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A GO ANYWHERE GOLF

IN 1986, Volkswagen presented its first Golf with four-wheel drive. The Golf Syncro was available as a five-door with a 1.8-litre engine initially producing 66kW and then later, 73kW.

The four-wheel-drive system had been developed in collaboration with Steyr- Daimler-Puch and featured a viscous coupling between the

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