Mercedes-Benz CLK GTR
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No one at Mercedes-Benz knew it at the time, but the Mercedes-Benz CLK GTR would ultimately go down as one of the 1990's most iconic Grand Touring Championship cars and spawn one of the era's wildest limited-edition supercars. It's easy to assume such a project took months, even years to develop. Nonsense. The AMG team brought the Mercedes-Benz CLK GTR from paper to pavement in just 128 days in the winter of 1996/1997. In 1997, it stunned formidable competitors by dominating the FIA Grand Touring Championship series. The CLK GTR even took the pole position at the car's debut race, something...
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Owner gets dirty, runs dirt rally stage in Mercedes-Benz CLK GTRWe're not sure if we should call this owner a madman or a hero because it takes a lot of guts to run your one-of-six Mercedes-Benz CLK GTR Roadster on a rally stage. The Mercedes-Benz CLK GTR was born for FIA GT Championship racing and was the result of homologation requirements. (Translation: it's...
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Enjoy the sights and sounds of the Mercedes-Benz CLK GTR
There is only one thing to do after hammering a Mercedes-Benz CLK GTR around a track: drive it home. In the pantheon of rare machines, this one finds itself near the top of the list with other brilliant homologation specials. Mercedes-Benz spent years competing in the International Touring Car...
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Mercedes-Benz CLK GTR Roadster Reportedly Driven Just Six Kilometers Heads To Auction
Rare cars demand rare quantities of dollars to be spent. Such is surely to be the case when a Mercedes-Benz CLK GTR Roadster crosses the block at a Bonhams auction taking place during June's Goodwood Festival of Speed. We're dealing with a car that is one of just six examples built, and it's...
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Ultra-Rare Bugatti Veyron Pur Sang And Mercedes CLK GTR Up For Sale
Are you flush with cash after having won a sizable Powerball jackpot? Looking for a safe investment that you can still derive pleasure from, as opposed to just staring at a stack of gold bars? JamesList currently a pair of cars worthy of consideration for your automotive investment portfolio. First...
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Uber-Rare 1998 Mercedes-Benz CLK GTR Fetches $1.1 Million: Video
If you were looking for the ultimate in collectible Mercedes-Benz automobiles to one-up your friends with 300SL Gullwings, we’ve got some bad news for you: one of the most desirable Mercedes automobiles of the modern era recently changed hands at RM Auctions Pebble Beach sale. In other words...
Kurt Ernst
