I have been to see this car today and was very impressed.  Can anyone give an answer on when it needs its cam belt replacing.  The more I’ve searched here and elsewhere the more confused I’ve become.

 

Thanks 

At launch they proposed it was fitted for life.  In the sense that if it breaks, your engine is dead, so they were right..kind of.  Now the recommendation is 5 years/ 140K miles. It's not a huge job - the water pump is on the other side of the engine and not part of this task. VAG (UK) have a different view to VAG in other parts of the world on this. I confess I would be tempted to inspect before bothering to change - particularly if I felt the car had not been ragged or abused. Part of your answer is in how long you intend to run the car - if 4/5 years then I'd be tempted to get it done anyway so that you got the benefit.  A nine year old / 100K car with its original belt might be hard to move on.