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images Italdesign<\/a><\/p>\n

German coachbuilder Wilhelm Karmann<\/a> is of course most widely known for having created the Karmann Ghia<\/a> and various other cult classics for Volkswagen<\/a>.<\/p>\n

One of his lesser known projects was the Cheetah – a small sports concept for VW via Giugiaro’s firm Italdesign<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The Cheetah is a real child of its times; having debuted at the 1971 Geneva Salon<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The X1\/9<\/a>-ish front end and flatbed rear was fitted over a modified Beetle floorpan bore obvious resemblance to various other Guigiaro projects – but less obviously the roof of the Cheetah was straight out of Mr Karmann’s stable of influences.<\/p>\n

This pretty unique roof consisted of a a soft top with a translucent sunroof panel over the cockpit, which could be stored under the car’s twin seats.<\/p>\n

Nice bit of period futurism that probably could have foreshadowed the success of Bertone’s X1\/9.<\/p>\n

File under missed opportunity, we think.<\/p>\n

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