i was checking out the passat tdi, cc 2l turbo and gli, and the gli wasn't offered with xenons. odd since the gti has them.
This is interesting because I believe the previous-gen GLI did have them, as did the Jetta 2.0T Wolfsburg. Either way, many aftermarket lighting upgrades are available for those who truly feel it is required.
Xenon may look good but isn't a guarantee of better lighting performance. I remember a study a few years ago in a popular automotive magazine that compared headlight performance of almost every new car as part of a comparison. The halogens in several of the cars outperformed Xenon lights from luxury cars for distance and width. I have always found Toyota makes excellent lighting systems, and up until recently very few of their cars offered Xenon lights.