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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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Takk commented on this article
at 02:59 pm on 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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SteveNYC commented on this article
at 03:56 pm on 05 August 2009
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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Kirbdawg commented on this article
at 04:03 pm on 05 August 2009
Gemballa - German for 'bloody crap'
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johnb2k9 commented on this article
at 04:15 pm on 05 August 2009
great looking.would prefer it in black
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AshHorne commented on this article
at 05:06 pm on 05 August 2009
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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