Quote Originally Posted by Mariani View Post
Interesting update today...

Received a call from my dealer late this afternoon. He called to apologise, as he has only recently discovered the GTI 11.5 will NOT have R Tails as a standard option. He was sincerley apologetic, and admitted he stuffed up with his info. He also Received confirmation of the MY12 updates - no more 3 door R (we all know this), Bluetooth and MDi to become standard on the Golf range.

So.. Am I getting R tails on my GTI, Sure am. He's ordered some for me from VW Germany and will fit them for me at the dealership. Yet to negotiate a price. Unfortunately free is not an option, as they are quite pricey and I already scored a large discount on my car.

Will keep you guys posted.

Mic
Whilst we've pretty much closed this issue already, I have an update from a friendly and reliable VW dealer.
He has just received a brand new GTI with the LED DRL Xenon headlights optioned. He has confirmed that the rear taillights, as we expected, are still the standard non-LED GTI lights. He did tell me though that the numberplate lighting are now LEDs. People have noted that VW now have a OEM LED numberplate lighting elsewhere on the forums.

It appears that these numberplate LEDs are only on cars optioned with the Bi-Xenon headlights. So maybe this is where the confusion of Mariani's salesman came from.