Kate Upton is all the rage in her controversial Super Bowl commercial when she gives a few young guys a tip or two about washing a new Mercedes Benz.
But the German automaker surprisingly leaves Upton with only a bit part in another, longer Super Bowl commercial.
The top billing in this spot goes to Willem Dafoe, Usher and a classic Rolling Stones tunes.
It’s a clever commercial. More of Kate Upton would have made it better.
Article Last Updated: April 12, 2013.
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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.
