UPDATE: The Golf Country sold on the Bring a Trailer online auction for $26,000 on November 3, 2023. ... According to the listing, approximately 7735 of these lifted Golf hatchbacks were built.

For the Mk8 Golf Country, delta4x4 took a Golf R and hiked it up 3.1 inches to achieve about 8.8″ of total ground clearance. That’s Subaru Crosstrek territory but with much more horsepower. A ...

“The lifted MK4 R32, a.k.a The Country, started life as a salvage title. ... It’s not the first time Thurston has lifted a VW Golf. He’s done it to a couple of Volkswagen MK2s in the past.

This seemingly rules out a random dude mocking up a Golf R for the hell of it. I’m still not convinced that we’re looking at a preview of a lifted, rally-spec Golf R, however.

The modern-day Golf Country takes up to nine months to develop. The original Volkswagen Golf was launched in 1974 but it wasn't until 1985 during the Mk2 era that the first all-wheel-drive version ...