Paging Mr. Vader: Gemballa creates the Mirage GT Matte Edition
by Jonathon Ramsey on Aug 10th 2009 at 1:58PM 
Gemballa Mirage GT Matte Edition -- Click above for a high-res gallery
First, there was the Gemballa Mirage GT Carbon Edition, soon followed by the Gemballa Mirage GT Gold Edition. And now, there's a third version that's just slightly different on the outside, but it's the one we'd buy if we had a spare Porsche Carrera GT, an extra $300k in an off-shore account and an economy that didn't put the kibosh on conspicuous consumption -- or we lived in Dubai. Behold, the Gemballa Mirage GT Matte Edition.
It's everything that the other Mirage GT Editions boast -- 3.7-second 0-to-60, 208 mph top speed, 670 horses -- but it's nasty, as in Doom on Wheels, with nothing but silver accents over light-eating black paint. A shame about the blue-on-blue alcantara interior, though... You can check it out in the high-res gallery below, but please, don't make it angry.
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MemphisNET 2:01PM (8/10/2009)
It seems like there are more tuner versions of this car than the original.
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Beastage 2:29PM (8/10/2009)
Thats what Im thinking, where are they getting them? used?
garlinski 2:42PM (8/10/2009)
+1 - How do they get their hands on them to keep creating these things?
HotRodzNKustoms 3:00PM (8/10/2009)
I think they just keep repainting the same one until someone buys it!
James 5:03PM (8/10/2009)
Gemballa should rename the Matte Black...
Mirage GT "Wax-Free" Edition
BoxerFanatic 2:02PM (8/10/2009)
So I guess we really have reached the point where paint color is the only requirement for an "edition" name.
I wish Carrera GT had a sleeker roofline, but this is ridiculous... and tacky.
And bizarre that the headlights are so much glossier than the rest of the body...
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PJ 3:07PM (8/10/2009)
I parked my car under a tree yesterday... and behold! Introducing the MX-5 Avian Motorsports White Edition!
I'm thinking $100K is a fair eBay reserve, no?
Lucas 2:12PM (8/10/2009)
I took a "Yellow Corn" Edition crap this morning.... it's on a 747 to Dubai as we speak.
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Bird 2:13PM (8/10/2009)
There so should have been a GT1 version of this car. Instead we get endless riced up creations from Gemballa.
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Franz 2:14PM (8/10/2009)
Not feeling the muppet colored interior. Who's hide is it, Cookie Monster or Grover?
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Jackattak 2:15PM (8/10/2009)
I'm pretty sure LORD Vader didn't spend years in Sith training with Darth Sidious just to be called "Mister".
Thanks.
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J.Crew 2:38PM (8/10/2009)
He would also choke out anyone "Paging" him. He will let you know when he needs you.
Kevin 3:21PM (8/10/2009)
Not to mention that LORD Vader wears gloss black, not flat. D'uh!
Venom 2:14PM (8/10/2009)
Gemballa...please stop.
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timwang2006 2:15PM (8/10/2009)
Hey I like it. Everyone has a different taste I guess. I like the matte black look.
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Phil Perman 2:16PM (8/10/2009)
I would probably keep the colour, and defiantly keep their exhaust system, but the rest of the alterations just make the car look worse
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John R 2:19PM (8/10/2009)
Can we place a moratorium on Vader references?
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jeffhass29 2:29PM (8/10/2009)
Whats up with the red wheel nuts on the left side of the car but blue ones on the right?
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Redline 3:09PM (8/10/2009)
OK I'm guessing, and this might be a long shot, but it different colours so you would know which side of the car they need to go on? Maybe it's directional or something? ??
IOMTT 4:04PM (8/10/2009)
Never owned an old British car with wire knock offs, have we?