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"día de los Inocentes" in Spain, which is basically equivalent to our April Fool's Day. Bogus media stories are part of the fun, and it looks like businesses get in on the action, too. Case in point: Volkswagen.
If you visit VW Spain's website today, you're greeted with the
normal landing page, which spotlights the "new Touareg Cabrio" at the top. Clicking on the image brings you to
touaregcabrio.com, a microsite
registered to VW's Spanish division according to a quick WHOIS lookup.
There, you're given three links: Acabados (trim levels), Motores (engines), and Galería (gallery). Clicking on any of them
lets you know it's all a joke, and allows you to forward the gag to a friend. If you do that, your buddy will receive
this email message, which "introduces" the reader the ragtop Touareg and directs him or her to the website. Tomorrow, it'll probably all be gone. Go through the motions yourselves starting
here. If you miss it on 12/28, no worries. We've screen-captured all the elements in the attached gallery.
Feliz día de los Inocentes, everyone!
[Source: VW España via
German Car Blog]
