Hello everybody,
I'm new to this forum but would just like to comment that according to the German auto website Automobilewoche.de, VW had to put on an extra 5 shifts during December to try to catch up with demand for the MK VII Golf.
For the whole of 2013, they had to put on 40 extra shifts mostly over the weekends. The Christmas break was given over to factory "renovations" that were supposed to have taken place during the summer.
I ordered a GTI first week in December and have been given BW4 for delivery end of February.