Puma SNC was an Italian car manufacturer based in Bagni di Tivoli, near Rome. The company started out producing beach buggies from 1968, before establishing itself more seriously as a car manufacturer through a licensing agreement to build the British Nova. The resulting Puma GTV was a lightly modified version of the Nova, initially retaining the rear-engined Volkswagen Beetle basis, though a separate tubular chassis was later developed to accommodate…