The Ferrari That Looks Like a Stormtrooper

When I first saw this car, three words came to mind: Oh my gosh. I love fast cars and I love Star Wars, so what could be bet­ter than a fast car that looks like a stormtroop­er? Drive this car to become an instant bad ass. I was first intro­duced to it through a tweet sent to me by @pkruvczuk. Thank you, Pete!

This car, called the Gemballa MIG-U1, is based on the Ferrari Enzo. According to http://​www​.world​car​fans​.com “the car has a com­plete­ly new exhaust, and not just new tailpipes. The car boasts a unique rear bumper and wing, new side sills, and a front bumper. It appears the car has LED day­time lights as well. It just wouldn’t be a Gemballa with­out the roof-mounted air intake. Interior mods include quilt­ed uphol­stery, dual-tone floor mats, and a video screen.” Gemballa, famous for their cre­ative Porche designs, real­ly out­did them­selves on this lat­est cre­ation in my opin­ion. Of course, not every­one agrees. Car snobs every­where are say­ing this is just a knock off of a Ferrari FXX. How can any­one think a car that looks like a stormtroop­er isn’t cool?

Unfortunately, we reg­u­lar folks won’t be able to run out and buy one of these beau­ties since it is a special-edition com­mis­sioned by the Ilyas and Mustafa Galadari Group, a com­pa­ny from Dubai. If you do any research on this com­pa­ny, you’ll see an extrav­a­gance so indul­gent it’s almost unbe­liev­able. Suddenly it makes sense why this car is so over the top.

A lot of the details about this car have not been released yet, but after the offi­cial invitation-only launch in Dubai, I’m sure we’ll have more infor­ma­tion. So, you be the judge. What do you think? Cool car or gaudy waste of time?