Brazilian Reasons To Buy: 1981 Puma GT1600

The Puma GT1600 is one of Brazil’s great oddball sports cars, a fiberglass-bodied coupe/convertible built around familiar air-cooled Volkswagen mechanicals. Puma started in Brazil in the 1960s and became known for building lightweight VW-based sports cars with better proportions and more exotic styling than the humble hardware underneath would suggest. Calling it the “Brazilian Porsche” is optimistic, but not totally crazy because you’ve got rear-mounted air-cooled VW power, low fiberglass body, simple mechanicals, and a shape that hints at several European sports cars without directly copying any. Find this 1981 Puma GT1600 offered for $16,500 in Great Meadows, NJ via facecooled airmarket.

From the seller:

1981 PUMA gt1600 puma vw kharmen ghia CONVERTIBLE
$16,500
Listed 2 days ago in Great Meadows, NJ
About this vehicle
Driven 29,000 miles
Manual transmission
Exterior color: White · Interior color: Black
Fuel type: Gasoline
This vehicle is paid off
Seller’s description
1981 Puma from Brazill. Referred too as the “Brazilian Porsche” Produced in Brazil –
Super rare sports car with a chassis from VW. Basically a shortened Kharmen Ghia frame
Super clean car – Runs and drives excellent! Super nimble , short throw 4 speed manual transmission !
Many videos of car are available- if you are serious about- I can send them !! Thanks. 🙏🏻. No surprises – probably will not find a cleaner one! Feel free to reach out – undercarriage of frame is on my YouTube page – 2O1- 2O6 64I8 – I can text direct to your phone !
Happy motoring!!