Puma (car manufacturer)

About Puma (car manufacturer)

Puma Automóveis Ltda. is a Brazilian manufacturer of sports cars. It was established in 1963 as Sociedade de Automóveis Lumimari, then became Puma Veículos e Motores the following year, and Puma Indústria de Veículos SA in 1974. The brand ceded production rights for a limited time to other companies, including Brazilian companies Araucária Veículos Ltda first and Alfa Metais Veículos Ltda later, and also to a company in South Africa in the years 1973–1974, 1989–1991, 2007, and finally 2014 when the production rights for Puma models expired. In 2013, the company was revived by a former industrial director of Puma Indústria de Veículos SA under the name Puma Automóveis Ltda, headquartered in the countryside of São Paulo.