SHARJAH ADVENTURE Introducing The Marsien
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re you ready for the ultimate road & off road supercar? With only 40 being produced you will need to be faster than it’s 750hp to ensure you get one! Marc Philipp Gemballa is the 27-year-old entrepreneur son of the late German tuner Uwe Gemballa and although the Gemballa name is behind Marc Philipps creation, he’s quick to point out there is no association with the already existing Gemballa GmbH. That sorted, welcome to the Marsien. Take a Porsche 911 Turbo S and after a lot of very hard work, turn it into an all-carbon fibre, high-riding dunebashing 750bhp growling on-road-offroad monster.
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Recently launched Marc Philipp and his team headed to the tarmac and deserts of SHARJAH in the UAE, for testing and an awesome photoshoot. The perfect place to shakedown the car in the heat and dust of the UAE, where if it can survive here, it can survive anywhere and it certainly did. Spending two years in development has resulted in Marc Philipps‘ first project: with it’s timeless design and backbone credentials, it looks like the perfect cross-over between supercar and rally car, but still with all the comforts and practicality of a road car, blended with off road capabilities and featuring some of the latest cuttingedge technologies.
When producing something as special as this, you never leave the design to chance and Marc Philipp knew the look of his vehicle was going to be as important as what was under the hood, and so Porsche aficionado Alan Derosier was brought in after Marc Philipp saw a sketch back in 2017 and made contact with Alan, and the rest as they say, is history. The Marsien was born. Featuring a full carbon fibre body, with all exterior components produced in pure carbon fibre, designed for performance, lightweight and cooling the parts are manufactured by a leading German carbon fibre specialist, that also supplies OEM sportscar manufacturers as well as several Formula One teams.
