Vehicle Description
"RAZOR'S EDGE"
THE KARMANN GHIA TYPE 34 MADE ITS DEBUT AT THE FRANKFURT AUTO SHOW
IN THE FALL OF 1961. THE TYPE 34 WAS NEITHER MARKETED NOR AVAILABLE
IN THE US DURING ITS PRODUCTION RUN FROM SEPTEMBER 1961 TO JULY
1969.
OF THE 42,500 TYPE 34's PRODUCED, LESS THAN 1,200 REGISTERED
EXAMPLES REMAIN WORLDWIDE. ACCORDING TO TYPE 34 REGISTRY THERE ARE
LESS THAN 400 TYPE 34's CURRENTLY IN THE US, OF WHICH ONLY 200 ARE
TRULY ROAD WORTHY.
THE TYPE 34 IS KNOWN AS THE "RAZOR'S EDGE" IN BRITAIN DUE TO ITS
SHARP LINES. IN GERMANY THE TYPE 34 IS KNOWN AS "DER GROBE KARMANN"
OR "THE LARGE KARMANN" DUE TO ITS ROOMIER AND MORE LUXURIOUS
FEATURES COMPARED TO ITS BETTER KNOWN SIBLING, THE TYPE 14 KARMANN
GHIA.
AT THE TIME, THE TYPE 34 WAS THE MOST EXPENSIVE CAR IN THE
VOLKSWAGEN LINEUP COSTING AS MUCH AS 2 BEETLES.