V8Blitz. Sorry for the late reply. I was
busy all weekend. Anyway, Castrol does make
the Softec TXT 5w40 which meets the VW 505.01
spec. This is sold separate from the Softec
TXT 5w40 which is in fact the same oil they
export to North America as Syntec 5w40. All
the specs are the same , which are: VW 502.00
505.00 ; MB 229.3/229.1 and BMW LL-98.
They may ship the VW 505.01 Softec TXT oil
to VW dealerships only. I don't think they
will produce a totaly differant oil for our
market. Check out the South African site for
english. At the french and Belgium sites, it
all points to a synthetic oil.