Puma 1966-1994 - Brazilian sports car manufacturer

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Puma 1966-1994 - Brazilian sports car manufacturer

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Created in 2008

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Roger Gloor

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Bruno von Rotz

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Uli Sonntag

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Puma GTB - the small Brazilian sports car factory presents itself in a sympathetic way at the 1971 Geneva Motor Show with this sports car based on the VW 1600

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Puma 1600 GTE (1973) - sporty two-seater based on a VW with a plastic body for just 18,500 francs - at the 1973 Geneva Motor Show

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Puma 1600 GTE (1973) - dainty plastic sports coupé from Brazil, based on the VW 1600 - at the 1973 Geneva Motor Show

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Puma 1600 GTS at the 1972 Geneva Motor Show - plastic sports car on a Volkswagen platform from Brazil shown for the first time as a convertible

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Puma 1600 GT - Brazilian model available as Coupé and Spider with plastic body and VW chassis, engine 1.6 liter with 70 hp - at the Geneva Motor Show 1974

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Puma GTO (1973) - presented as a prototype, later renamed GTB

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Puma 1600 GTS (1978) - at the "Fantastic Plastic" meeting 2013

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Puma 1600 GTS (1978) - at the "Fantastic Plastic" meeting 2013

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Puma GT (1972) - at the "Fantastic Plastic" meeting 2013

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Puma 1600 GTS (1979) - at the Rallye Historique on the occasion of the Schloss Bensberg Classics 2012

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Techno Classica 2011 - Puma 1600 GTS from 1979 at the Volkswagen Classic stand

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Puma GT (1971) - at the GP Mutschellen 2014

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Summary

There have been around 10,000 car brands and designers - most of them have disappeared. One of these vanished brands is Puma from Argentina. Their Puma II GT 1500 was a success, but it remained the only one.

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An assembly and automotive industry had already been established in Brazil in the 1920s. After the Second World War, European brands joined the North American brands. Volkswagen made a significant contribution to the motorization of this huge country with the "Beetle". Its platform frame also made it easier to build individual sports models. Puma Veiculos e Motores Ltda in São Paulo, founded in 1966, also benefited from this. It initially continued to manufacture the DKW-Malzoni sports model under this new brand, but switched from front-wheel drive to rear-wheel drive in 1968/69 with the Puma II GT 1500.

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