Like the headline says, "It's a Karmann Ghia!" Even though it's basically a 1971 Standard Beetle, the styling is like nothing else that produced by Volkswagen then, before, or since. Styled by the ...

A Type 1 "Beetle," dressed in a designer suit, the Type 14 Karmann Ghia was Volkswagen's second mass-produced passenger car and its first sporty model. When I was a teenager, one of the first trips I ...

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 ...

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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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Is the Volkswagen Type 34 Karmann Ghia truly a work of art? The seller of this 1964 1500 Karmann Ghia Coupe that we found 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 ...