1974 Volkswagen Karmann Ghia

Vehicle Original VIN : 1442080530 The Karmann Ghia began as a secret project. Karmann, the German coachbuilder, approached the Italian design firm Ghia in the early 1950s and together they built a prototype on a Beetle chassis without telling Volkswagen. When they unveiled it, the VW executives were so taken with it that they committed to production immediately. The car went on sale in 1955, ran for 20 years with almost no changes to the body, and became one of the most loved automotive designs of the 20th century. Buyers nicknamed it the poor man's Porsche, not because it performed like one, but because it looked like it could.