Listing snapshot
| Spotted | October 2022 |
| Asking price | $12,500 |
| Location | Sudbury, Ontario |
| Listed on | Kijiji, private seller |
| Drivetrain | 1600 air-cooled flat-four with twin carburetors |
| Status | Ad expired. This page is our archive of the listing. |
We spotted this 1970 Volkswagen Karmann Ghia in October 2022, listed on Kijiji in Sudbury, Ontario, for $12,500. It was a white coupe with fresh paint and a short list of jobs still to do. The ad has expired, and we keep the record as a price point for a running, driving Ghia that still needed finishing.
What this car was
A white Karmann Ghia coupe, photographed on gravel beside a barn. The photo shows glossy paint, chrome bumpers with their overriders, and the car’s long, rounded nose and low roofline. It looks complete and straight from this angle.
The seller described it this way:
- Runs and drives
- Professionally painted in a body shop, with a fresh coat of paint
- 1600cc dual-port engine with twin carburetors
- Still needed a new carpet kit and seat belts installed
- The bumper wasn’t fitted quite right
- Needed a new windshield and a few other small fixes
Was $12,500 a fair ask?
For a running Ghia coupe with new paint, $12,500 was a reasonable ask in Canada in 2022. Fresh paint and a twin-carb engine helped. The unfinished jobs held it back: interior carpet, seat belts, a windshield and bumper fitment add up, and Ghia trim parts are not cheap. Rust is the big question on any Karmann Ghia, so a buyer would want to see under the new paint before paying full price.
A little Karmann Ghia history
Volkswagen sold the Karmann Ghia from 1955 to 1974. It used the Beetle’s floor pan, engine and running gear under a hand-finished body styled by the Italian firm Ghia and built by the coachbuilder Karmann in Osnabrück, Germany. It was never fast, but it gave Beetle owners a stylish coupe or convertible with the same simple air-cooled mechanicals. Rust and body repair are the main costs today, since the bodywork is more complex than a Beetle’s.
More cars from the archive
- 1972 Volkswagen Bus Safari Camper, another Volkswagen
- 1972 MG MGB GT Coupe, another 1970s European car
- 1970 BMW 2002, another 1970s European car
- 1972 Opel GT, another 1970s European car
