Timeline of the Puma

October, 1964 - Malzoni GT was created by Rino Malzoni

1965 - DKW-Malzoni was born

1967 - DKW Malzoni won the best design award

1967 - DKW components no longer available; Puma switched to VW

1968 - Puma GT 1500 (Tuabrao) was introduced and launched

1969 - Puma GT 4R was created & given away in a contest

1970 - Puma GT was fitted with the 1600 Karmann-Ghia engine

1970 - Puma GT was displayed for the first time in an international event, in the Latin American Fair of Seville, Spain

1971 - GT Spyder (GTS) introduced and launched

1971 - GTB P8 concept was introduced

1971 - Puma GTO (Gran Turismo Omologato) prototype was introduced

1973 - Puma production started in Durban, South Africa

1973 - GTB (Gran Turismo Brazil) S1 was introduced and launched

1973 - Puma production ceased in Durban, South Africa

1975 - Puma GT (Tuabrao) Production Stopped

1975 - Puma GTE & GTS was introduced and launched

1976 - Puma GTE adopts the chassis of Brasilia

1978 - GTB (Gran Turismo Brazil) S2 was introduced and launched

1978 - Filho Malzoni GT was introduced

1981 - GTE & GTS receive redesigns and are renamed GTI & GTC

1981 - P-018 project was started

1982 - GTB S2 Super Clar was introduced

1982 - P-018 was introduced and launched

1983 - GTB S3 was introduced

1983 - GTB S4 was introduced

1984 - GTB S2 was stopped

1985 - P-018 production stopped

1985 - Sao Paulo plant closed

1985 - Puma Marketing (Mr. Jack Wijker) was formed to build and sell cars plus provide parts in South Africa

March, 1986 - GTB S2 production was resumed under the name Asa (Wing)

1987 - Asa (formerly called the GTB S2) production stopped

1987 - Alfa Metais assumed production from Araucaria Veiculos

1987 - AM-1 & AM-2 were launched

1988 - GTB AMV was launched

1989 - AM-3 & AM-4 were launched

1989 - Puma Marketing (South African Puma) began building and selling cars in South Africa

1989 - AM-1 & AM-2 production stopped

1989 - Puma Marketing (South African Puma) ceased building and selling cars in South Africa

1991 - GTB AMV was stopped

1993 - AM-3 & AM-4 production stopped

2006 - Puma Marketing (South African Puma) production restarted

Production Statistics Through 1984
GT
Malzoni
GT
DKW
GT
1500
GTE Spyder GTS GTO GTB
S1
GTB
S2
GTI GTC P018
1966 50
1967 125
1968 125
1969 272
1970 202
1971 253 70
1972 330 153 1
1973 500 269 2
1974 263 493 21
1975 859 683 41
1976 1127 654 130
1977 1471 1194 233
1978 1484 1632 274
1979 1265 1935 316
1980 591 968 373 298 968
1981 93 212 391 2
1982 70 75 279 11
1983 36 21 74 6
1984* 56 4 32 6
Total 50 125 397 8345 223 7828 1 701 944 610 1744 25

Grand total = 20993

Note: Data is from the registration books of Puma Indústria de Automóveis s.a., compliments of the Puma Club of Brazil. The 1984 data above is based on the information of the Collectors magazine, therefore it is merely a best estimate. Please note that no South African production numbers are included in these figures.

There are also many variations on the actual time line of when these cars were produced and actual production numbers, so you may see variations between the timeline and numbers above.