Aspiring Audi Owners Are Insufferable Snobs in Obnoxious New Ad

'Luxury Car Abstinence' bashes BMW, Mercedes and more

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Audi has earned a lot of different descriptions over the years, but "tacky" wasn't one of them. Until now.

The automaker's new promotional video, "Luxury Car Abstinence," is meant to be a jovial bit of double entendre that positions the new Audi A3 as the ultimate first-time luxury car for young professionals. But instead, what we get is a mean-spirited and overly long clip in which aspiring Audi owners stop just short of rubbing feces on their loved ones' high-end rides.

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