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Exciting news.

There is an "extended" winter pack I believe which gives you heated rear seats. Probably a rare enough option.

Heated seats and steering wheel (so effectively a "winter pack") has been standard on the GTI / CS since the MK 8.5 was launched.

Thank you all for your input. Much food for thought re electric cars and charging. I do have a drive so could charge at home easily. I am retired now so car purchases are from my income so need to watch the budget somewhat.
The Clubsport at the dealers doesn’t have the winter pack unfortunately which I have found a necessity not a luxury the last few years up here in Yorkshire.

Hi Joe, you have me worried now, previous to submitting my order I did ring a large Dublin based dealer who in deed couldn’t guarantee me a car, what they wanted me to do was build it, submit order and deposit and VW built it well and good ie no guarantee of build slot. Refundable deposit obviously. I started this to my own dealer but was assured all was ok, I even added the art velours and area view after that irder was gone in. He did say no build week was showing but that this was standard as it takes a couple of weeks to come on. I have a trade in value agreed so I’m hoping it won’t drag on but you never know with VW. I will enquire to see can I get any further clarity on the matter.

Yep, in my experience (I've bought a few new VW's!), it does take a couple of weeks to get a build number confirmed. But it should show something like "order accepted" or something along those lines on the dealer's system much sooner than that.

There's nothing to stop dealers spec'ing a car up for you and taking your deposit. Unfortunately that doesn't mean VW will build it. It'll be interesting to see if you get a build week in the next few weeks...