Ascort
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The Ascort was an Australia
n automobile
manufactured by Continental Coachwork of Sydney
from 1958 to 1960. It was basically a Volkswagen Beetle
turned into a four-seater touring coupe
and featured a roomy, double-skinned body made out of fiberglass
and closely resembled a 1970s Karmann Ghia coupe. The 1·2-liter Beetle engine was modified using an Okrasa kit to produce 54bhp. The vehicle's total weight was 33% less than that of a standard sedan, which made for brisk acceleration. More than a dozen cars were built before the project collapsed. The Ascort had a top speed of just under 95 mph and there were plans to fit a 70 hp, 1500 cc engine producing a top speed of well over 100 mph but this was never made.
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
n automobile
Automobile
An automobile, autocar, motor car or car is a wheeled motor vehicle used for transporting passengers, which also carries its own engine or motor...
manufactured by Continental Coachwork of Sydney
Sydney
Sydney is the most populous city in Australia and the state capital of New South Wales. Sydney is located on Australia's south-east coast of the Tasman Sea. As of June 2010, the greater metropolitan area had an approximate population of 4.6 million people...
from 1958 to 1960. It was basically a Volkswagen Beetle
Volkswagen Beetle
The Volkswagen Type 1, widely known as the Volkswagen Beetle or Volkswagen Bug, is an economy car produced by the German auto maker Volkswagen from 1938 until 2003...
turned into a four-seater touring coupe
Coupé
A coupé or coupe is a closed car body style , the precise definition of which varies from manufacturer to manufacturer, and over time...
and featured a roomy, double-skinned body made out of fiberglass
Fiberglass
Glass fiber is a material consisting of numerous extremely fine fibers of glass.Glassmakers throughout history have experimented with glass fibers, but mass manufacture of glass fiber was only made possible with the invention of finer machine tooling...
and closely resembled a 1970s Karmann Ghia coupe. The 1·2-liter Beetle engine was modified using an Okrasa kit to produce 54bhp. The vehicle's total weight was 33% less than that of a standard sedan, which made for brisk acceleration. More than a dozen cars were built before the project collapsed. The Ascort had a top speed of just under 95 mph and there were plans to fit a 70 hp, 1500 cc engine producing a top speed of well over 100 mph but this was never made.