VW Karmann Ghia

The Karmann Ghia was an interesting collaboration between the Italian auto design house Ghia, the hand-built bodywork of the German car building outfit Karmman, and the brilliant simplicity of the hardware provided by VW.
The Karmann Ghia proved to be very successful upon its debut in 1955, and production ramped up quickly to meet with demand. 1974 marked the end of the line for the Ghia, when it replaced by the VW-Porsche collaboration, the Porsche 914.
Judging from the somewhat sedate direction VW has been going in lately, a sporty little coupe like this designed to run alongside cars like the Mazda Miata could give the brand the lusty shot in the arm it could use right now.