Civil Cars: the vehicles of ‘Captain America: Civil War’
EVEN Captain America (Chris Evans) has a tough time catching up with the world’s fastest diesel SUV, the SQ7.
The Avengers, the superhero team led by Tony Stark aka Iron Man, and Steve Rogers aka Captain America, always have interesting means of transportation.
They have at their disposal the Harrier-like Vertical Take-Off and Lift Quinjet, or the SHIELD Helicarrier. But when they have to go fast on the ground, cars are still the best way to travel.
The Marvel movies have gone out of their way to make Tony Stark a certified car lover. His workshop in the first “Iron Man” movie included a 1967 Shelby Cobra and the then-unreleased Tesla Roadster.
As is appropriate for the technology-based superhero, Iron Man has had a soft spot for Audi, in particular the R8. He has driven the R8 Coupe, then the R8 Spyder, and then the electric R8 e-tron in his own movie series.
He had a brief dalliance with the new NSX sports car, as Nick Fury seems to have had struck a supply deal with Acura for “The Avengers” movie.
For “Captain America: Civil War,” Mr. Stark is back behind the wheel of an Audi, this time the new-generation R8 V10 plus Coupe supercar.
Corporate sponsor Audi supplied the vehicles for several set pieces in the new blockbuster movie.
For a car chase in Germany, it’s Captain America who takes control of an Audi SQ7.
The SQ7 is the performance version of Audi’s seven-seat Q7 SUV. It’s the most powerful diesel SUV in the world, with 435 horsepower and 900 Newton-meters on tap, making it fiercely fast when you’ve got the Winter Soldier to catch.
MARVEL’S excelsior creator Stan Lee leans on the Audi Q7 at the world premiere of “Captain America: Civil War.”
CHRIS Evans at the “Captain America” premiere.
It’s not just the large 4.0-liter V8 diesel that makes it powerful. It is equipped with twin turbochargers, and—with a uniquely Audi technological touch—an electrically powered compressor to help minimize turbo lag.
The electric supercharger can provide boost in less than
0.25 seconds. The 2.2-ton SUV can sprint to 100 kilometers per hour in 4.8 seconds, on to a top speed of 250 kph. The twin exhaust valves per cylinder each feed a separate turbocharger.
At low engine speeds, only one exhaust valve per cylinder is activated to feed the first turbo. At higher engine speeds, both are opened to use the two turbos.
The SQ7 uses a 48-volt electrical subsystem to activate the electric-powered compressor. It’s also used for the active roll stabilization system. Stabilizer bars provide reduce body roll and better handling, but can compromise the ride comfort.
In the SQ7, a compact electric motor can separate the two halves of the car’s stabilizer bar on rough-road surfaces for improved comfort.
Captain America’s frenemy Bucky Barnes aka the Winter Soldier, probably took scant notice of that as he zoomed away in what appears to be a modified Harley-Davidson XR1200X.
The XR1200 is a sport model that features a 91-HP engine and four-piston dual front disc brakes.
ROYALTY gets special access to Audi’s future vehicles, such as the Prologue concept car. From right: the Black Panther (Chadwick Boseman), the Black Widow (Scarlett Johansson), and the Black Panther’s unsmiling security chief (Florence Kasumba)
Other Audis that featured in the movie included the Audi prologue show car, driven by Chadwick Boseman’s Black Panther character. Emily
VanCamp’s Sharon Carter aka Agent 13 uses the new Audi A4. Even Daniel Bruhl’s villainous Zemo goes for the A7 Sportback.
The most memorable cameo of the movie (sorry, Stan Lee) would have to be Steve Roger’s ironic choice of a getaway car: a Volkswagen Beetle.
TECH mogul and part-time armored superhero Tony Stark (Robert Downey Jr.) drives to the Avengers headquarters in the new R8 V10.
The Beetle was the original “people’s car” or, in German, Volkswagen, developed by Ferdinand Porsche under the orders of no less than Adolf Hitler.
Perhaps it turned out to be a nostalgic choice. There’s also a big of good news in his selection of the Beetle: If the good Captain could become fond of a German car, then perhaps there’s hope that he and Tony Stark can eventually learn to get along.
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