To their credit, they did make good with the buyer that brought it to their attention....From Autoweek:

Touareg towing woes

Volkswagen has pulled television and print advertising depicting its Touareg sport/utility vehicle pulling an Airstream trailer that exceeds the vehicle’s tongue weight limit. Though the Touareg can tow a 7700-pound trailer, a VW spokesperson said the ad folks didn’t check tongue weight, limited to 616 pounds. After an Airstream-owning Touareg buyer brought the problem to VW’s attention, the company pulled the ads, bought back the buyer’s Touareg, and sent a letter to all Touareg buyers notifying them of the advertising faux pas. “It was our marketing department that made the mistake, not our engineers,” said the VW spokesperson.

 

BWAHAHAHAHA!

Japanese trucks don't build trucks...

... and apparently neither do German folks.

 

What is "tongue weight?"

 

Id say thats both the owners and VW's fault. Granted they shouldnt show the commercial but he should know his vehicle also.

 

I believe it's the actual weight that rests on the hitch. So while a vehicle can tow 7,000 pounds, no more than 600 pounds of that can be pushing down on the hitch.

 

That's where the SUV owner's tongue gets heavy after talking on the cell phone for so long.

 

Y'know, I'm in the RV bussiness and I noticed that immediatly when I saw those ads.

I assumed they were exagerating - apparently somebody else took them seriously.

 

Interesting combination considering the recommended standard is that the tongue weight be around 10% of trailer weight.

I wouldn't have checked either.

 

The toureg's 313hp 553 torque v10 diesel is going to be awesome.

It woops the duramax and its right behind ford's 6.0 powerstroke.

That would have been funny if it surpassed the ford, the most powerful consumer diesel in america, not in one of the big 3's pickups, but in a midsized german suv - lol