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Volkswagen Karmann Ghia Type 34 1500 Sea Blue Norev 1:18

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Volkswagen Karmann Ghia Type 34 1500 Sea Blue Norev 1:18 188646 Diecast
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Norev's 1:18 diecast Volkswagen Karmann Ghia Type 34 1500 wears Sea Blue, capturing the larger, angular coupe built on the Type 3 platform. A distinct alternative to the more familiar curvy Karmann Ghia.
Volkswagen Karmann Ghia Type 34 1500 Sea Blue Norev 1:18
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Brand
Volkswagen
Manufacturer
Norev
Scale
1:18
Material
Diecast
Model Condition
New Model
SKU
188646
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About the Volkswagen Karmann Ghia Type 34 1500 Sea Blue Norev 1:18

TL;DR: Norev's 1:18 diecast Volkswagen Karmann Ghia Type 34 1500 in Sea Blue reproduces the lesser-known, angular coupe built on Type 3 mechanicals from 1961. Sharper and larger than the famous curvy Karmann Ghia, this Type 34 is the rarer of the two designs.

Most people picture the rounded original Karmann Ghia when the name comes up, which makes this angular Type 34 an easy way to surprise a fellow collector.

Norev's Sea Blue Type 34 in 1:18

The Type 34's flat, creased surfaces are a world apart from the bulbous curves of the original Type 14 Karmann Ghia, and that difference actually plays to a diecast tooling's strengths, since sharp panel edges are easier to hold consistent than complex compound curves. Sea Blue sits comfortably in the period-correct palette Volkswagen offered on this model, and Norev's build keeps the car's distinctive creased hood and squared-off greenhouse crisp rather than rounding them off for a simpler mold. Ghia's Italian design studio penned this body over Volkswagen's larger Type 3 platform, giving the Type 34 genuinely different proportions from its more famous sibling rather than a mere trim variation.

The Karmann Ghia Most Collectors Overlook

Karmann built the Type 34 from 1961 onward as a larger, more angular counterpart to the original Karmann Ghia, using the Type 3's mechanical platform rather than the Beetle-based Type 14. It sold in far smaller numbers than its curvier sibling and never achieved the same fame, which makes surviving examples, and models of them, a genuinely distinctive find today. Its Italian-influenced, creased styling offers a real alternative reading of what a Karmann Ghia could look like.

A Rare Find for a Vintage VW Shelf

This Type 34 rewards a collector who already owns the standard Karmann Ghia and wants to show the fuller, less obvious side of that model family.

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