I'm in Canada. Pre orders have been going on up here for a few months now, and will begin rolling into dealers next week. The salesman I chatted with for a bit yesterday said that these first few early arrivals are mostly going to be base manuals, most of the pre-orders were auto's and will therefore be arriving in the second 'wave'.
It's the norm for whatever reason with VW that the U.S. is a month or two behind Canada with the new arrivals. Not sure why. :iono: