How accurate is the 'on line chat' Fred. I ordered a GTI PP only 3 weeks ago and the on line tracking confirms stage 2...at the factory. The online chat then confirmed the car is currently down to be built WC 24 September which i think is week 39.
If the tracker shows a build week confirmed then that's usually a fair indicator but that won't be confirmed until 4 weeks before the build week - they plan production on a weekly cycle with 4 weeks lead. At that point they know all of the parts are going to be available to assemble your car.
If its just unofficial, then they don't know sh1t. I'd say they don't know sh1t at this time. All it takes is for one thing to be missing and your production will get rolled back a week....
And VW UK customer service have no more insight into the factory's planning system than you or I do!!!