With near perfect weather conditions, on Saturday October 25th, New Martinsville’s downtown parking lot became home to over 100 highly polished cars, trucks and motorcycles from the last seventy years ...
Posted: October 23, 2025 | Last updated: October 23, 2025 Jeff McBride, of Meriden, has always loved Volkswagens and now he's updated a 1971 VW Karmann Ghia, including painting it a bright tangerine ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
An Australian enthusiast has transplanted the heart of a Porsche 911 into a 1964 Type 34 Volkswagen Karmann Ghia. Unlike the hugely popular Type 14 Karmann Ghia, of which over 445,000 examples were ...
Nigel first entered the world of automotive journalism in the mid-80s, working for what was then the “bible” of weekly automotive content - Motoring News. Those were the days of tip-tap typewriters, ...
Volkswagen has been on a meteoric rise ever since it launched the Beetle in 1938. Today, it's one of the biggest automakers worldwide, with a vehicle in almost every segment. Moreover, the ...