The blue slant-nose looks like a funky looking Nissan rotary engined thingy from the front. That wing must provide some downforce, and I wonder how much that car weighs??

To bad they couldn't leave well enough alone.

 

That's a big bowl of wrong.

 

Overall it's a horror... but there are interesting little details...
Note the 993 tails on the 964 (shape) fenders. I say 964 fender shape, because I'm sure they've added a couple inches to the flares also?

 

I don't think those are 964 bumpers....it's a mishmass....

 

By fender I mean, the Turbo flares...
The lights look like they are from a 993, just based on their more relaxed angle (vs. our lights).
The bumper... who knows? This conversion was probably done on a torsion bar car?

 

Yup. I was just adding to the monstrosity list.

 

Gamballa used to be very exclusive and sought after in the flashy 80s. It was borderline exotic and had a commanding place in DuPont Registry. I remember drooling over their conversions when I was a kid and didn't know any better. I'd be embarrassed to be seen in one today.

 

There's still quite a few impressive cars coming out of Gemballa. They have always been very 'of-the-moment' and tend to highlight the most extravigant styling cues of the day. It's actually pretty interesting to look back through their history and see how design has changed... Some of the old avalanches were considered beautiful when they first hit the streets, and now we can't imagine doing that to a goregous 930... will the same be said about these in the next 20 years?:

 

what was most interesting to me is that the bodykit gemballa prices out at
about 5.2million yen (US$58,000)

http://www.carsensor.net/usedcar/det...403/index.html

the same as this (rubystone is the color I think) 91 turbo, with about 47,000 miles:

http://www.carsensor.net/usedcar/det...906/index.html

 

Haha... tough choice, no?

 

Agreed. That orange turbo is stunning and it will likely age well. The CGT Gemballa is very sought after though not my taste and I think it will likely go the way of the white 930 cab above as most CGTs will end up in the hands of collector purists over time. True about styling cues of the day...the avalanches resemble the Testarossa lines of the 80s.

 

Alot of the cars from the 80's still look good. Those two, however, aren't in that group.