Found this while surfing around. Stick your VIN number in and it gives you basic info on your VW


http://www.cybertects.co.uk/scirocco/vincheck20a1.html

This is what it said for mine:

Your VIN: WVW**************

Region: Europe [ W ]
Manufacturer: Volkswagen [ V ]
Car Type: Passenger Car (VW) [ W ]
Body Style: Filler character: No meaning [ Z ]
Engine: Filler character: No meaning [ Z ]
Restraint: Filler character: No meaning [ Z ]
Model: Golf Mk 5 [ 1K ]
Year: 2008 [ 8 ]
Assembly Plant: Uitenhage, South Africa [ U ]
Serial #: ******

Like I said, just basic info.

SteelHand.