Gemballa is preparing a 4X4 based on the Porsche 911

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The German preparer Gemballa is currently working on an extreme SUV based on the Porsche 911, announced through some drawings.

What makes the Porsche 911 so charming to most people is above all its sober and timeless style, as well as its performance. Obviously, the designers at Gemballa are not really of the same opinion as ordinary people, as evidenced by the images published on the net for a few days. And for good reason, the German preparer, specialized in modifications based on the famous Stuttgart sportswoman, decided to offer him a style for the least particular, then taking the form of a monster-truck with rather extreme lines. A novelty that should be talked about, when the company across the Rhine, founded in 1981 by Uwe Gemballa will celebrate its 40th birthday next year, after having experienced a lot of setbacks with the justice system.

Called Gemballa Avalanche, this concept follows the general lines of the previous Porsche 911 type 991, with its characteristic front face, sculpted hips and recognizable hindquarters. However, the trainer did not just add big wheels to the German sports car, but offered him an impressive body kit, certainly showy, but which would almost make us like elevated vehicles. Straight out of a science fiction film, this 4X4 sports enlarged wheel arches, new shields, as well as a huge rear spoiler and roof scoops. An unusual treatment for the discreet star of the Stuttgart brand, while the preparer announces the serums also possible to transform in the same way the current generation, formalized a few months ago already.

Unfortunately, Gemballa has not yet given details on the powertrain that will animate this totally offbeat version of the Porsche 911, which normally carries a 3.0-liter twin-turbo flat-six developing 385 horsepower in its standard Carrera version. In addition, the interior of this 4X4 has not yet been unveiled, but it is assumed that the general presentation will remain close to the normal version, to which will probably be added some more specific details which the German preparer has the secret. Anyway, the sports car will not be the only model of the brand to be modified in this way, since it is also expected that the Porsche Cayenne will receive a similar treatment, with an original model called Tornado 4X4.

However, this information must be taken with tweezers, while the health of the preparer remains very fragile. As a reminder, the company has had some problems with the law, the German authorities in particular ordering the seizure of the Gemballa factory in 2010, after the assassination of its founder in a money laundering case that went wrong. In the same year, new CEO Andreas Schwarz and investor Steffen Korbach were able to get the company back on track, however.