Puma Cars was a South African specialist sports-car maker that built local versions of the Brazilian Puma. The company’s history went back to the early 1970s, when production rights were taken up in South Africa, and the business later continued in Pretoria as a small-scale builder and parts supplier. Its cars followed the classic Puma formula: lightweight fiberglass bodies, Volkswagen-based mechanicals, and compact coupe styling.The main models…