Audi are back: will advertise during Super Bowl for the third consecutive year

"Audi of America today announced that it will advertise during Super Bowl XLIV, the brand’s third consecutive time in the Super Bowl. The spot will highlight the Audi A3 TDI, recently named by Green Car Journal as the 2010 “Green Car of the Year” and will have a fun, tongue-in-cheek environmental theme. Rock legends Cheap Trick will reinterpret one of their classic pieces as the soundtrack to the commercial."

- Audi and Cheap Trick? I can't wait to see this.

“Despite the difficulties the automotive industry has faced, our brand has continued to grow through this past year, introducing new and exciting models, and getting people talking about Audi,” said Scott Keogh, chief marketing officer, Audi of America. “In short, the Super Bowl has worked. The brand has never been stronger, market share is increasing and we are setting the stage to increase our momentum in 2010 by letting more of America in on the great secret that is Audi TDI clean diesel technology.”

The advertising agency for Audi, San Francisco-based Venables Bell & Partners created the ad.

The 2009 effort featured actor Jason Statham in a series of high-speed chase scenes involving recent luxury models, sending the dual message that some things are best left in the past and luxury is evolving, with Audi at the forefront.
Audi - Chase in 2009 XLIII Super Bowl commercials

Returning to the Super Bowl after a nearly 20-year hiatus, the 2008 Super Bowl XLII commercial Audi spot delivered a parody of the movie “The Godfather” and signaled that the brand was ready to challenge the perceived luxury leaders.

This year, Audi will demonstrate its leadership position within the luxury segment with a brand spot that delivers the message that being environmentally conscious might not be easy, but the Audi A3 TDI clean diesel is now a proven environmental solution.

Previous Audi at the superbowl ads; there was Audi A4 Quattro - Dan Carlton at 2004 super bowl XXXVIII commercial who wouldn't leave the car. early nineties brought us Audi Take Control in 1991 super bowl XXV commercials, and Audi - Three Year Test Drive back in the 1990 super bowl XXIV commercials.

In the eighties we had Audi Quattro Sled aired during the 1988 super bowl XXII commercials, the Audi - No Car in the world ad that aired 1986 super bowl XX commercials and the Postmans oath where neither rain nor snow would keep that ad off the 1986 super bowl XX commercials.