Acura features the NSX in its Super Bowl spot, set to the wailing yells of Van Halen's David Lee Roth. As Van Halen plays, the NSX evolves from a slab of metal into the turbocharged, hybrid coupe.

All of that makes this latest Acura commercial, Let The Race Begin, even more difficult to understand, metaphorically speaking. The horsepower-horse race 'theme' certainly isn't difficult to ...