Uwe Gemballa (51) with a Porsche Gemballa Avalanche GTR-650 EVO

The picture of the Gemballa Porsche hanging in my room was the earliest memory of a car that sparked passion and breathlessness at every glance. Over the years I have spoken to Uwe and most recently we were about to launch a great venture between Teamspeed.com and Gemballa.

I have now learned that he has been missing for a week on his trip to South Africa , and now I understand why my friend hasn’t returned my calls despite us speaking almost daily over the last month. I am heart broken for his family and hope there is a logical explanation. If anyone has any news or information please post it here or PM me as soon as you can.

Google Translate

"On the evening of February 8th he boarded a plane for South Africa. The trip was to Johannesburg, one of the most dangerous cities in the world. Since then, lacking any trace of him.

An investigator:
"We are in close contact with the South African Police."
A business partner:
"We are all very worried about Uwe."

 

wow, that is terrible news, sorry to hear that, hope he gets home safely soon

 

how awful ! i hope he will return soon....

 

i know RACE! in South Africa are the only after market tuners doing Gemballa ... i will contact one of the partners to find out if he knows anything about this ... assuming Uwe went on a business trip to SA

EDIT: spoke to the partners a second ago, both partners have heard of the story but have not been in contact at all with Uwe ... its a pity, was hoping i could help

hope there is a happy ending to all this ...

 

I hope he surfaces soon. Who was he meeting with? Any word from them?

 

thanks adam

 

Most likely a ransom gig. Hope everything works out.

 

Man I hope he is ok, this is not a place you want to go missing

 

damn... that's scary

 

Hope he's okay