Rare Competitor and Brother of Porsche.

This is a Volkswagen Karman Ghia, based, as the first Porsche cars were, on the mechanicals of the Beetle.
Spotted near Kirkstall Abbey in Yorkshire, this 'S' plate example is difficult to date, as the registration dates it at 1977; my understanding was that production finished long before 1977.

Ghia is an Italian design house that was virtually brought 'in-house' by Ford Europe in the seventies, and is still used to designate special equipment versions(such as the Focus 'Ghia'); sadly they no longer design.