I purchased this 2011 in the spring of 2016, after the bombshell hit, but before people knew what VW was going to pay to buy them back..
other than commenting that my '11 had a lot more miles than they usually see with people coming in for the fix, the dealer up here was very reasonable, put me in a brand new passat loaner, (automatics aint my bag, but plenty nice and well equipped).
I figure alot of people who were staring down a timing belt service and maybe some suspension and brake work, maybe need new tires, opted to take the buyback, I had already performed all thees services myself, so no big deal.. figure my 142k car is about as sound as a 60k example, so no reason not to keep and get the payout