Volkswagen presented a throwback this week recalling the days of the early 90s when it actually offered a towering, rolling fortress-like factory Golf that very much looks today like a SEMA project.

The original Country, though now much loved, was a commercial disaster. According to Delta, just 0.12 per cent of all Mk2 Golfs ever made were Country-spec, or 7,735 units. That was a long time before ...