Puma Clubman

About Puma Clubman

The Puma Clubman sports car was conceived and designed by John Karnon and Neville Darwin in Adelaide, Australia based on Ron Champion's book Build your own sports car for as little as £250 - and race it (ISBN 1-85960-636-9). Between 1998 and April 2014, John Karnon constructed 54 chassis and of those 30 have been completed and registered for road use. John Karnon has continued to develop the Puma chassis design to make use of more modern available donor parts. Early Pumas were built with Nissan SR20DET S13 engines with later cars using Nissan SR20DET S14 and SR20DET S15. The S15 engine uses a six-speed gear box. Two Pumas were constructed with non-turbo SR20DE engines with one having a unique "manual automatic" gearbox. Also, two Pumas are being built with non turbo Mazda MZR2300 engines. Puma Clubmans have won the following design and construction awards: 2005 National Rally, Bright, Vic – 1st Place, Peoples Choice: 2011 National Rally, Barossa, SA – 1st Place, Peoples Choice and 2nd Place, Individually Constructed Vehicle: 2013 National Rally, Caloundra, Qld – 1st Place, Peoples Choice and 1st Place, Kit Build Category. In April 2014 Puma Cars relocated to Wamboin NSW after 15 years