Mercedes Parks on Super Bowl Sidelines

Citing the high price tag and few major-model pushes, the high-end automaker is sitting out the big game after its debut last year

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Mercedes-Benz won’t be among the auto nameplates returning to the Super Bowl next year. Don’t call the automaker a dissatisfied customer, however. Far from it. The auto brand still benefits from its push around February’s telecast, which averaged about 111 million viewers.

In its debut on the big game, Mercedes broke a 60-second ad from Merkley + Partners that celebrated the company’s 125th anniversary and the start of a busy product year. (It had five major relaunches.)

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