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 ...

Willow Green has a special place in the Volkswagen and Porsche history books, with the shade having been offered on the 1971-73 VW Karmann Ghia and Beetle, as well as on the 1971-71 Porsche 914.

VW rebuffed Karmann’s initial drawings, and it was only when the German coachbuilder brought in Italian styling house Ghia that the project got the go-ahead. In typically rational German fashion ...

Today marks the 60th anniversary of the first Karmann Ghia prototype--a model integral ... who gave it the green light for production. This finally began in 1955, and by the time production ...

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 ...

For people who can't stand the sight of a Volkswagen." That's how VW marketed the Karmann Ghia, a beautiful car born from one of automotive history's most fruitful love triangles. In 1949 ...

You see, Volkswagen was kind enough to drop off a 1964 Volkswagen Karmann Ghia convertible ... flat to expose the weathered green carpeting. All of a sudden, the Ghia is starting to look promising.

VW responded with a new, razor-edged Ghia based on the Type III, known as the Type 34 (or just Type III, or 1500/1600) Karmann-Ghia. These were never as popular as the original, but they were ...

One such variation was the Karmann Ghia Type 14, a sports car that used the underpinnings of the Type 1 Beetle, but the more voluptuous body designed in Italy. The Type 14 was shown for the first ...

The level of difficulty involved is immense, which is why I tip my hat to the enthusiast who dropped a Volkswagen Karmann Ghia body on a Mercedes-Benz SLK. Is it a Volkswagen? Is it a Mercedes-Benz?

The motor vehicle group most famous for producing the Volkswagen Karmann Ghia of the 1950s through '70s plans an extensive restructuring in order to stay in business. "Today, the last car built ...