05 August 2009 - 12:00
All that glitters…
We can’t quite put our finger on it. This, er, thing – the Mirage GT Gold Edition from German tuning house Gemballa – reminds us of something, but we can’t quite figure out what it is.
The Mirage GT is, as you might have guessed, a heavily modified Porsche Carrera GT, replete with LOTS OF CARBON FIBRE and EXTRA POWER.
About 670bhp of power, to be precise, courtesy of a tuned-up version of Porsche’s 5.7-litre V10 – around 60bhp more than the stock Carrera GT. That’ll shove the Mirage GT to 62mph in just 3.7 seconds, an improvement of a couple of tenths.
As you might have noticed, there’s quite a lot of gold on board. Gold on the wheels, the sills, the mirrors and even the engine bay. More gold than that infamous ‘How Much Jewellery Can You Wear In One Go?’ contest between Mr T and Bobby George.
The cost of all this gold and fastness? Around £400,000, not including the donor Carrera GT, which you’ll have to find for yourself.
Covered in gold? Ambitiously priced? We’ve just figured out what the Mirage GT reminds us of. Uncanny, eh?
Oh, and here's a reminder of Gemballa's now infamous attempt to 'improve' the Cayenne. Yuck.
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Remember when Jeremy pointed to that sticker on a Lotus's C-pillar and said it looked like the logo for a Middle-Eastern hotel chain? This car is that writ large. A waste of a perfectly good Porsche.
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Gemballa - German for 'bloody crap'
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great looking.would prefer it in black
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Kirbdawg: You reminded me of the last Top Gear episode. Hammond said that 'Maloo' is the aboriginal word for Thunder. However, in Malaysia, it's also the malay word for 'embarassment'. I bet Hammond conveniently forgot to mention that one! And speaking of reminders, this car vaguely reminds me of the Gumpert. Probably because of the huge spoilers, air intakes, etc.
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The Gemballa Mirage GT has been around for years! Why are they re-releasing something (with added gold) that should've died by now?
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Um does this make anyone else think of Rodger Federer...?
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This Porsche is off the production since about 5 years ago ... where the hell is Gemballa get those cars from??
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Looks like a Saleen S7, only uglier.
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the front looks like the primera and the back looks like a toytoa mr2 so it is brillant
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Why Porsche does not produce something new in Carrera GT's class?
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A barometer of bad-taste.
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OMG Scout-V it does remind me of Rodger Federer!
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Who in their right frame of mind would ruin the amazing carrera GT for this awful atrocity!!!
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This would have been, hip, high-tech, and chic, had it come out around the same time as the GT. Now it's just old and gaudy.
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could that engine not give 800bhp mitubishi evos can apparently make 800bhp. but despite my terrile maths this is nice
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what is wrong with this, you dont complain when mansory makes a db9 faster, or when hamann makes an F430 faster, so why should this be any different, there are loads of these in the middle east, and that is where it looks good!
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@Scout-V: that is EXACTLY who I thought of when I clicked on this. It's the white & gold - just like Fed's get up at Wimbers.
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Takk commented on this article
05 August 2009
Yikes! Complete misjudgement of the market... Those that might buy a GT won't like this, those that like this stuff won't buy a GT. Maybe some shah in Dubai might be interested, but he'd buy a Veyron instead.
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