Jason Statham is Once Again Unleashed in Transporter 3

Audi A8 W12 Reprises Role

Ever since his big break in Brit-flick “Lock, Stock & Two Smoking Barrels”, Jason Statham has become one of Hollywood's hardmen. During this time he has successfully played hardball Frank Martin in Transporter 1 & 2, a man who transports packages without questions whilst simultaneously getting into a heap of trouble. Now he returns for a third instalment to the film series and we can now bring you the first teaser trailer.

The Audi A8 W12 will once again play a starring role alongside Statham in the film in which he has moved his low profile business to France. It is directed by Oliver Megaton with a script penned by both Robert Mark Kamen and Luc Besson, the same two who also wrote the first and second Transporter.

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 driv3r driv3r
i'd like better to see a M5, not an A8 with Jason Statham behind the wheel :) A8 is good car but not for action role.
August 26, 2008 11:08 am
 AmoKk AmoKk
It's an S8 not an A8
August 26, 2008 11:11 am
 AmoKk AmoKk
S8 is a good car for action role :)
August 26, 2008 11:21 am
 car.fan car.fan
It's not an S8...it's an A8 W12
August 26, 2008 11:24 am
 tumbo tumbo
Pause at 0.06 It's an Audi S8.
September 6, 2008 2:41 pm
 car.fan car.fan
W12 = 2 Audi V6's combined
August 26, 2008 11:25 am
 carcrazy1234 carcrazy1234
thanks genious... noone said otherwise lol
August 26, 2008 3:39 pm
 wisp wisp
They got it wrong or rather Audi is hogging the Holiwood Movies by marketing their imaginary car abilities as those shown in the monvies. I say the SL 65 AMG would have been HOT or better still the CLS 63 AMG. I'am a Beemer fan but i'd rather see the Merc AMG.
August 26, 2008 11:33 am
 AmoKk AmoKk
In trailer you can clearly see aluminum polished window caps. A8 W12 doesn’t have them, only S8 has them… and btw I own an 2008 S8. Btw we can also see a pre-facelift A8 in trailer…
August 26, 2008 11:34 am
 driv3r driv3r
it's an A8 with S line exterior pack. why it's so hard to understand ? There is BMW 5 series 520d with M exterior pack, but it's not an M5; there is Audi A5 1.8T with S line exterior also, but it's nor S5
August 26, 2008 12:27 pm
 AmoKk AmoKk
You know why it's so hard to understand?? because there is no A8 with s-line package :)))) There is an A3/A4/A5 with s-line package, but there is no A8 with S-Line package... heh
August 26, 2008 12:30 pm
 driv3r driv3r
OK, you are right and all others, including worldcarfans, are wrong :)) "The Audi A8 W12 will once again play a starring role alongside Statham in the film in which he has moved his low profile business to France" Oh really, they are completely wrong :))
August 26, 2008 12:39 pm
 AmoKk AmoKk
We will see... we need here more A8/S8 fans, to prove my words:)
August 26, 2008 12:49 pm
 tumbo tumbo
Dudes..what are you talking about. It's clearly an S8. That chromed grille and polished mirrors are ONLY for the S8. Anybody who says otherwise, is WRONG.
September 6, 2008 2:36 pm
 dmanero dmanero
As much as I don't mind seeing the new Transporter, I think they should have left it with only the first one. the second wasn't that great and rarely is the Third any good. Now the Short movies that BMW put out, those where fun to watch. they placed more attention the the car than the driver, which was nice to watch. so really the Transporter is a knock off the BMW films.
August 26, 2008 11:36 am
 Decypha Decypha
It's not an S8, it's the A8 6.0 W12
August 26, 2008 11:37 am
 AmoKk AmoKk
00:41 - aluminum brushed mirrors, it's an S8
August 26, 2008 11:39 am
 DeleteThisAccount DeleteThisAccount
It's a W12...If is a S8, the lettering in the grill is missing...
August 26, 2008 11:48 am
 swifthead swifthead
hahahah it should be the new Jag XF-R (but it`s not here yet) so what about Audi RS6 Sedan
August 26, 2008 11:49 am
 3Iceman 3Iceman
That's a big mistake they're making. In the first part they used a BMW 7, in the second A8 and in the third it sholud have been S65 AMG. They won't use BMW any more because it doesn't look that good anymore. It's 65's turn, I thought they were saving the best for last. I hope that means there will be the forth part. But probalby it's just about money, because A8 is the cheapest of the trio. You can get two 6.0 A8 for the price of one S65 (in our country).
August 26, 2008 12:02 pm
 radmeister radmeister
It's an S8, the W12 has body coloured mirrors, this has the aluminum S8 mirrors.
August 26, 2008 12:45 pm
 slee slee
I am a certified Audi brand specialist. I assure you the car in the clip is an S8. The silver mirrors, wheels and chrome vertical fins in the front grill are dead giveaways.
August 26, 2008 1:10 pm
 dk3 dk3
look anywhere u cant find an A8 with an S- line exterior package there is no such thing
August 26, 2008 8:02 pm
 afterace2 afterace2
the W12 was shown on the previous movie, but this time they seem to swap to the S8, and yea, in some shots we can see the prefacelift a8 as well. He seem to swap cars very often ;)
August 26, 2008 1:28 pm
 bmwaddict bmwaddict
I also think that he would look better and ease the stunts job in an M5. And the S8 is actually an W12 with 420 bhp.
August 26, 2008 1:40 pm
 slee slee
Ok, I'll bite but then I'm done because this is all getting pretty silly. An S8 has a 5.2L V10 with 450hp. An A8W12 has the 6.0L W12 which currently puts out 450hp. Bentley uses the twin turbo charged version of the W12 and before anyone smarts off the Bentley is "twin" turbo not "bi". And yes, the car shown coming up the alley is in fact a pre-facelift A8L but not having seen the entire movie we have no ideal how the driver came across it as I am sure the director was not trying to pass it off as a new S8.
August 26, 2008 1:59 pm
 mc959 mc959
I don't care if it's an S8 or A8W12, i say the first movie was the best one, it's always the same sh*t with movies from Luc Besson, first one is great and the others are way too exagerate(cars flying, doing loopings... stuff like that) you guys have to see Taxi(great french (car)film from Besson)and you see that the first one was superb, and the others where trash, and the same is happening with the transporter.
August 26, 2008 2:08 pm
 Paulds Paulds
C´mon you guys, this is off course an Audi S8!!... By the way, nice car you drive, AmoKK
August 26, 2008 3:15 pm
 AmoKk AmoKk
Thank you :)
August 26, 2008 5:02 pm
 Zaskar Zaskar
@slee It clearly is a FACELIFT S8. S8 because: grill, mirrors. Facelift because: Blinkers integrated in mirrors, fog lamps in front bumper are square. What i couldnt see 100%: inside pictures, wheres the carbon ? And wheels: no standard wheels, some kinda chrome wheels on it.
August 26, 2008 3:22 pm
 AmoKk AmoKk
Actually in S8 carbon fiber is stock, but you can order one with a regular wood... there are many options in audi exclusive package
August 26, 2008 5:01 pm
 eas722 eas722
neither A8 nor S8 it looks just like R8
August 26, 2008 3:57 pm
 kevoluetion kevoluetion
stop wearing the joke out
August 27, 2008 6:03 am
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