During the 1960s and ’70s, when Volkswagen’s Karmann Ghia was a common sight on American roads, enthusiasts endlessly debated one question: Was it a sports car? In an era when legitimate contenders ...

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 ...

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 ...

[This story originally appeared in the Summer 2012 issue of MotorTrend Classic.] You might’ve heard this one before: In Europe, heaven is a place where the British are the policemen, the French are ...

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 ...