tribute comic is written by Marc Sumerak, a freelancer from Ohio, who seems to have done a number crime-fighting youth comics.
The TTS is a 310 horsepower 2-door, based on the same platform as the Volkswagen Golf and Audi A3. It's the lightest car underpinned the MQB and currently the second fastest after the RS3 hot hatch. When launch control is engaged, it's said to reach 100 km/h in only 4.6 seconds, thanks to its 2-liter turbocharged engine, twin-clutch gearbox, and all-wheel-drive systems.
But if you ask us, the TTS still looks like an average car, especially when compared to the snarling R8. Who knows, maybe by 2018, when Thanos invades earth in Avengers: Infinity War, we will have an Audi that floats our boat.
Mihnea's favorite cars have already been built, the so-called modern classics from the '80s and '90s. He also loves local car culture from all over the world, so don't be surprised to see him getting excited about weird Japanese imports, low-rider VWs out of Germany, replicas from Russia or LS swaps down in Florida. Full profile
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