Mercedes to auction DTM racer for charity
If you're a fan of Mercedes supercars like the CLK DTM and the CLK AMG Black Series, and were intrigued by Sauber's upcoming auction of retired F1 cars, you'll love this. Mercedes-Benz, which usually holds on to its retired race cars, is preparing to auction off one (yeah, just one) of its DTM cars. The vehicle in question is the AMG C-Class racer in which Gary Paffett took the checkered flag last year in Oschersleben.
With an opening bid set at €300,000, the car will be sold to the highest bidder on April 4 by Christie's auction house to raise money for social sports projects for youth, funded by sponsor Laureus' "Sport for Good" foundation.
[Source: CarScoop]
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Bert 3:13PM (2/13/2008)
Maybe Bernie can buy it for FOM and use it as the pace car for F1 races. Maybe tone down some of the extreme aero stuff, paint it a DuPont 735, and no one will be the wiser. Except, of course, the 24 F1 drivers and Bernd Mayländer.
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nagmashot 1:18AM (2/14/2008)
They should offer it to Toyota for a new Lexus IS-F race car conncept :p
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