Mercedes offers up C63 AMG as Official Safety Car of DTM
by Damon Lavrinc (RSS feed) on Apr 18th, 2008 at 12:58PM
Click above for a high-res gallery of the M-B C63 AMG DTM safety car.The Mercedes-Benz SL63 might have the honor of being picked as the official safety car for Formula One, but the equally badass, slightly more affordable and dangerously practical C63 AMG has been chosen to run ahead of the DTM racers, minus its 250 km/h speed limiter.While the DTM safety car might look exactly like its production counterpart, save the roof-mounted lights and decals, the suspension, brakes, cooling system and exhaust have all been modified. To help keep the stock 457 hp, 6.2-liter V8 from running too hot... Read More
