One of those cars that could've only happened to be made in Brazil during the period between '76 and '90 when an imports ban was enforced (with very few loopholes which still rendered an imported car out of reach for the average Joe), the Gurgel XEF relied on a traditional Volkswagen air-cooled engine, and most of its driveline was sourced from Volkswagen, yet it had a proprietary tube-frame wrapped by the fiberglass bodywork, which had its design inspired by the Mercedes-Benz cars of the late-'70s and early-'80s. Less than 200 were made between '82 and '86, and it had accomodation for the driver plus 2 passengers on a single row. For a 3.12m-long and 1.7m-wide car meant for city usage, it is surprisingly not as cramped as it would be supposed - I once spotted 3 guys, all of them around 2-metre tall, getting inside one of these...
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