Historically, VW have started building cars incorporating the next year’s model year changes from production week 22, which is end May / beginning June. Assuming VW’s model year switch is still production week 22, commencement of building MY23 cars is imminent.How can they be switching to MY23 already?
Also I'm willing to bet that the facelift is still coming next year.
IMHO whether or not there’s a facelift model next year will depend on how long the lifespan of the mk8 Golf is.