Registration No: CTC 754M
Chassis No: 1442292811
MOT: TBC

• Final production year Karmann Ghia presented in white with contrasting black interior
• Specified with desirable manual transmission and in right-hand drive configuration, imported from Japan
• Comes accompanied with Export Certificate, DVLA Authorisation Certificate and V5C document which displays '0' former keepers

Particularly aimed at the American market, the immortally striking Karmann Ghia was Volkswagen's answer to creating a halo model for its unashamedly austere Beetle range. Italian sports car design combined with a slightly widened Beetle floorpan, it was produced by Karmann at Osnabrück – this was the magic formula for one of the most beautiful cars of the 1950s: the Karmann Ghia (Type 14). Designer Luigi Segre (proprietor of the Italian coachbuilder Carozzeria Ghia), Karmann and Volkswagen wrote automobile history with the Coupé presented in 1955 at the Frankfurt International Motor Show. In 1957, the Coupé was followed by an equally breath-taking Cabriolet. For the first few years, customers had to be satisfied with 30bhp. In 1959, there was a minor facelift, which included raising the height of the headlights, followed by the Saxomat semi-automatic transmission in 1961. In 1971, the Karmann Ghia Type 14, which now had 50bhp, received wider chrome bumpers, larger rear lights and the instruments of the VW 411. Production of the “small” Karmann, which is now more coveted than ever before, only ended in 1973 (Cabriolet) and 1974 (Coupé).

A final year production car presented in what is believed to be a largely original White with contrasting Black interior, ‘CTC 754M’, a Japanese market car, was imported to the UK in August of 2019. Specified with a desirable manual gearbox and of course in right-hand drive configuration, this particular example shows 54,712km on the odometer and comes accompanied with an export certificate, DVLA authorisation certificate and V5C document which displays ‘0’ former keepers. The vendor rates the condition of the bodywork, engine, electrical equipment, paintwork, transmission and interior trim all as ‘Good’.

For more information, please contact:
Andreas Hicks
andreas.hicks@handh.co.uk
07943584762