My wife Diana and I were married New York City teachers back in 1969, when we planned an extended European honeymoon trip during our two-month summer vacation. After considering various transportation ...

Unveiled as a prototype at the 1953 Paris motor show, the Beetle based Karmann- Ghia coupé is 60. To duly celebrate the anniversary, the current owner with full model rights, IPL Industrial in São ...

The iconic Volkswagen Beetle is presently dead, perhaps this time for good. The Germans killed the line in the summer of 2019, and they don’t seem to be planning a comeback of the nameplate, not even ...

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 ...

The Karmann Ghia is gorgeous. You're free to disagree, but if you do, you'll be objectively wrong, and all the people whose eyes work correctly will yell at you. That said, there is one downside to ...

The Volkswagen Karmann-Ghia is one of those car that even non-gearheads tend to like, because it's just a fundamentally pretty object. It's elegant and friendly and curvy and sleek all at once, while ...

9 Sep 2025, 12:49 UTC · By: Vlad Radu // A custom car work of art, this Karmann Ghia from the 1960s went from sporty people's car to jaw-dropping V10-powered street rod 23 Mar 2024, 11:22 UTC · By: ...

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 ...

Come September, there may be a birthday party in Wolfsburg, Germany -- but it won't celebrate one of the vehicles that helped make Volkswagen a household name. Instead, 2011 will mark the 50th ...

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 ...