Super Bowl commercials: Audi A3 TDI 'Green Police' funny or gratuitous violence?

James Raia

February 8, 2010

Super Bowl commercials: Audi A3 TDI 'Green Police' funny or gratuitous violence? 1

It’s all about the Green Police, tracking down “violators” and arresting them for eco rules mistakes.

The commercial’s controversial nature, including gratuitous violence, will likely get a lot more attention. But it may also join the fraternity of commercials that get remembered more for the nature of the commercial rather than the product it’s touting.

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James Raia

A sports, travel and business journalist for more than 45 years, James has written the new car review column The Weekly Driver since 2004. In addition to founding this site in 2004, James writes a Sunday automotive column for The San Jose Mercury and East Bay Times in Walnut Creek, Calif., and monthly auto review and wellness columns for Gulfshore Business, a magazine in Southwest Florida. An author and contributor to many newspapers, magazines and online publications, co-hosted The Weekly Driver Podcast from 2017 to 2024.

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