Have you seen this all-wheel drive convertible VW Golf?!

The Golf is undoubtedly one of the most iconic automotive nameplates of all time, and has been one of the most successful cars from Volkswagen. In its more than four decades of production, the Golf has been seen in pickup and wagon variants too. In fact, a utility model with a pickup truck style rear bed was sold as the Rabbit in the American market and Caddy in European markets in the Eighties.

In Europe, the second-generation Golf spawned the Golf Country, an all-wheel-drive version with a rugged design suited for more agrarian duties. An Italian company took this derivative a step further by creating what is now a rare Golf variant.

Apparently inspired by the Meyers Manx, Volkswagen Thing and other such models, the Biagini Passo was essentially the chassis of the Mk 2 Golf Country blended with a reworked body shell of a Mk 1 Golf Cabriolet.

With headlights and taillights borrowed from other manufacturers, a raised ride height and an external bull bar, the Passo looked unique. It could hold five people with its top down, although the speed at which they traveled was limited by the 1.8-litre four-cylinder’s 98 horsepower output.

Meant to be sold in central and eastern Europe, it’s not clear how many Passos were built after its launch in 1990; some sources say 300, others, less than 100. This explains why so few Passos remain in drivable condition today, as a lack of rustproofing doomed many to the junk heap.