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  • Gemballa Racing 2012 McLaren MP4-12C GT3 – Price €350,000

    The high-performance Gemballa Racing 2012 McLaren MP4-12C GT3 is already available for sale. Actually, just two units can be bought from jameslist.com. The price is sensational – €350,000 as the car itself.

    McLaren produced only 25 units for this year and only two of them are carefully tuned by Gemballa Racing. These versions come with 608HP (447 kW) twin-turbocharged 3.8 liter V8. 0-100 km/h in 3.3 seconds and a top speed of over 300 km/h (186 mph).

    Some of the upgrades include a bespoke racing gearbox, carbon safety cell, race front splitter, large fixed rear wing, optimised air vents at the front and a racing diffuser at the rear. The steering wheel with integrated display is an ode to Formula 1.

    The car has a crub weight of just 1,235 kg (2,722 lbs).

    However, both cars can be modified to be completely street legal. It is interesting to go to groceries store with such type of car.

    After all, a McLaren is always a good investment, so if you have spare €350,000 for a vehicle, this is your car.

    Gemballa Racing McLaren MP4-12C GT3
    Gemballa Racing McLaren MP4-12C GT3
    Gemballa Racing McLaren MP4-12C GT3

    Source: Gemballa

  • GEMBALLA to enter two McLaren MP4-12C GT3s

    Setting yet another milestone in the year of its 30th Anniversary, GEMBALLA is proud to announce the debut of GEMBALLA racing. The new team will enter two McLaren MP4-12C GT3 cars in the 2012 motorsport season.

    Team owner and GEMBALLA investor, Steffen Korbach, has hired Sascha Bert to manage his new motorsport venture. A well-known racing driver and instructor, Bert is a former German kart champion, Formula 3 and FIA GT driver, and has stood on the winners’ podium at the Nürburgring VLN 24-hour race amongst others. As Korbach said in Frankfurt today, “Sascha Bert is an absolute pro, and is ideally qualified to manage our new racing team.”

    “We chose the McLaren MP4-12C GT3 because we think this car has the potential to be one of the season’s leaders,” Korbach explained. “We have also put together a team of drivers and mechanics who are proven winners. Racing is in our blood! We want to win!”

    The GEMBALLA name has been synonymous with high performance, reliability and extraordinary qualities for 30 years. Now, 17 years after the McLaren F1 GTR won the gruelling 24-hours of Le Mans on its debut outing, GEMBALLA racing will capitalise on McLaren’s competition pedigree to mount its own challenge.

    Race bred by a marque that has always been a front-runner in Formula 1, the McLaren MP4-12C GT3 incorporates world-class technology. Based on the recently launched MP4-12C supercar, the GT3 racecar features a 3.8-litre, twin-turbo V8 engine, bespoke racing gearbox, carbon safety cell, race front splitter, large fixed rear wing, optimised air vents at the front and a racing diffuser at the rear. The steering wheel with integrated display is an ode to Formula 1.

    Gemballa Racing McLaren MP4 12C GT
    Gemballa Racing McLaren MP4 12C GT
    Gemballa Racing McLaren MP4 12C GT
    Gemballa Racing McLaren MP4 12C GT
    Gemballa Racing McLaren MP4 12C GT
    Gemballa Racing McLaren MP4 12C GT

    Source: Gemballa Racing