I think you're probably right.
My reason for thinking this is that Volkswagen suddenly realised that you could damage the car beyond recognition in game. You can roll it as well! They must have been under the impression they were talking to the guy from NEED for Speed. So they say to Scawen, 'Make it zo you can't tamage zer car or roll it over. Zen you can haf our car' (sorry about the bad accent) To which Scawen said 'Sorry boyo, no can do. Either it gets damaged or we don't use it.'
Let's face it, there was a working example at some game fair or other many many months ago. I can't see it would take Scawen that long to 'finalise' the handling even if he did move house in the meantime.
So don't hold your breath waiting for the Scirocco.
:twocents: