The End of Gemballa - One of Porsche's finest tuners

[leopaul]

Here's the news I saw on the internet:

It is official! Gemballa has closed its doors. The German tuner – based in Leonberg – has ended its operation after 30 years of tuning cars. Gemballa was one of the biggest specialists in the tuning scene. A law firm hired by his wife filed the bankruptcy. The liquidator finished the case at the end of April.
The company stopped operations after Uwe Gemballa got lost in the middle of February this year. The last contact with the 54-year-old Gemballa was on February 9th. During a telephone call with his son he asked his family to transfer a large amount of money, which he needed as a result of an accident. The German police is still investigating the story.

Gemballa was known for its special projects like the MIG-U1, Mirage GT, Tornado 750 GTS, Avalanche GTR 800 EVO-R and Avalanche 600 GT2 EVO. The company had fourty employees and several dealers around the world in Europe, Middle East, Russia and the United States.
This final story leaves us with the heritage of an unique tuner, one who has been among the biggest in the world, but also with a lot of open questions still to be answered.

Source: http://www.gtspirit.com/2010/05/15/g...-a-tuning-era/

For those na hindi pa alam tungkol sa Gemballa, just Google it. I'm sure that Gemballa is one of the tuners for Porsche. There was no other reasons why Uwe Gemballa, the founder of Gemballa, went missing. Because of his unknown disappearance, nagsara na ang pinakasikat na tuners sa mga Porsche, which saddened most Porsche fanatics from seeing this.

[niky]

Pinakasikat? I believe that distinction is held by RUF.

Gemballa's disappearance was questionable... police still don't know if there was foul play involved or if Uwe decided to drop off the face of the Earth due to financial problems.