Mines like this i think
Don't worry, there's nothing wrong with yours! Standard hose is the convoluted type, in rubber. The shape allows some engine movement relative to the charge air cooler, which is fixed to the chassis. The original rubber ones tend to split, and are not that cheap to replace. As it is for a specific application few silicon hose places make them, and they are even more expensive than VW. The silicon one above is a suitable replacement, instead of spending 70 quid on a proper convoluted silicon hose, such as this
http://www.g-laderseite.de/eshop/product_info.php?products_id=139The other option is to cut down a metre length of wire reinforced flexible hose, this will be better at coping with high boost levels but will not be such a neat finish. Most of the slicon hose manufacturers will supply this.