Over the bumper and you were done with a VW. My 1967 "beetle" would do snow right up to the bumper. Over that and it was done. In the late 60's, I used it to go to deer hunting sights across snow covered fields and woods roads, as long as the snow was below the bumper. Never tried the mud thing.

Current car that is some what similar is the now obsolete Scion xB. I use my 2010 to go up a remote single lane township road from work to where I live. The last mile is a hill that rises 600 feet in elevation and has numerous level landings in it. Max gradient per GPS is 20% in two spots. I've pulled this in snow on all weather tires when 4 wheel drive pickups were turning around mid hill and coming back down. Reminds me of my old VW.