Pair of Mercedes-Benz CLK GTR road cars to be auctioned by RM in London
by Drew Phillips (RSS feed) on Sep 23rd, 2009 at 7:27PM
Mercedes-Benz CLK GTR Roadster - Click above for a high-res image gallery Supercars like the SLS AMG and SL65 AMG Black Series might be the flagships for the current Mercedes-Benz lineup, but back in the late 1990s it was all about the CLK GTR -- an all-out race car slightly disguised as a road car. The street version you see here was built to homologate the race car that competed in the FIA's GT1 class in 1997 and 1998 (wining the championship in 1997). Each came with a 6.9-liter V12 putting out 612 horsepower as well as features found on modern supercars like a sequential six-speed... Read More
