The new Renault Clio TV advertisement shows variou...

The new Renault Clio TV advertisement shows various moving cars with people and items on top, such as a man playing a piano, a woman sitting at a table and a couple dancing, etc and a man running over several cars - which I assume is to demonstrate the strength of the structure of the car s roof.

I contacted five Renault dealers within 50 miles of my home and not one of them would allow me to stand on the roof of a Clio or replicate any of the scenes on the advert. Why? Because I was told that it would damage the roof of the Clio - so the dealers did not trust the advert.

If a prospective customer is not allowed to test the capability of the car, then Renault are surely guilty of misrepresentation.

A car with a roof structure that strong would be a positive safety feature in the case of an accident where the car landed in its roof. One dealer said that likewise he would not let me collide with an object just to prove that the airbags work and I would have to accept it on trust.

But all I wanted to do was to stand on the roof to show that it was as strong as Renault advertise it to be.