Posts Tagged ‘johannesburg’

Car tuning legend disappears; German police sent to South Africa

Tuesday, February 23rd, 2010

Have you seen this wealthy car tuner?

Car tuning is not terribly big on our radar, but we do know of Uwe Gemballa. He’s a bonkers German who looks at a perfectly good Porsche or Ferrari, and decides that it should be bright red, with massive wheels, a few spoilers here and there and about 200 more horsepower. He’s been in business, successfully, for decades now and at the age of 54 has suddenly vanished. Strangely enough, the last time anybody heard from him, he was in Johannesburg.

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You have 10 days left to secure your seats for Top Gear Live. Get on it people.

Tuesday, January 19th, 2010

You could be one of these lucky audience members!

Last week we revealed that at last year’s show, Jeremy Clarkson found an enormous sex toy in Sasha Martinengo’s luggage. This week’s MPH Show fact is…did you know South Africa was the very first place outside of the UK that the Top Gear lads chose for their road show? Bet you feel a bit more special now, don’t you. Well you have just over a week left to get your tickets.

Head over to www.mphshow.co.za as soon as you can and read up all about it. If you’re too lazy to do that, click ‘read more’ below and you’ll find that we’ve copy/pasted all the details you need to know. There’s also a bonus opportunity to watch me interview Richard Hammond, sporting a hideous goatee (me, not Richard). Even more good news, I’ve never worn a goatee ever again.

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