{"id":493516,"date":"2013-12-01T00:12:56","date_gmt":"2013-12-01T08:12:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportscardigest.com\/\/?p=14091"},"modified":"2024-10-03T17:24:50","modified_gmt":"2024-10-03T17:24:50","slug":"karmann-ghia-turns-60","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/karmann-ghia-turns-60\/","title":{"rendered":"Karmann Ghia Turns 60"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/ROADn3-201312-p2.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-527141 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/ROADn3-201312-p2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1080\" height=\"648\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/ROADn3-201312-p2.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/ROADn3-201312-p2-300x180.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/ROADn3-201312-p2-1024x614.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/ROADn3-201312-p2-100x60.jpg 100w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/ROADn3-201312-p2-770x462.jpg 770w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/ROADn3-201312-p2-293x176.jpg 293w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1080px) 100vw, 1080px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Thanks to the Karmann Ghia, Volkswagen had a car in its lineup in the mid-1950s that was positioned above the Beetle, allowing the company to appeal to a broader customer base. It is now 60 years since that prototype was shown internally, on the occasion of the Paris Motor Show. The car went into full production in 1955. Today the one-off prototype is one of the stars of the Volkswagen Osnabr\u00fcck Automobile Collection.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The genesis of the car came from Wilhelm Karmann, who hired Luigi Segre of Carrozzeria Ghia, in Turin, to transform his idea into reality in early 1953\u2014at first without even consulting Volkswagen. Initially, a convertible sports car was envisaged, but the prototype was actually a coupe.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">In October 1953, the car was taken to a small garage in Paris and shown by Ghia to Karmann, who had traveled there for the Paris Motor Show. Wilhelm Karmann was thrilled, and in November of that year he showed the attractive small car to the otherwise conservative Volkswagen chief Heinrich Nordhoff. Karmann was able to do this because a close relationship already existed between the two Wolfsburg companies\u2014Karmann had been building the Volkswagen Beetle Cabriolet since 1949.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The prototype (pictured below) won over Volkswagen\u2019s managing director. Once the budget was worked out, a decision was soon made to go into full production. The delay between decision and production allowed for some body detail changes and interior refinements to be made, although the basic form remained as Ghia had designed it. Volkswagen Beetle running gear underpinned all 450,000 Karmann Ghias, known internally as the Type 14, made between 1955 and 1974.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Thanks to the Karmann Ghia, Volkswagen had a car in its lineup in the mid-1950s that was positioned above the Beetle, allowing the company to appeal to a broader customer base. 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