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Audi handles Vampires the Slayer approved way. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lw9ZeXB2uKs&feature=youtu.be

After watching the brain dead congress grill the Toyota Exec, I can't help to think that this is a DRIVER problem. I remember when Audi was virtually destroyed by claims of "sudden acceleration" and as it turned out it was driver error. Although the Audi design had shifted the brake and gas pedal a little to the left, it still was driver error. You can do your own test. Put your left foot on the brake and depress it as far as possible and stomp on the gas. Your car will not move. Your brakes are stronger than the torque...

The new Audi TDI ad was one of the more provocative commercials shown during the Super Bowl. The commercial opens with an unsuspecting grocery shopper asking for a plastic shopping bag rather than paper. He is immediately taken into custody by the “Green Police.” As his head is being slammed into the check-out counter the green officer barks, “You picked the wrong day to mess with the eco-system plastic boy!” The spot ends with a long line of cars stopped at an “Eco-check point.” An officer spots the Audi. “TDI here,” he observes. “Clean diesel.” The officer then nods to...

I am sorry I missed the Super Bowl because I was on my way back from Israel. Congratulations to the New Orleans Saints for a great win and the Colts for an otherwise great season. Now that I am back, I have seen some of the Super Bowl’s commercials and one of them caught my eye. A car company had a commercial that had an interesting reference to Green Police giving people tickets for their lifestyle choices. For some of us that’s not too far of a stretch for a government growing bigger and bigger by the day under this...

The ad is absurd, of course, but not nearly as absurd as Audi thinksI watched the Super Bowl in the chilled air of the G.F.I.S.Z. (that’s Goldberg Family Ice Station Zebra). Here in Washington, we haven’t seen this much snow since at least 1922. The blizzard of 2010 took out our electricity for a day. Digging out from “snowmageddon” was nothing less than an Augean challenge, though my lower back is, alas, less than Herculean. Meanwhile, snow canceled my daughter’s seventh birthday party Saturday and her school Monday. We’re slated for another foot by Wednesday. Suffice it to say I’m...

Despite its creepy implications, I was going to let that odd Super Bowl car commercial featuring the Green Police just ride quietly into the sunset. Until the even creepier announcement the following day from the Obama White House. That's when the worlds of fiction and fact, denial and disdain collided with a big, bad bang. About that commercial — you know the one from Audi — offering a disturbing glimpse into a future envisioned no doubt by environmental extremists of the ultra-lib left. A future where a meddlesome Green Police force swarms through neighborhoods, into homes and businesses, looking for...

Audi car commercial "hits home" for Gavin Newsom and other city dwellersAudi's "Green Police" Super Bowl ad was clearly out to mock environmentalist fervor -- and it hit close to home in greener-than-thou San Francisco. Perhaps that's because it was the brainchild of Audi's advertising agency, San Francisco independent Venables Bell & Partners. Sitting squarely in the "I am white, middle-class man, hear me roar" school of ads, the Cheap Trick-scored commercial suggested a world in which the type of individual decisions that seem meaningless but in the aggregate make a difference are enforced by enthusiastic law enforcement professionals in...

Is it me or were the Super Bowl commercials this year unusually ugly, misogynistic, and, worst of all, unfunny? Some of America’s biggest corporations seemed to be trying to play to Teabag America, and the results were as bitter as the teabaggers themselves. Amidst the dreck was a commercial from Audi featuring the “green police.” Here it is:

Tormenting citizens.

In addition to a pair of well-matched teams and a sufficient dose of fourth-quarter suspense concerning the outcome, yesterday's Super Bowl was the first in several years to feature an ad meriting comment in an energy blog. The subject of the ad was the new Audi A3 TDI clean diesel car, which was recently named "Green Car of the Year" for 2010. I was intrigued by the ad's tagline of "Green has never felt so right", positioning the car as painlessly green. Having had the opportunity to drive one at the recent Washington Auto Show, I can attest that the...

I’m sure some idiot at Audi thought these “Green Police” commercials for the Super Bowl would be funny. I found them downright offensive and not the least bit funny. In the collection of ads below, you see a guy at the store pick “plastic” when the checkout gal asks “paper or plastic” and the Green Police immediately arrest the earth-destroyer for his intended assault on Mother Gaia. (Didn’t these enviro-idiots come up with the plastic bags some 20 years ago to save the earth from all the trees being killed for paper bags?) You also have Green Police digging through...

Does this really make you want to buy an Audi or stop the green police?

If you're like me, Audi's Green Police ad during yesterday's Superbowl was sort of a high point of creepiness -- and not just for its boomerific revival of a classic Cheap Trick song. No, the celebration of the right car purchase -- a "clean diesel" -- as a get-out-of jail-free card for a totalitarian eco-state sort of ruined car shopping for you while also hinting a bit too strongly at the direction in which the world is inching in its intolerant, lemming-like way. Our friends in Britain already have to worry about government snoops pawing through their garbage and forcing...

Is it just me, or does this Audi "Green Police" ad succinctly summarize Obama's dream for America? It's a perfect melding of enviro-soviets and police state fascism.

LINK TO SUPERBOWL AD AND ADDITIONAL MOCKING ADS FROM AUDI The Audi A3 TDI Diesel was named by Green Car Journal at the L.A. Auto Show as the GREEN CAR OF THE YEAR. Besides the staff of Green Car Journal and self-described environmentalists, the judges include Jay Leno and legendary muscle car icon Carroll Shelby. The TDI clean diesel gets 42 mpg. Gee, maybe we can have a balance of doing good environmentally, lessening dependence on foreign oil, and actually not destroying jobs and economies. Ya think? That is Audi's point in a series of ads about the Green...

Johann De Nysschen, president of Audi North America, has a message for the current U.S. administration—refrain from “prejudging winning and losing technologies” as it makes policies depending on the future of the automotive marketplace. Nysschen said there has been favoritism shown to the electric vehicle sector. “Clean diesel, done correctly, is more efficient, has lower emissions, with better performance characteristics, at a lower price,’’ Nysschen said. “And then we haven’t even touched on the potential of biofuels, using biomass to produce clean diesel, which would come very close to a carbon neutral footprint much sooner and far more cost efficiently...

Bring on the war of words. In a frank conversation with MSN writer Lawrence Ulrich, Audi of America President Johan de Nysschen has said that the Chevy Volt will fail and that anybody who buys the car is an idiot. Not only that, de Nysschen has lumped proponents of any type of electric car into a category of “intellectual elite who want to show what enlightened souls they are.”

Bring on the war of words. In a frank conversation with MSN writer Lawrence Ulrich, Audi of America President Johan de Nysschen has said that the Chevy Volt will fail and that anybody who buys the car is an idiot. Not only that, de Nysschen has lumped proponents of any type of electric car into a category of "intellectual elite who want to show what enlightened souls they are." I'm guessing that means a fair amount of the people reading this would be considered idiots and pompous intellectual elites in Mr. de Nysschen's book. Funny that. Hearing an Audi executive...

BERLIN -An Audi sedan written off by an elderly German woman as stolen two years ago has resurfaced — in her neighbor's garage beneath a thick layer of dust. Police said Thursday the 82-year-old from the northern city of Hildesheim took the car in for repairs two years ago and had the mechanics drive it back to her house and park it in her garage. She got the keys and papers from her mailbox, but when she went to get the car it was nowhere to be found. So she reported it stolen. When her neighbor went to clean up...

Hopefully some one can help with my car.

In what some might consider an “audacious” move, Audi of America has bought the inauguration of the next president of the United States. And that’s not hyperbole.In a move that is likely to offend many, Audi has purchased exclusive sponsorship of the streaming broadcasts on four major news websites, ABCNews.com, CBSNews.com, MSNBC.com and WashingtonPost.com. Audi notes that this is “the first time a sponsor has brought MSNBC.com’s live stream of the presidential inauguration speech to viewers commercial free and the first time CBSNews.com will have an exclusive sponsor of the speech online.”. . .According to Johan de Nysschen, president of...

What you are looking at is the physical representation of Hyundai's will to succeed in the U.S., also known as the 2009 Hyundai Genesis. The Korean automaker's first attempt at a rear-wheel-drive luxury sedan will debut in Detroit next week and arrive on our shores later this year (we think) with a price tag that starts below $30,000. As is Hyundai's way, it will feature power, performance and amenities that belie its little price tag. First, the design. The Genesis sedan has clean lines and uncluttered surfaces that look detailed and, frankly, expensive. Yes, it's derivative. There's a bit of...

Audi TT 2.0 TDI quattro. Audi is introducing the Audi TT 2.0 TDI Coupe quattro and Audi TT Roadster 2.0 TDI quattro—the first series-production sports cars to feature diesel engines. The two-liter engine generates 125 kW (170 hp) of power and 350 Nm (258.15 lb-ft) of torque, with fuel consumption of 5.3 liters and 5.5 liters per 100 km (44.4 mpg and 42.8 mpg) on the TT Coupe and TT Roadster respectively. This corresponds to CO2 emissions of 140 g/km and 145 g/km. The TT Coupe quattro with the 2.0 TDI accelerates from zero to 100 kph (62 mph)...

Is it time to upgrade your current set of wheels to something a little more professional and comfortable? Are you trying to figure out how to drive something that looks like it should be on Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous, but with a nickel-and-dime budget? So where can you find a car that will impress without breaking the bank? Check out this list of cars that are all high on luxury and under $30,000 on the lot.

Hitler-backed racer set to break new record … = On display: journalists view the 1939 Auto Union D-Type racing car that is tipped to fetch up to $US15million at auction. On display: journalists view the 1939 Auto Union D-Type racing car that is tipped to fetch up to $US15million at auction. Photo: AP AdvertisementAdvertisement Christine Kearney, New York January 27, 2007 A RARE German racing car, developed in a program created by Hitler's regime, was displayed for the first time this week as auctioneers predicted it would become the world's most expensive car to be sold at auction. The grand...

If anyone hasn't seen the hilarious new VW commercials, here are all three of them. Admin mods, please move if I posted it in the wrong place. http://www.leftlanenews.com/2006/02/22/vw-strikes-again-un-pimp-my-ride-videos/

DETROIT -- For the first time in nine years, all of the top picks in Consumer Reports' annual vehicle guide are made by Japanese automakers. The Honda Civic is the magazine's top small sedan, while the Toyota Highlander Hybrid is the top mid-sized sport utility vehicle, according to results released Wednesday. Vehicles from Nissan Motor Co. and Subaru, a division of Fuji Heavy Industries Ltd., round out the top picks in 10 categories. Asian brands also fared best in the magazine's survey of vehicle reliability. Toyota Motor Corp.'s Lexus brand was first, while Honda was second and the Toyota brand...

From the Apsen Daily News we have the story of a small claims suit that got posted on a national website. Here are the details: Elk Mountain Motors has filed a lawsuit to slam the brakes on some bad publicity being spread by a vehicle the dealership sold.The Glenwood Springs car lot is suing Seth J. Turok because of a customized sign the Aspen resident has posted on the Audi A6 he bought from the dealer in 2000. Filed in Pitkin County District Court, the suit seeks at least $100,000 in damages and a jury trial. The custom-made sign is...

MUNICH, April 6 - Striding through the parking lot next to his factory, trailed by smoke from his Cuban cigar, Johann P. Ackermann gestures toward a black Mercedes-Benz sport utility vehicle. The roof, hood, and doors on the passenger side are punched in, as if by a giant fist. The internal screws that roll down the windows are embedded in the metal of the doors. "A bomb exploded right next to it," Mr. Ackermann said. "Destroyed a building. But everybody in the car lived." He delivers this sales pitch in a brusque, homicide-detective patter that somehow seems perfect for the...

FIANO ROMANO, Italy, Nov. 5 - It is not a toy, they swear, but a serious piece of police gear, no matter how many Japanese tourists stood at a highway rest stop here snapping away in awe. "It's a responsibility to drive it," said Chief Inspector Laura Ciano of the Italian highway police. Paolo Mazzini, a highway police commander, said: "Italian people are not always friendly toward authorities. They are curious, so they accept the ticket more readily." "It's not for fun," he added. Still, Superintendent Vincenzo Bizzarro wore a satisfied look on his face when he gave a reporter,...

<p>Republicans yesterday piled on Democrat John Kerry after the revelation that his wife drives a pricey German Audi import while he's preaching the importance of buying American cars to save U.S. jobs.</p> <p>"I don't care what car someone drives, but Kerry is a total hypocrite," said Rep. Peter King (R-L.I.), who drives a Mercury.</p>

In today's NY Post, columnist Deborah Orin reported in, "KERRY GETS AUDI-TED," that Kerry reluctantly admitted on Earth Day that his family owns a gas-guzzling Chevrolet Suburban SUV but blamed it on his wife, saying: "The family has it. I don't have it." This came one day after John Kerry stressed the importance of buying American cars to keep American jobs, when records show that his wife owns a pricey imported German Audi. The green 2001 Audi Quattro is registered to Teresa Heinz Kerry at their townhouse in Boston's posh Beacon Hill, according to the Massachusetts Registry of Motor Vehicles....

<p>April 24, 2004 -- WASHINGTON - One day after John Kerry stressed the importance of buying American cars to keep American jobs, records show that his wife owns a pricey imported German Audi.</p> <p>The green 2001 Audi Quattro is registered to Teresa Heinz Kerry at their townhouse in Boston's posh Beacon Hill, according to the Massachusetts Registry of Motor Vehicles. Her registration is good through February 2005.</p>

Another NATO summit is to open in Prague on Thursday. It stands to reason that it will be a big event, indeed. In addition, this meeting is not only an excuse to discuss the latest events or to make more members of the alliance. A NATO summit is also a very good excuse for advertising.