Precisely what went into dropping a 1974 Karmann Ghia body on a 2001 R170 chassis isn ... the Ghia stretches approximately 163 inches long, 64 inches wide, and 52 inches tall.

Except a lot of the times, the end result looks like total ass. The builder of this car, however, dropped a Karmann Ghia body on a first-generation Mercedes-Benz SLK and somehow made it work.

One of the reasons the Karmann-Ghia has such a lovely and distinctive look is that, unlike most cars, its body is entirely one piece, save for the parts that open, the doors, hood, and engine lid.

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 ...

It turned out that sex appeal trumped speed, because the Karmann Ghia became a huge success: over its long lifetime, about 443,000 were built. A fifth of them were convertibles -- a body style ...

From 1961, the Karmann Ghia series also included a second model (Type 34) based on the VW 1500 (Type 3) with a different Ghia body. Furthermore, another Type 34-based, Giorgetto Giugiaro-designed ...