By Lena Babaeva Coradini

First, the Sunday Times took the Tesla Roadster for a test drive and came away impressed.  Despite the $155,850 price tag, the Times noted that "the Tesla Roadster works pretty much as promised. And, as such, it is worthy of a measure of acclaim as an automotive pioneer."

Later in the day during the Super Bowl, Audi debuted its must-see Green Police commercial for the "clean diesel" A3 TDI, which was recently named 2010 green car of the year by GreenCar.com.