Kate Upton Scrubs a Clean Path to Super Bowl for Mercedes-Benz

Model washes CLA in one of two teasers

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Kate Upton is everywhere and nowhere for Mercedes-Benz as it prepares to air its 60-second Super Bowl spot on Feb. 3.

The automaker on Saturday released its official 40-second teaser for the ad, with no sign of the swimsuit model at all—even though she will star in the finished spot, created by Merkley + Partners and director Dante Ariola.

The teaser shows a mysterious wind blowing into an old New Orleans cafe, which causes a jukebox to fire up and begin playing "Sympathy for the Devil" by the Rolling Stones.

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