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The sequel to the blockbuster 2008 action hero flick two times again features Robert Downey Jr. in the lead role as Iron Man/Tony Stark, with Mickey Rourke playing his nemesis, weapons designer & assassin, Whiplash.

The next Iron man movie is not expected to hit theaters until April 2010, but we've got a peek at two of the cars to be featured in the much-anticipated Iron man 2.

This is the Stark Industries-sponsored vintage race automobile that the movie's main protagonist — genius inventor & swashbuckling lady's man Tony Stark — will be driving in a scene that depicts him racing in the Grand Prix de Monaco Historique, a vintage race held in Monte Carlo. The scene is not being filmed on the actual streets of the tiny, glamorous seaside principality near the south of france, but on an elaborate set that replicates the Monaco circuit. We're not sure what the Stark Industries automobile, which is built to resemble a '70s racer, is based on exactly, but this picture leads us to believe that a fully functional race automobile — perhaps a Formula Ford or Formula Mazda automobile — resides beneath that blue-and-white Stark Motor Sports livery. Check out the Avon racing slicks & transmission sticking out the back of the automobile beneath the rear wing.

Check back with us soon as we hoping to have more photos of not only the Stark racing automobile but also the Monaco Grand Prix movie set in the near future.

The all-star cast also includes Don Cheadle (replacing Terrance Howard) as Colonel James "Rhodey" Rhodes, along with another comic book hero character — CIA agent Nick Fury, played by Samuel L. Jackson. Leading ladies include Gwyneth Paltrow, who returns as Tony Stark's executive secretary, Pepper Potts, along with Scarlett Johansson as another comic book character, Russian super spy Natalia Romanova, a.k.a. Black Widow.