While we saw many memorable custom Karmann Ghias during the years, this one stands out because, instead of its original flat-four, it received the largest-displacement engine ever fitted into an ...

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Engine swaps are a dime a dozen, especially LS swaps. Those ahve become so common that there’s a mock-up tool designed to help you check if your car’s engine bay can take the GM V8. Body swaps are a ...

Back in the mid-1950s, Volkswagen wasn’t the empire that it is today, dominating the world’s automobile industry. Imagine that before 1955, the only “people’s car” was the Beetle, as VW didn’t produce ...

Controversy still swirls around just how much German coachbuilder Karmann actually contributed to the design of Volkswagen’s eternally lovely Karmann-Ghia. But then one might expect many claims to ...

Volkswagen launched the Karmann-Ghia, a coupe based on the famed Beetle, at the Kasino Hotel in Westfalia, Germany, on July 14, 1955. The car, positioned above the Beetle, was created to help VW move ...

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In the early 1950s, Karmann already had a contract to build the the Beetle cabriolet at its Osnabrück factory, but convincing Volkswagen to make a sportier model was an uphill battle. VW rebuffed ...

Some vintage cars get respect without being wildly expensive, exceptionally elitist or notably rare. Volkswagen’s Type 14 Karmann Ghia is both an automotive gem and an affordable sports coupe — a well ...

Protoype shown to VW boss in November 1953 Stylish Karmann Ghia gave VW an upscale model All-Beetle underneath%2C it nevertheless came across as sporty Just about 60 years ago, a guy who worked for ...

Volkswagen ends production of the Karmann Ghia on July 21,1974, at a plant in Osnabruck, West Germany. First sold as a 2+2 coupe, built from 1955–74, and later a convertible, 1957–74, the Karmann Ghia ...

I was lucky enough to to drive two perfect vintage VWs: a 1963 Karmann Ghia and a 1964 Beetle. Here’s what I learned. When I found out VW was loaning out vehicles from its heritage fleet to members of ...