Volkswagen Golf Country Syncro 4×4 Diagonal Test

Diagonal test note: The Volkswagen Golf Country Syncror 4WD system had been developed in collaboration with Steyr-Daimler-Puch of Austria and featured a viscous coupling and flexible partition of torque between the front and rear axle - up to 48% to the rear. There is no locker, and there is no limited slip, so the minimum speed that you see on our hill is needed to achieve a pass! So is it better than a Subaru AWD or an Audi AWD? Maybe not..... is it fun? Oh yah! The famous Volkswagen Golf, did you know that there was also a version called Golf Country (7,735 cars built), co-manufactured by Steyr-Daimler-Puch in Austria, designed for medium off-road driving. It had more suspension travel, Syncro four-wheel drive, improved ground clearance of 21 centimetres (8.3 in), bullbars at front and rear (generally over a single headlight grille), a skid plate for protecting the engine area, sub-frame to protect the rear Syncro differential and propshaft and a spare wheel mounted externally on a swing-away triangular frame on the back. In Europe, it was offered with the acclaimed 98 PS (72 kW) 1.8 8v 1P petrol engine. There were also: 1500 "Country Allround" designed to appeal to a wider public, made without the electric luxuries like electric and heated mirrors, leather steering wheel and bullbar without headlight grills, in relation to a more affordable price range; 558 " Country - Chrompaket" with Chrome bullbars, Sliding sun roof, Engine and interior pre-heater and beige...