VW Golf Country Syncro: the first crossover?
Posted on 24-05-2014 at 17:08 by MrBrown – 29 Comments”
Today almost every middle class with extra plastic, as the crossover sold. In the time when the word crossover is not yet even existed, built Volkswagen already has the Golf Country Syncro. A high-on-the-feet Golf with 4×4.
The first crossover is not, because the brand has already a T3 van, the Syncro Vanagon, ‘verjeepd’. And the Italians had at the time natuurijk the Fiat Panda 4×4. All the question is from when you do something in a crossover should call?
The life of the Golf Country Syncro was started in 1989 at the Geneva motor show. This gave the model so much positive feedback that he is in 1990 in production. The crossover ran in Wolfsburg as a normal Wave II of the band, and then travel to the factory of Steyr-Daimler-Puch in Austria, where the Mercedes G-Class was built. There was the Wave crossover goodies, so to speak, consisting of 438 parts.
With a tubular chassis, the ground clearance of 18 cm is enlarged. Also, the Golf is equipped with Syncro four-wheel drive. By means of a visco-link delivers the Golf standard 95% of the traction forces on the front wheels under slippery conditions, there can be up to 50% to the rear wheels can be controlled.
To off-road-proof to have got the Country by default, a bullbar and a bodemplaatbeschermer. The engine is located in the Country a little further back to give him better protection against damage. With the reserverwiel on the back and the thickened plastic bumpers hoped to Volkswagen the car what tough looks. More luxurious versions even got running boards and protective covers for the rear lights fitted.
The Golf Country Syncro came with a 1.8 four-cylinder engine linked to a manual vijfbak. That delivers 98 hp and 143 Nm on. Only for the management of the factory was a 50 pieces limited edition GTI version built 10 hp more.
Unfortunately, it stopped production in 1991, after the Country not as success as expected. With 7.735 instances, there are more than two times less Golf Country Syncro’s were sold as Volkswagen had hoped for. In the Netherlands driving is still a lot of copies around, we even have a private Golf Country club.
Gallery: Volkswagen Golf Syncro Country
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