Puma (car manufacturer)

Puma Automóveis Ltda.
Native name	Puma Automóveis
Industry	Automotive
Founded	25 August 1963 (Sociedade de Automóveis Lumimari); 24 November 1964 (Puma Veículos e Motores); 19 August 1974 (Puma Indústria de Veículos SA); 2013 (Puma Automóveis Ltda.);
Founders	Luiz Roberto Alves da Costa; Milton Masteguin; Mário César de Camargo Filho; Rino Malzoni;
Headquarters	Botucatu, São Paulo, Brazil
Products	Sports cars, trucks
Website	pumaautomoveis.com.br

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. New projects included the Puma P-052 prototype, built specifically for motorsports and the Puma GT Lumimari, named in honor of the company's original name.^[1]

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Puma (car manufacturer)

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