Volkswagen Karmann Ghia

Vehicle Description

– Beautiful Karmann-Ghia Coupe type 14
– Punched card booklet, Owners manual, Service book up to 39,231 km in 1982
– 18,600 km (5-digit speedometer)
– Philips – Grand Tourismo Radio
– New: Shock absorbers front + rear, brake hoses front + rear, master brake cylinder, rear brake shoe set with slave cylinder
– Laminated glass windshield (M89)
– Heated rear window (M102)
– 3 owners

The preparatory work for the Type 14 at Karmann in Osnabrück began in early spring of 1953. The Italian design studio Ghia was charged with the draft of a coupé based on the Beetle.
The prototype – presented at the end of 1953 – wowed the client and was also favourably accepted in Wolfsburg: The serial development of a 2 + 2-seater coupé was decided and the production of the Karmann Ghia was launched in August 1955. On the 38th IAA the Karmann Ghia Cabriolet was presented. The vehicle was produced in Osnabruck from 1st November 1957 and priced at DM 8,250.
Karmann united with this vehicle the solid engineering of the Beetle with the elegant body of Italian design. To reduce the tilty and the oversteer tendency, the Karmann Ghia was fitted from the start with a front roll stabiliser. An enlargement of the front seat area has been achieved by the wider body compared to the Beetle. The running boards were omitted.
A total of 445,000 units were built, among them 80,897 convertibles. Many of them went to the United States.

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