Location: Ventura, CA 93004. Lot #: V-0011749. Now up for auction is this 2001 Porsche 986 Boxster Gemballa tribute. A lifelong California car, this 986 has just recently completed a two-year carbon fiber composite Gemballa Avalanche-style body conversion at a cost of over $40k. It comes finished in Heritage Blue and features a Spyder-style German tuner Gemballa has come out with its own off-road-ready Porsche 911. News; and only resembles a 911, Gemballa's off-roader, labeled the Avalanche 4x4, is based on an actual 911 One based on the Porsche 911 called the Gemballa Avalanche 4x4, and another based on the Porsche Cayenne called the Gemballa Tornado 4x4. “Designs for both vehicles have been in the drawer for a This Porsche 911 started out life like any other Porsche, a fun, sporty car looking for some cruising time on the open road. 1,200 hp Gemballa/9ff Porsche 911. By. The GTR 650 Avalanche 2000 Boxster S - Gemballa body kit, GT3 front bumper, JRZ coilovers, lower stress bars 2003 911 Carrera 4S - TechArt body kit, TechArt coilovers, HRE wheels 1986 911 Carrera Targa - 3.2L, Euro pistons, 964 cams, steel slant nose widebody 1975 911S Targa - undergoing a full restoration and engine rebuild Gemballa Avalanche 911. TAGS Audi Quattro Featured Ferrari Ferrari Testarossa Gemballa Mercedes Mercedes SL Porsche Porsche 911 Porsche 911 Turbo Porsche 928 Porsche 944 Ruf Tuning. Post . The monstrosity you're looking at is Gemballa's newest model, which the German tuning house calls the Avalanche. Based off the 991-generation 911 Turbo, Gemballa has upped the Turbo's already-monumental power to nearly 810 horsepower and 516 lb-ft. of torque, which, arguably, should make it fast enough for bystanders to barely notice it. Given its retina-burning, Barney-like hue, however, it's unlikely they'll miss it. What a from the power increase, Gemballa has given the Turbo-based Avalanche an "extroverted exterior design," which is certainly one way to describe it. Starting at the front of the car, the front fascia is clad in carbon fiber, there's new teardrop-shaped metalwork underneath the headlights, and a questionable carbon fiber power dome/shaker hood-looking object that juts out incongruously from the rest of the front hood the rear, a series of three spoilers that would look more appropriate on a military aircraft sit on top of a bulbous rear bumper assembly, which is cloaked in honeycomb grills—hey, more power means more heat. Four exhaust pipes that resemble nuclear missile silos are situated above a massive carbon fiber CEO, Steffen Korbach, claims that both the Avalance and the company's other new model, the GTR 780 EVO-R—both of which will debut at the Geneva Motor Show—will set records. Funny, we didn't realize there was a record for "biggest waste of a perfectly good car."Gemballa The Gemballa Avalanche is the car that helped launch Gemballa into the centre of the world stage for outrageous bespoke cars, often costing over $500,000 USD apiece in 1980s money – that’s well over $1,000,000 now. Founded by Uwe Gemballa in 1981, the German company was based near Porsche in Leonberg, Germany – just west of Stuttgart. Since its inception, Gemballa has been renowned for their outlandish styling and performance figures that outpaced even the quickest factory vehicles being sold by Porsche. The Gemballa Avalanche The Gemballa Avalanche was originally based on the already borderline-insane Porsche 911 Turbo “Flachbau” or “Slantnose”. The car debuted in 1985 as a coupe, along with the non-turbo convertible version that was known as the Cyrrus. The original Porsche 911 Turbo had the internal engine code “930”, a name still used by Porschephiles who rarely refer to an original Turbo as a 911. First sold in 1975 the cars were raw, powerful, and not entirely safe for those who weren’t familiar with managing turbo lag. Some nicknamed these cars “widow makers”, but the truth is that they just needed an experienced right foot, and owners like Peter Sellers who had ample practice driving high-performance cars found the 930 to be no particular challenge. The Flachbau 930 was already a rare, quick, and desirable car when it was released. The team at Gemballa initially focussed on aesthetics – primarily the body kit and interior, with the cars being sent to RUF for mechanical upgrades. Uwe Gemballa’s vision for the 930 was nothing if not extreme. He added a prominent rear wing linked to an aero package installed around the rear window – “Avalanche” iconography was prominent on the rear lip of the wing, so people behind you in traffic know exactly what they’re looking at. The most immediately noticeable design addition to the Gemballa Avalanche were the left and right side strakes reminiscent of the Ferrari Testarossa, these weren’t just a visual affectation either – they’re designed to be aerodynamically functional and channel cool air into the side intakes to feed the engine. Door handles were removed and replaced with a button under the top lip of the side strakes, a feature that often resulted in passengers standing next to the car with no idea how to get in. The most famous Gemballa owner in the 1980s was the rapper Vanilla Ice, a man known for his somewhat ostentatious personal style, and for his love of fast cars and motorcycles. He referenced his song “Get Loose” with the line “Of course a Vanilla rides the groove like a Gemballa Porsche”. There were two major versions of the Gemballa 930, and all were cusomisted to their owner’s specifications to some degree. Later cars had their external rear vision mirrors removed and replaced with cameras – an advanced idea designed to reduce aerodynamic drag. Over the first 8 years of production just 15 Gemballa Avalanches were built, this means they’re a very rare sight on the road, with most owners taking them out infrequently to keep mileage low. The 1986 Gemballa Avalanche Shown Here The Avalanche shown here is one of the final examples, it was built in 1986 and finished in a metallic pearlescent white, with a contrasting black leather interior. The engine was modified by RUF and now produces 375 bhp, up from the original 300 bhp, and it’s only gathered 13,800 miles in its first 30 years of life. Gemballa recently revived the Avalanche name-plate, basing the modern version on the new Porsche 911 Turbo, and incorporating all the characteristic modifications we’ve come to expect from the German firm. If you’d like to read more about this car or register to bid, you can click here to visit the listing on RM Sotheby’s. Photo Credits: ©2017 Courtesy of RM Sotheby’s Ben has had his work featured on CNN, Popular Mechanics, Smithsonian Magazine, Road & Track Magazine, the official Pinterest blog, the official eBay Motors blog, BuzzFeed, and many more. Silodrome was founded by Ben back in 2010, in the years since the site has grown to become a world leader in the alternative and vintage motoring sector, with millions of readers around the world and many hundreds of thousands of followers on social media. Published by Ben Branch - August 23rd 2017 Musimy przyznać, że szkice, choć nieco zakłamują realne proporcje Porsche 911, robią wrażenie. Trzeba jeszcze trochę poczekać na realny samochód, ponieważ Gemballa zapowiada debiut szalonego Turbo podczas targów w Genewie. Jesteśmy ciekawi jakie osiągi będzie miało podrasowane do 809 KM Porsche. Tym bardziej, że aktualne Turbo potrafi przyspieszyć do setki w 3 sekundy. Mieliśmy też okazję rozmawiać z Walterem Rohrlem, który zwracał uwagę na fakt, że Porsche 911 zbliża się do granic konstrukcyjnych. Jednym z wielu ograniczeń są tylne opony, które podczas przyspieszania, mimo że są mocno dociśnięte do asfaltu, nie są wstanie zapewnić jeszcze większej przyczepności. Jesteśmy ciekawi, na ile Gemballa będzie w stanie poprawić czas przyspieszenia do setki i jak najnowsze dzieło niemieckiego tunera wypadnie na tle spodziewanego 911 GT2. Żadne dane nie zostały jeszcze ujawnione, ale Steffen Korbach szef Gemballi zapowiada, że ich najnowsze dzieło jest w stanie pobić aktualne rekordy. Biorąc pod uwagę rozbudowane ospoilerowanie trudno oczekiwać, że Avalanche ustali nowy rekord prędkości maksymalnej. Można się raczej spodziewać walki o czas na Nurburgringu, gdzie Gemballa zawsze udowadniała swoje kompetencje. Kolejną dyscypliną, w której możemy spodziewać się rekordu jest przyspieszenie do 100 km/h. Jak sądzicie ile sekund potrzebuje Porsche 911 Gemballa Avalanche na osiągnięcie pierwszej setki? D he new Gemballa Avalanche, the will celebrate its world premiere at the Geneva Motor Show, is based on the current Porsche 911 Turbo. It should also set new standards in design and performance. Dino Eisele 1985 the first Gemballa Avalanche set standards. Gemballa Avalanche with 820 HP In addition, the liter six-cylinder twin-turbo boxer is tuned at Gemballa to 820 hp and 950 Nm torque. The modifications necessary for this include newly programmed engine and transmission electronics, a performance turbocharger system, intake manifolds and air intake housings made of carbon, new throttle bodies, a sports air filter and revised cylinder heads and valves. Four-pipe exhaust system with flap control. But the Gemballa Avalanche can also look thick again in the old tradition. A powerful spoiler with a double wing profile sits on the trunk lid, and the tailpipes push through the rear apron. All four wheel arches are widely exposed - at the front by a total of 62 mm, at the rear by as much as 100 mm - and equipped with ventilation gills. The rear window is provided with a scale armor made of carbon fiber. The front hood also gets a power dome made of carbon fiber. And of course the Avalanche also has a redesigned front apron. All add-on parts are appropriately formed from carbon fiber laminate. Under the extra-wide fenders lurk a fully adjustable sports chassis and ultra-light 21-inch forged wheels with wide tires of size 255/30 at the front and 325/25 at the rear. The interior is lined with the finest saddlery. Leather with contrasting stitching, painted controls as well as Alcantara and carbon fiber create a unique lookCockpit landscape. In addition to the new Avalanche, Gemballa will also be showing the new Gemballa GTR 780 EVO-R in Geneva, which is also based on the Porsche Turbo and brings 780 hp to the start. Si l'on n'oublie pas que Gemballa est actuellement en train de nous préparer une Porsche 911 inspirée de la 959, l'entreprise de tuning Gemballa est également en train de travailler sur une 911... prête pour le tout-terrain ! Si l'appellation "Avalanche" est déjà assez connue chez Gemballa, la prochaine version ne sera pas qu'une 911 plus puissante, comme nous le montrent les croquis publié par Gemballa ces dernières heures. Gemballa travaille donc à une version robuste de la machine de Stuttgart depuis environ quatre ans, et sortira l'Avalanche 4x4 dans les 24 prochains mois. Bien que les croquis grossissent généralement les détails, le modèle qui sortira devrait quand même être assez beau et encore plus spectaculaire que le nouveau concept Rodeo de RUF. Le 4x4 Avalanche sera rejoint par une 4x4 Tornado qui ne sera autre qu'un Porsche Cayenne avec de sérieuses références en matière de tout-terrain. Le joyau du portefeuille de Gemballa sera sa propre supercar à moteur central, dotée d'une puissance de plus de 800 chevaux, capable d'effectuer le sprint de 0 à 100 km/h en moins de deux secondes et demie et le 0 à 200 km/h en 6,5 secondes. En attendant, les générations précédentes et actuelles de la 911 obtiendront plus de 1000 chevaux l'été prochain grâce à un ensemble de mises à jour placées au-dessus de la GTR 8XX Evo-R BiTurbo. Le pack actuel transforme déjà la 911 en un monstrede 818 chevaux et 1098 Newton-mètres de couple pour un 0 à 100 km/h abattu en 2,3 secondes et une vitesse de pointe dépassant les 370 km/h. De plus, le prototype Gemballa Avalanche RS dévoilé au Salon de l'automobile de Genève 2017 se transformera en un modèle de série un peu plus tard cette année. Une série limitée basée sur les générations 991 et 992 de la sportive allemande. Selon le préparateur, ses "données de performance surpasseront celles de tous les véhicules comparables". Plus de Gemballa : Avec de plus en plus d'entreprises qui jouent avec l'idée d'une 911 polyvalente, on ne peut s'empêcher de se demander pourquoi Porsche ne sort pas une version tout-terrain de sa voiture emblématique alors que la société semble toujours désireuse d'élargir la gamme 911. Qui ne rêve pas d'une version moderne de l'étonnant concept de Panamericana de 1989 ? Nous oui ! Source: Gemballa Cacher le communiqué de presse Montrer le communiqué de presse Gemballa sharpens its corporate strategy and provides an outlook on future models. The Luxury Customization Division will be greatly expanded in the future in addition to Hypercar development Leonberg, Gemballa, the world renowned southern German refinement and tuning company, will in future divide its business areas into three separate divisions. The development and production of the first own Gemballa Hypercar will be done in the Hypercar Division (HD). Additionally, the Luxury Customization Division (LCD) will group together the previous areas of vehicle refinement, performance enhancements, limited small series and one-offs. The Gemballa Classics Division (CD) will now be responsible for the maintenance and restoration of classic Gemballa vehicles. Delimitation of the business areas for more dynamism “With the delimitation of the individual business areas and the management as a separate profit centre, we want to ensure a clearer corporate structure. This should especially also have a positive impact on current fundraising activities. All areas are currently being equipped with new investments and will be greatly expanded in the future. The focus remains on expanding our already high quality standards. We will be introducing numerous new models over the next 24 months and expanding our dealer network worldwide,” states Steffen Korbach, owner and CEO of Gemballa. New Gemballa Avalanche 4x4 and Tornado 4x4 He continues: “First and foremost, we will continue to focus on customizing and increasing the performance of Porsche models, but we are also open to other brands. The prototype of the Gemballa Avalanche RS based on the Porsche 991, which was presented at the Geneva Motor Show in 2017, is now to be launched this year in an exclusive small series based on the Porsche 991 and 992. The performance data will outshine all comparable vehicles. In 2016, we already discussed the development of a 4x4 variant of the Porsche Cayenne as the Gemballa Tornado 4x4 and the Porsche 911 as the Gemballa Avalanche 4x4. Designs for both vehicles have been in the drawer for a long time.” Performance increase with over 1,000 HP in preparation The Luxury Customization Division is currently marketing very successfully the body kit conversion for the Porsche 991/992 under the name “GTR 8XX Evo-R BiTurbo” with an increase in performance to currently 818 bhp and 1,098 Nm and an acceleration of seconds from 0-100 km/h (62 mph) and a top speed of over 370 km/h (230 mph). A performance variant with over 1,000 bhp is being worked on and will be launched in the summer. High investments in development and expansion of high quality standards “After years of consolidation, we are now preparing a major product offensive with new considerable investments,” says Steffen Korbach, adding: “A lot has changed in our sector. Stricter state guidelines and laws, new trends, and competition from vehicle manufacturers are having a massive impact on the vehicle customization business. We have worked long and hard and since 2010 have invested over 15 million Euro in modernizing the brand and improving product quality. All of this with the aim of standing out from the mainstream also in the future.”

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