Car Feature>> Gemballa Mirage Gt
Porsche Gemballa Mirage GT

For some the world is not enough, same goes for certain car owners. To cater those happy few that can buy million dollar cars and turn them into something even more outrageous we have Gemballa. The tuner is situated in Leonberg Germany, that’s around 10km from Stuttgart where Porsche themselves are situated. Gemballa made some interesting conversions in the past but I wanted to show you the most extreme one, the Gemballa  Mirage GT based on the Porsche Carerra GT.

The kit that Gemballa developed is pure esthetic except for the bigger exhaust and a ECU remap. But don’t think it’s just a piece of plastic they put on the car. The entire car with bodykit has seen extensive wind tunnel testing. The original Carrera GT is known as a true drivers car so when driving it you need all the concentration you need. Porsche made a great effort in building a true sportscar but Uwe Gemballa (the owner and name giver of the company) envisioned a car with more downforce. The bodykit is therefore sculpted and adjusted in the windtunnel to make sure it doesn’t only look pretty but actually works.

Porsche Gemballa Mirage GT Side view

The car is available in all kinds of colors as long as the buyer has enough money. I thought this flat black one looked pretty intimidating. You can also see that the roof scoop goes all the way to the engine bay. Like I said in the intro, the car is only running an new exhaust but in the future Gemballa is planning to add a twin turbo so by then the engine needs all the cool air it can get.

Porsche Gemballa Mirage GT Rear

The exhaust together with the ecu remap added an extra 68bhp to the already impressive 612bhp from the 5.7 liter V10. Some Porsche purist argue that this isn’t a real Porsche because of the engine. They say that a true Porsche should have a flat 6 and not a V10. I don’t really care what kind of engine it is running, but then again I’m not a real Porsche purist.

Porsche Gemballa Mirage GT Wheel

The wheels are specifically designed for this application they measure 19″x9.5 with a 265 tire in the front and 20″x12.5 with a incredible 335 tire in the back. Behind the front wheel we see a 380mm ceramic disc with six pistons.

Porsche Gemballa Mirage GT interior

In the interior we see a whole lot of carbon. The owner of the car can choose whatever he wants in his car, whether it be ostrich leather or the most expensive wood we can find.

The car costs a staggering 212.000 euro and then you still have to buy an original Porsche Carrera GT. Porsche have made 1300 of them and they are all sold out so you already need to own one or you will have to buy one second hand. Either way it is gonna cost you a lot of money.

-Jeroen Willemsen

Gemballa

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Too bad Gemballa are reported to be super shady/ crooks to deal with. There is a good read about one of their GT650s burning to the ground, how it was their fault, and they completely screwed the owner over.





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"hank you RC for posting my pictures. The reason for taking me more than 2 1/2 years to bring this post to light was due to insurance/legal issues.



All I can say is beware when ordering a car from gemballa. Specially if he talks you into extracting 650, 750, 800+ hp from your engines.



In 2001 I ordered a completely modified 996 turbo from gemballa (GTR650) for $300k. The car was 7 months late and when I received it it was not performing well at all.



When talking to gemballa he promised to send me a mechanic which he dispatched to Riyadh after 3 months. The guy was out sourced by gemballa and he basically told me how crooked gemballa was with his customers and suppliers alike. It was too late for me then to go back on my deal.



The frustrating part was when I could not get a hold of gemballa after the accident and I was forced to have my insurance company help me deal with him which cost me a lot in terms of money and time.



I thank god for not being hurt in that accident as I was driving the car on the highway. A faulty fuel line was suspected to be the cause of the accident (which gemballa tampered with).







BTW. gemballa still has the nerves to feature my car on his web site!!!!!





The mechanic told me that he worked all night on the car before it was shipped to me intially. He urged gemballa not to send the car as it had a number of problems with the engine, turbos (garett), as well as the entire control unit. But gemballa told him to finish up as he had already booked a place with the airline and had to deliver the car to them that same night!!! He also told him if the customer is not satisfied he could always send him a mechanic.



Btw, I still maintain an excellent relationship with the mechanic who has since been responsible for modifying more than 30 cars (in a sensible way) in the region with perfect results. Including my '02 GT2 which I sold after 2 years and 13,000kms."

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Thanks for warning me bartender I was totally going to go blow 220k euros with gemballa next week................

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Man, that is one of the sickest cars I have ever seen. I never really seen a GT really done up. But this so amazing!

5

That's not the first story I've read about Gemballa's customers having problems with their cars.

6

Nice writeup ;)

Also I feel for bartender having to go through all the **** as we(any) customer should expect much with that time and money =(

1280x1024 of the top pic please =D

7

does anyone else agree w/ me that when it comes to supercars, the porsche carrera gt is cool... but i don't really want one. i rather have the Gallardo LP560 or a Ferrari F430... not that i have the money, i drive a friggen 07' civic si for cryin' outloud

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no mind about "purists". the real porsche fan know a very old project who had a V10....

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Dmoney, I completely disagree with you, I think the Carrera GT is one of the most pure hardcore supercars available, I dunno, maybe it's something about the 600+HP v-10 available ONLY in a manual? No flappy-paddle tranny BS here! Supercars with a real clutch and gated shifter are fading fast, The Carrera GT is one of the premiers.

10

man that car is dope regardless but if i could id get a lamborghini diablo lp400s roadster flat black like that carrera

11

how fast is it i want to know?

13

what a car never seen this car before amazingly fantastic marvoulous best car ever seen 10/10 marks

14

yo who da dumb ass who said how fast it goes?! this sick ass car has 850+ horse power! do the math!

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