View post: 1969 Datsun 510 For Sale With Racing Homage Modifications It’s weird calling a Volkswagen beautiful. None of the brand’s current offerings evoke such a thought, but it wasn’t always this ...

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 ...

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 ...

You might've heard this one before: In Europe, heaven is a place where the British are the policemen, the French are the cooks, the Germans are the engineers, the Italians are the lovers, and the ...

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 ...

Beautiful design from a renowned Italian carrozzeria. A coachbuilt body, crafted by a German specialist with roots that date back to the dawn of the automobile. A dependable powertrain, easily ...

An ordinary VW Beetle underneath, the Karmann Ghia blends practicality with Italian styling. It also has an interesting backstory, having been designed by an Allied secret agent. This one is in ...

The 1950s saw opportunity knocking on doors worldwide for Volkswagen, which had launched the Type 1 Käfer (Beetle) and Type 2 Kombi (Microbus) toward the end of the previous decade. With both models ...

It is one of more than 445,000 examples of the Volkswagen Karmann Ghia built between 1955 and 1974. Jeff McBride of Meriden has owned his 1971 Karmann Ghia since 2012 but it looks vastly different ...

The collaborative concept was envisioned by Luigi Segre, owner of Italian styling studio Carrozzeria Ghia, and Wilhelm Karmann, whose coachbuilding firm was already manufacturing Beetle convertible ...