looks very much like the 1.4 from our polo. Crossflow with plastic inlet manifold with central choke, little alternator, roundy rocker cover and dizzy on the end.
As far as I know the exhaust goes down the front with them and then over the subframe… I bet this was an easy motor to fit in the syncro in that sense, and cheap to tax.
may have been removed from a syncro but i’d wager a fiver it’s not a syncro motor 