Mercedes-Benz CLK-GTR AMG, once recorded as the most expensive production car ever built, with a price of $1,573,000 it certainly deserved its title. It was the spiritual successor to the legendary 300SL Gullwing of the 1950s. The 25 cars were built from November 1998 to the summer of 1999 at the AMG factory near Stuttgart. The car was based on the track car which won 1997 and 1998 GT championships and only differed slightly from it. The car was not related to the standard production CLK which had been recently introduced, apart from sharing the instrumentation, front grille and the four headlamps.
The engine was developed from the 5.9 litre unit from the S600 luxury saloon by Ilmor Engineering (UK) to a 6.9 litre producing 612 bhp and 572 ft·lbf of torque. There was a six-speed manual gearbox with clutch operated by paddles behind the steering wheel. Technical Specification Variants
After the completion of the 25 original CLK-GTRs, a group known as HWA (a division of AMG), modified existing CLK-GTR chassis or created cars from left over chassis. These cars included 5 CLK-GTR AMG Roadsters, modified with the removal of the roof and the addition of rollover bars.
Another variant was the CLK-GTR AMG SuperSport, which took an ordinary CLK-GTR and added an AMG built 7.3L V12 (the same unit used in the Pagani Zonda and Mercedes-Benz SL73 AMG). The car also gained an additional front splitter and is the only CLK-GTR not painted in silver, this time appearing in red. Only 2 were produced by HWA.[ Visit the complete Wikipedia entry for Mercedes-Benz CLK-GTR ]
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