Browsing around Ebay killing some time and came across this... http://cgi.ebay.com.au/VW-Golf-MK2-Special-4x4-Country-only-one-Australia-/16...
Never seen nor heard about a 4X4 Golf before but I like it! Perfect for Australia! Makes you wonder why they never brought it here. Would have sold like hotcakes!!

I dont think this is the only one as I am sure I have seen one at a VW car show once.

Kev

I believe in Europe AWD was an option on all VWs (AWD as opposed to 4WD for off-road use)

dosent Steve Muller have one??

there is one on ebay atm , was listed a week or 2 ago but is back up.

The Golf Country was based on the Mk2 Golf. The prototype first appeared at the 1989 Geneva Motor Show. It was based on the existing Golf Mk2 Syncro (which was already 4x4 using a similar viscous coupling system to the T3 Transporter Syncro). Like the Syncro Golf, Passat and Kombi, it was built by Steyr-Daimler-Puch of Austria. It had radically revised suspension mountings to give the vehicle a genuine off-road capability. Production started in April 1990 by Steyr-Daimler-Puch Spezialfahrzeugtechnik in Graz/Austria. It was only ever built in four-door, Golf CL configuration, and only in left-hand-drive.

The basic Golf shells and drivetrains were built at Wolfsburg, and shipped to Graz (Austria) for completion by Stey-Daimler-Puch. Puch added a new intermediate frame, guard rails, spare tyre carrier, rear end collision guard rails, and the viscous coupling syncro 4WD system. They only came with a 1.8-litre 72kW engine and 5-speed manual gearbox.

They were popular in eastern Europe. Production lasted until October 1991, by which time a total of 7,735 Golf Countrys had been produced (including 500 of the special Chrome edition).

They could never have been sold in Australia. Our importers then were Ateco Industries, who only imported low-spec 8V Mk2 GTIs and Mk1 cabrios - they did not even have the resources to import the normal CL and GL Golfs at the time, nor any Jettas or Polos then, let alone special models like this. But in any case, the Golf Country was LHD only.

Nice to see that a few have been imported here anyway.

http://www.faltdach.net/vwgolfcountry.htm 

bwahah!

Put a lift kit, clearance those guards and slap a set of 33's all round on that baby

VW don't make a 4x4 version of the current Golf, except for the super-sporty 'R' version. But it has an Audi quattro-style 4WD system that's designed for high-performance street application, not off-road.

VW's small SUV now is the Tiguan. The closest you can get to the old Golf Country now is a Euro-only model called the CrossGolf. It's based on the Golf Plus (not sold in Australia) and is only FWD.

The CrossGolf has a choice of direct-injection turbocharged petrol or diesel engines, with the output reaching up to 105 kW. All engines come with a 6-speed gearbox, although the 105TSI can be ordered with a 7-speed DSG.

The interior has sport seats (front) with two-tone fabric covers and a "small leather package" with a three-spoke steering wheel, gearshift lever trim and grip-in leather.

Another interesting European VW that won't be sold in Australia.

That's awesome. Imagine giving the Land Cruiser boys a bit of a scare with that. If only I had the room, cash and time....

wasnt there a gtech supercharged golf awd produced somewhere?

The normal Golf G60 (G-lader supercharger) was only front-wheel drive, but yes, there were actually two special 4WD G-supercharged Golfs, both of them based on the Mk2:

The Golf Rallye (1989-90) had a 1.8-litre (actually reduced slightly to 1763cc) 8.0:1 compression 8V engine, with Digifant injection and G-lader supercharger boosting at 0.6 bar. It produced 120 kW at 5600rpm. It had syncro AWD, and a modified suspension system from the Golf 16V. It was built by VW Motorsport in Hanover. It was recogniseable by its remoulded bumpers, flared guards and different grille. The different body panels were all metal, not fibreglass, and were specially made by VW Motorsport. The Golf Rallye was designed for homolgation for the 1990 World Rally Championship, but the rules were changed before the 5,000 required could be built. The Rallye only competed in a few rallies at the end of the 1990 season, without success, but later it was a success in national Group N events. Just over 5,000 were built, and some are still competing in club events in Europe today.

And secondly, what was for many years the 'ultimate' Golf - the G60 Limited. It's only in recent years that the Limited's specs have been surpassed, only by the modern R32 and R turbo.

The 1989 Golf Limited was also built by VW Motorsport in Hanover, with a hand-built body shell that used some panels from the Rallye (above) and some from the normal Golf Syncro. Externally it looked like a normal Golf - even using the plain two-headlamp grille, rather than the GTI-style four lamp grille. The only giveaway was the special blue trim around the grille, and the VW Motorsport badge.

Shoehorned into the engine bay was a 16V 1.8-litre engine mated up to a VW Motorsport-tweaked G-Lader supercharger, cooled by a Rallye intercooler and a large capacity radiator. It produced 157 kW (210 bhp), the most powerful Golf ever until the R32 came along. Each Golf Limited got an individually-numbered engraved plaque with the VW Motorsport logo and the number of the car (between 01 and 70). A VW Motorsport clutch and the 02A cable-change gearbox from the Rallye (notchier than the GTI-style rod-change 'box) was used. Golf Rallye four-wheel discs and ABS helped stop the Golf from its 227Km/h top speed. Although the exterior of the car was pretty frill-free, the interior was well fitted out; at the time the Limited's purchase price was double that of a Golf GTI 16V (which retailed at around 3700Euro). Limited interior in black leather trimmed seats (the front ones being heated), with power-steering, electric windows and mirrors being standard equipment. Central locking was standard, as was a sunroof and an electric headlamplevelling control. The leather trim also extended to the doors, handbrake cover, steering wheel rim and the gearlever gaiter.

Only 70 were ever made - and only in LHD.

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