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Puma Rome is the only company that continued to produce items similar to those Buggies. Its beginnings date back to the seventies and was imposed as one of the most appreciated companies in the sector. Buggy made the classic American "Desert", always using mechanical Volkswagen, and marketed under the name "Puma" at the price of 1,300,000 lire with motor preparation or 440,000 lire in mounting kit.
A copy of the Buggy "Puma" in 1974 was the protagonist of the film "Altrimenti ci arrabbiamo" played by Bud Spencer and Terence Hill.
The Buggy could be equipped with a hard roof and doors that could open or with a canopy type top (an absolute novelty in this type of vehicle). With the name "pulci of the desert", the company founded by Adriano Gatto was devoted to the simple conversion of the Custom "Maggiolino 1200" (VW Beetle) by providing it, among other things, with elongated fenders fiberglass, and a wide wheel base that exceeded the limits of the body.
Later, in the eighties, Puma began the construction of a sports car, the "Big Brother", made with a 1200cc VW engine as the "Maggiolino" was available in kit assembly. Equipped with a body by Vitroresina and a line of particularly attractive and aerodynamic look. The "Big Brother" took some sporting aesthetic concepts of the past, like the grille of the lunette later recalled that Lamborghini "Miura" look, lights fairings, etc ...
The last engine mounted in a model was the 50-hp 1500cc Volkswagen engine. The maximum speed of the "Big Brother 1300," according to its builder, was 150 km/h and consumed 7 liters to every 100 kilometers. The Roman factory also produced a similar model called GTV-033. This sporty, available only as an assembly kit, similar in appearance to the "Big Brother" nut differed at the headlights and you could remove the roof to turn the car into a Spider. The last model produced, was a model with an Alfa Romeo boxer engine, a 4-cylinder 1186 cc water-cooled, capable of developing 63 hp at 6000 rpm and reaching 180 km/h. Puma produced some copies of other vehicles whose lines were inspired by a Jeep called the "Ranch", equipped with a VW engine of 1385 cc and used a original type of tubular chassis.
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