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.

South Africa

{| class="wikitable"

!Years

!Units

!Location

|-

|1973–1974

|357

|Durban

|-

|1989–1991

|26

|Verwoerdburg

|}

Production by country

{| class="wikitable"

!Country

!Units

|-

|Brazil

|21.891

|-

|South Africa

|383

|-

|TOTAL

|22.116

|}

Production by model

Brazil

{| class="wikitable"

!Model

!Units manufactured

|-

|GT Malzoni

|49+1=50

|-

|DKW Puma GT

|125

|-

|GT 1500

|423

|-

|GTE

|8.800

|-

|Spider

|223

|-

|GTS

|7.077

|-

|GTI

|610

|-

|GTC

|1.740

|-

|GTB S1

|701

|-

|GTB S2

|888

|}

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