Iron Man's Acura NSX Roadster From Marvel's The Avengers Is Going Up For Auction

The Acura NSX Roadster famously driven by Robert Downey Jr. as Tony Stark at the end of Marvel’s The Avengers film is making a dramatic return to the spotlight this week. After more than a decade in storage, the one-of-a-kind superhero supercar is set to be a star attraction at Monterey Car Week, with a surprising backstory that proves even a genius billionaire playboy philanthropist appreciates a good deal. Acura also plans to auction the car off next year for charity. Not bad for a car that had barely two seconds of screen time.

This particular NSX Roadster specimen, with its distinctive "Stark 33" license plate, will be on display at The Quail, A Motorsports Gathering for Monterey Car Week. Its appearance comes as part of Acura's 35th anniversary celebration of the first-generation Aryton Senna-honed NSX.

While the movie car's design was based on the second-generation NSX ...