Iron Man Parks Acura for Audi as Carmakers Divvy Up Marvel Deals

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Tony Stark, the fictional superhero in Walt Disney Co.’s “Iron Man” films, will park the Acura supercar he drove last year in favor of a battery-powered Audi when his latest motion picture opens May 3.

A trailer for “Iron Man 3” features the Audi R8 e-tron sports car, not the Acura NSX prototype that the Marvel Comics character, played by Robert Downey Jr., drove in the 2012 hit film “The Avengers.”