VW Touareg can't do what the ads say it can do.

In both commercials and print ads, the VW Touareg is shown towing a massive Airstream trailer with ease, tagline "Touareg, the Volkwagen that does what other Volkswagens don't."

Except it can't do it. CBSNewYork reports.

"We did make a mistake." Volkwagen's embarrassed Press Relations Manager spoke with us via satellite from Detroit. Tony Fouladpour admitted the tongue weight of the trailer in the ad is too heavy for the Touareg, a fact VW's marketing department failed to check, said Fouladpour: "They got a little too excited, they took too much artistic license."

Hat tip to Leslie, and belly laughs to Alec who wondered if "Foul Ad Pour?" was really Tony's last name.

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Doh! Someone goofed on this big time. Heads will roll.

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Of course the all time classic Airstream print ad was of a man on a bicycle towing an Airstream...