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Biagini Passo
Italian four-wheel-drive Golf Country soft-top crossover converted by Biagini; build estimates range from about 65 to 300.
Still being researched: full specifications. Everything shown is checked against the cited sources. Know more? Send us a source.
Contents
01Overview
At a glance
- Built
- Not yet verified
- Years
- 1990–1993
- Engine
- four-cylinder · 1,800 cc / 1.8 LFactory: 1.8 L
- Power
- 66.4 kW / 90.2 PSFactory: 89 hp · converted
- Top speed
- Not yet verified
- Body
- Not yet verified
- Designer
- Biagini / ACM Automobili (Italian conversion team)
- In this archive
- Not yet verified
- Surviving
- Not yet verified
Sources and any conflicting figures are in the sections below.
Why it matters
A small-series 4x4 soft-top made by the Italian coachbuilder ACM and marketed as Biagini Passo. Golf Mk1 Cabriolet bodywork was fitted to a Golf Country (Mk2) four-wheel-drive chassis, launched in 1990 and gone by 1993. Production was tiny, and sources give conflicting totals.
How rare is it?
Six separate kinds of rarity – never combined into one number.
Each kind of rarity is rated separately and never combined.
02Production & history
Production
Every figure says what it counts.
No production figures recorded yet.
History
Biagini's origins are poorly documented. The company belonged to a group that modified Romanian ARO off-roaders in the 1980s. The Passo was built from 1990 and the company closed in 1993, before any successor could be developed.
Sources give 65 built according to some historians, about 100 according to others, and Volkswagen's archives cite around 300 Golf Country conversions.
Variants
How each version differs from the standard Biagini Passo.
No variants documented yet. Have a source? Contribute it.
03Specifications
Technical specifications
Engine
| Engine manufacturer | Volkswagen1 Independently researched |
|---|---|
| Engine family | Not yet verified |
| Engine code | Not yet verified |
| Layout | four-cylinder1,2 Independently researched |
| Displacement | 1,800 cc / 1.8 LFactory: 1.8 L3,2 Independently researchedS4 says a 2.0-litre option was also offered; the 1.8 is the value given for the most common engine (S1). |
| Bore | Not yet verified |
| Stroke | Not yet verified |
| Compression ratio | Not yet verified |
| Fuel system | Not yet verified |
| Power | 66.4 kW / 90.2 PSFactory: 89 hp · converted1 Independently researchedWELT (S3) gives 98 PS for the 1.8 engine. S1 says early units without catalytic converters had higher output. The sources conflict and the level C figure from Hagerty is used. |
| Power at | Not yet verified |
| Torque | 145 NmFactory: 107 lb-ft · converted1 Independently researched |
Transmission & drivetrain
| Gearbox | five-speed manual1 Independently researched |
|---|---|
| Gears | 51 Independently researched |
| Driven wheels | all four wheels (four-wheel drive)1 Independently researched |
Chassis, body & dimensions
| Chassis | Not yet verified |
|---|---|
| Front suspension | Not yet verified |
| Rear suspension | Not yet verified |
| Brakes | Not yet verified |
| Steering | Not yet verified |
| Body construction | Not yet verified |
| Wheelbase | Not yet verified |
| Length | Not yet verified |
| Width | Not yet verified |
| Height | Not yet verified |
| Front track | Not yet verified |
| Rear track | Not yet verified |
| Kerb weight | Not yet verified |
| Dry weight | Not yet verified |
Performance
| Maximum speed | Not yet verified |
|---|---|
| 0–100 km/h | Not yet verified |
| Fuel tank | Not yet verified |
“Not yet verified” means no source has been checked for that value yet. Nothing is estimated to fill a gap.
04Colours & options
Factory colours & interiors
Original paint and trim, with the number of cars in each where a source gives it.
Not yet documented. Have a source? Contribute it.
Factory options & codes
Codes are shown exactly as written by the manufacturer.
Not yet documented. Have a source? Contribute it.
05Individual cars
Chassis register
Every documented car, with its colours, history and where it is now. Open a row for the full record. Known chassis are not automatically authenticated originals.
Not yet documented. Have a source? Contribute it.
Competition history
Every race result of the individual cars, in date order. Click a chassis number to open its full record in the register.
Not yet documented. Have a source? Contribute it.
Auction & sale history
Documented public sales of the individual cars. Click a chassis number to open its full record in the register.
Not yet documented. Have a source? Contribute it.
See one in person
Museums where an example of this car can be seen.
No example is documented on public display yet. Have a source? Contribute it.
06Reference
Identification guide
How to tell an original from a replica or later conversion.
Being verified against factory or registry sources before it is published. Have a source? Contribute it.
Sources
Each number links to the exact facts it supports.
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1
Italy built the off-road, convertible Golf that VW never would Level C Hagerty Media
- Volkswagen-sourced, 1.8-liter four-cylinder
- about 89 horsepower from a four-cylinder
- about 89 horsepower and 107 pound-feet of torque
- 107 pound-feet of torque
- via a five-speed manual transmission
- five-speed manual transmission
- sent about 89 horsepower to the four wheels
-
2
Vom Millionär zum Mauerblümchen: Panorama: Biagini Passo Level C WELT
- 98 PS aus einem 1,8 Liter großen VW-Vierzylinder
- 1,8 Liter VW-Vierzylinder
-
3
Obscurati: Biagini Passo 4x4 convertible Level C Gary Axon · Auto Italia (December 2020), p. 98 · 2020-12-01
- Golf Country 1.8 and 2.0-litre petrol engines
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