3dr GTIs now available in Australia!

**pinzvidz** · 20-02-2007, 08:04 PM

Originally Posted by minigolf

You'll still be able to fit the Euro plate without the mount. It sounds cary, but it's not really, you just simply screw into the black snout.

Having said that, I do recall that some 3drs have been delivered with the mounts in place. It seems to be a luck of the draw thing maybe???

Because we don't have Euro plates in the ACT, it looks daft having a small number plate on a big black mount, fortunately our 3dr didn't have this problem.

Hmmm... I've seen a couple of pics around showing plates fitted without the mount. They look like they face up on a bit of an angle. I think I'll ask my dealer to make sure an euro plate mount is supplied/fitted when the order gets here. Thanks for the info!

**Lima** · 20-02-2007, 09:01 PM

If you get stuck, you can buy the mount from www.oempl.us I think.

Here it is...

http://vw.oempl.us/product_info.php?...72f5479c7ab581

**pinzvidz** · 20-02-2007, 10:36 PM

Originally Posted by minigolf

If you get stuck, you can buy the mount from www.oempl.us I think.

Here it is...

http://vw.oempl.us/product_info.php?...72f5479c7ab581

Cheers mate!

**REDMKVGTI** · 21-02-2007, 06:38 PM

I had to confirm what I had heard about the German built thing....

I got this reply today....

Thank you for contacting us through the Volkswagen Australia Website.

In reply to your email enquiry, I can advise that all Golf apart from the R32 are assembled in South Africa. The R32 in assembled in Germany.

Kind Regards,
Volkswagen Customer Assistance
www.volkswagen.com.au

**Lima** · 22-02-2007, 08:56 AM

It's always cute when they don't know their own product.

The car's VIN doesn't lie.

**Lima** · 22-02-2007, 09:02 AM

Here is a list of the letter codes that tell you where your car was assembled:

Here is a website that decodes your VIN:
http://www.abvwc.org.uk/vw_vin.htm

Here is my VIN (well, that unique bits, the numbers on the end have been changed to protect the innocent). The last letter of the VIN indiactes where the car was built...
WVWZZZ1KZ7W000111

**drb999** · 22-02-2007, 10:13 AM

Originally Posted by minigolf

Here is my VIN (well, that unique bits, the numbers on the end have been changed to protect the innocent). The last letter of the VIN indiactes where the car was built...
WVWZZZ1KZ7W000111

Anything similar for Engine numbers? Are engines in general assembled wherever the car is or are they assembled in one place then exported to different "body" assembly factories?

**REDMKVGTI** · 22-02-2007, 08:26 PM

Hmm, glad to hear someone knows what they're on about...

Sounds like VW Australia is about as useful as Mazda Australia...

**pinzvidz** · 26-02-2007, 09:08 AM

Originally Posted by minigolf

Here is a list of the letter codes that tell you where your car was assembled:

Here is a website that decodes your VIN:
http://www.abvwc.org.uk/vw_vin.htm

Here is my VIN (well, that unique bits, the numbers on the end have been changed to protect the innocent). The last letter of the VIN indiactes where the car was built...
WVWZZZ1KZ7W000111

Thanks for the invaluable info minigolf. I received my VIN and engine number today, no build date yet (still around March or April). Mine also has a "W" as the last letter in the VIN, so it's definitely a Wolfsburg car! Yayyyy!!!

**Lima** · 26-02-2007, 10:31 AM

That's pretty impressive to hear you have a VIN already. I've heard it's possible, but that's the first time I've heard of a customer getting a VIN before the car has been built. Nice work.

Click on "Auto Cargo" and put in your VIN just in case. If your car does show up, click on the numbers in the Voyage field and you should be able to find even more information.

http://schedule.2wglobal.com/AppTracking/cargoTrack.do