Driving dynamics on the next level

Make your Golf faster than ever: the independent rear suspension made by ZORN Motorsport.

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  • We have achieved what everyone thought was impossible: integrating independent rear suspension into front-wheel drive versions of Golf Mk2 and Golf Mk3.

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    To achieve this, we adopt the proven Syncro axle geometry and supplement it with smart engineering.

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    And the best part is: installation is plug-and-play, without any stressful modifications to your car body!

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    • NO cutting of the body: no need to install the raised trunk floor from the Syncro

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    • carry over the original fuel tank: it is not necessary to convert to the Syncro tank
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    • retaining the FWD exhaust: the exhaust system of the front-wheel drive model can be kept without any modification
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    • keep your shock absorbers: the mounting points of the rear struts are in the exact same place compared to the torsion beam axle
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    • including camber and toe adjustment: while it needs to be retrofitted on syncro models, our design already features eccentric adjusters to incorporate toe and camber adjustment

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    No more compromises in driving dynamics – out with the torsion beam axle and in with performance.

Do you know that "hold my beer!" moment?

  • 🔥 how this project started

    Sure, it was a long evening in the workshop. Everyone was standing under the Golf, talking about modification plans. Until someone said: "We need to make something that every Golf driver really needs."

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    Good idea - but everything already exists. After all, the Golf 2 has been around for well over 40 years.

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    Then Andi chimes in: "What annoys me most is this old-fashioned rear axle. Do something about it! I mean, without cutting up the body." - and the counterattack comes immediately. Sentences like "If that were even possible, someone would have done it a long time ago..." are thrown around, as well as "Are you trying to be smarter than Volkswagen?". Someone shouts, "What about TĂśV approval?".

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    As the conversation drifts off-topic again, someone walks over to the tool cart and gets a tape measure. Everyone present watches, amused, as the boss takes a few measurements.

  • 🔥 "It's possible. It HAS to be possible."

    Well, the evening wasn't really productive after that. But the idea had really stuck in the heads.

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    So the next workday was spent entirely on doing 3D scans:

    • the underfloor of a bare Golf shell
    • the underfloor of a fully assembled Golf
    • a Syncro rear axle
    • both Syncro axle journals (left + right)

    Then putting everything together in the CAD plus data review as a team.

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    Now everyone agrees: "It's possible... it won't be easy... but it has to be possible!" A short brainstorming session follows to determine the key features the product needs:

    • camber and toe adjustment
    • retaining the front wheel drive shock absorbers
    • absolutely no rework of the body shell allowed

    Well, here we are again. Under the Golf. Armed with a pile of laser-cut parts and the welding equipment.

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Video 1: collision between an original Syncro axle and the FWD components

Video 2: the ZORN Motorsport independent rear suspension compared to the original Syncro axle

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