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Top 6 Super Bowl ads featuring animals (+video)

Super Bowl ads reflect a broader truism in advertising: A cute animal is a better pitchman than a human 9 times in 10 (Peyton Manning aside). Over the years, some of the most successful Super Bowl ads of all time have featured a wide array of animals, from mighty Clydesdales to lowly mosquitoes. Here is our countdown of six of the best ever fuzzy (and not so fuzzy) Super Bowl commercials, including a winner from Super Bowl XLVI. Did your all-time favorite take the top spot?
Clint Eastwood in Top 6 Super Bowl 2012 car commercials (+video)

Sure, the New York Giants won the 2012 Super Bowl. But who won the battle of the Super Bowl car commercials? NBC says advertisers paid an average of $3.5 million for a 30-second spot in this year's Super Bowl. Last year, Volkswagon was the biggest crowd pleaser with their Darth Vader "The Force" ad which got millions of views online before it debuted on TV. This year, the early favorite was Ferris Bueller (aka Matthew Broderick) hawking a Honda. But Chrysler's Halftime in America ad, starring Clint Eastwood, is what everyone is talking about now. Here's one viewer's take on the Top 6 Super Bowl car commercials for 2012. Which is your favorite?
Ferris Bueller lands in Top 5 Super Bowl car ads of 2012 (+ video)

The Super Bowl is way more than a football game. It's a coming out party for the year's most creative and humorous ads. Here's one viewer's take on the Top 5 Super Bowl car ads for 2012. What's your favorite - Bueller, The Bark Side, or another?
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In Gear
BMW voted most valuable car brand. Where does your car rank?

BMW grabbed the top spot as the world's most valuable car brand in the BrandZ Top 100 Global survey, edging out Toyota. BMW brand value has risen 10 percent over the past year.
Mexico volcano ash forces shutdown of airport (+video)

A volcano in Mexico, El Popocatepetl, erupted spewing enough ash Thursday to close the Puebla airport.
In Gear
Buying a car, college grad? Don’t forget the rebates.

Most major automakers offer discounts to college grads. All college grads need to do is read the fine print. 
Cover Story
With all this natural gas, who needs oil?

It's home-grown, plentiful, and touted as the best way to wean the US off Mideast oil. But there are limits to how far the US can tilt toward a natural gas economy.
Volkswagen buying motorcycle icon Ducati?

Volkswagen's premium car division, Audi, is considering buying Ducati for its light-engine know-how, according to a report. But Volkswagen, Ducati are not commenting.
Car sales surge in February at a pace not seen since early 2008

Several forces combine in the stronger car sales: an improving economy, carmakers eager to lure buyers with incentives, and mild winter weather.
Top 6 Super Bowl ads featuring animals (+video)

Super Bowl ads reflect a broader truism in advertising: A cute animal is a better pitchman than a human 9 times in 10 (Peyton Manning aside). Over the years, some of the most successful Super Bowl ads of all time have featured a wide array of animals, from mighty Clydesdales to lowly mosquitoes. Here is our countdown of six of the best ever fuzzy (and not so fuzzy) Super Bowl commercials, including a winner from Super Bowl XLVI. Did your all-time favorite take the top spot?
Clint Eastwood in Top 6 Super Bowl 2012 car commercials (+video)

Sure, the New York Giants won the 2012 Super Bowl. But who won the battle of the Super Bowl car commercials? NBC says advertisers paid an average of $3.5 million for a 30-second spot in this year's Super Bowl. Last year, Volkswagon was the biggest crowd pleaser with their Darth Vader "The Force" ad which got millions of views online before it debuted on TV. This year, the early favorite was Ferris Bueller (aka Matthew Broderick) hawking a Honda. But Chrysler's Halftime in America ad, starring Clint Eastwood, is what everyone is talking about now. Here's one viewer's take on the Top 6 Super Bowl car commercials for 2012. Which is your favorite?
Ferris Bueller lands in Top 5 Super Bowl car ads of 2012 (+ video)

The Super Bowl is way more than a football game. It's a coming out party for the year's most creative and humorous ads. Here's one viewer's take on the Top 5 Super Bowl car ads for 2012. What's your favorite - Bueller, The Bark Side, or another?
Super Bowl ad: Is Ferris Bueller 'sequel' the right vehicle for a Honda CR-V? (+video)

Before the ad wars kick off on Super Bowl Sunday, Honda is trying to score early with an extended online pitch for the CR-V, featuring Matthew Broderick in a Ferris Bueller sequel. Of sorts.
Horizons
Google speeds toward a future with driverless cars

Google and other companies have ironed out most of the wrinkles in computer-driven cars, and have even done successful tests on public highways. But policy questions remain, including: how would a police officer pull over an autonomous vehicle?
GM reclaims title as world's No. 1 automaker

GM is once again the top-selling automaker in the world. The company's sales jumped 7.6 percent over the last year.
My son gets his (driving) wings

Today's driving schools for teenagers are a far cry from an older cousin taking on the teaching duties.
Green cars rule Tokyo Motor Show, but eyes turns to China

Green cars enjoy the limelight at Tokyo Motor Show. But car makers – including Japan's – are increasingly looking to China, India, and other nations with greater growth potential. Could this new focus curb green cars' innovation?
United Auto Workers, Chrysler tentatively agree on new deal

The United Auto Workers union has reached a tentative agreement with Chrysler on a new labor pact.
Compact cars: Economic woes big, so carmakers go small

Compact cars are focus of Frankfurt auto show. Among compact cars to be on display: VW Up, BMW i3, and plug-in version of hybrid Prius.
Love in China

A new book by dissident writer Liao Yiwu chronicles the rise of Christianity in China, where even the Communist Party wants to adopt Christian values.
Latin America Monitor
Is violence in Mexico affecting foreign investment? No, say recent reports.

The reports suggest that, despite what might seem like common sense, investment in dangerous pockets of Mexico is up.
Fuel economy: Big leap for efficiency, not hybrids

Fuel economy is headed to an average 54.5 miles per gallon by 2025. But higher fuel economy standards won't force an end to the gasoline engine.
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Ford: Small cars will represent 55 percent of sales by 2020

Ford sold 5.3 million vehicles last year, but wants to sell 8 million in the next five or six years, more than one-third of its sales to come from its Asia Pacific and Africa region by 2020.
Jack Kevorkian drove the debate on physician-assisted suicide

Jack Kevorkian, who died Thursday, was a controversial figure who confronted one of society’s most profound ethical issues: Should a physician be able to help a person commit suicide?
A morning with Oscar

An 'occasional' gardener, he shows up to coax beauty out of winter-ravaged beds.
Look who's driving world auto sales now

Emerging-market drivers now buy the majority of the world's cars. The BRIC nations lead the charge that will boost auto sales for new and established automakers.
In China, middle-class affluence, not political influence

A new Volkswagen and a Singapore vacation are the badges of affluence for one Chinese couple. But consumer choice, not political choice, is the only freedom China's middle class now enjoy.