Marc Philip Gemballa GmbH recently unveiled the Marsien, a high-power off-roading 911. It’s been getting a lot of attention recently, but if you’re wondering why every story about the car features a small aside about how the company isn’t associated with Gemballa, the tuning company, here’s why.

Donut Media has done a rundown of the history of Gemballa and its founder Uwe. The ideal tuner for the moneyed and excessive clientele of the ’80s, the company developed a reputation for its wild and over-the-top creations.

Cars tuned by the company cost the equivalent of $1.7 million if you adjust for inflation and featured backup cameras, screens on the dash, and even a fax machine. All of which was very advanced for the ’80s and came with the wild aesthetics that defined high ’80s fashion.

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But by the late ’90s and early 2000s, Gemballa’s designs were falling out of fashion and sales were suffering. The company fell into debt and was facing bankruptcy when, in 2010, it announced the MIG-U1, a Ferrari Enzo modified to look like a Russian MiG fighter jet.

Sadly, just a few weeks after the car was announced, Uwe Gemballa disappeared. The plot thickens here, and the video does a good job of tracking the intricacies of what was clearly a difficult and complicated time for everyone involved. But the important thing to note for our purposes is after Uwe was officially declared missing (and eventually deceased), Gemballa’s assets were seized and sold to Andreas Schwartz, a former company executive, and Stefan Korbach, an outside investor who together started selling vehicles again shortly thereafter.

Although the circumstances surrounding Uwe’s death are still unclear, the company bearing his name chose to distance itself from the rumors that it was related to organized crime. The company has almost entirely removed Uwe’s name from its website. So Uwe’s son, Marc Philipp, has decided to continue the legacy with his own company, albeit one named after himself, rather than his father, for legal reasons.