Gemballa is a tuning company based in Leonberg near Stuttgart, Germany, which was founded by, and named after, Uwe Gemballa in 1981. They provided aftermarket parts mainly for Porsche. In May 2010, the Gemballa factory was seized by German authorities and shut down following the disappearance of Uwe Gemballa who was later found dead. CEO Andreas Schwarz and investor Steffen Korbach were able to buy the brand rights and name rights from Gemballa in August 2010 under the new name GEMBALLA GmbH The Gemballa Mirage GT has not too many exterior differences from the Porsche Carerra GT which it was based of. The key differences are the interior, exhaust system, wheels and aero packages. The car looks more aggressive and also has been tuned to have more horsepower and torque than a stock Carrera GT.