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Frankfurt, September 1997. Mercedes-Benz displayed the CLK GTR Stra\u00dfenversion at the Frankfurt Motor Show, five months after the racing CLK GTR had made its debut at Hockenheim. It was the road-legal version of the GT1 race car that Mercedes and AMG had built for the new FIA GT Championship, and it was a competition car adapted for public roads, sharing the racing version\u2019s carbon-fiber monocoque, mid-mounted V12 layout and most of its bodywork. Its naturally aspirated 6.9-liter V12 produced 612 PS (604 hp) at 6,800 rpm and drove the rear wheels through a six-speed sequential gearbox. Mercedes quoted 0-62 mph in about 3.7 seconds and a top speed above 199 mph. With a price of about $1.5 million, Guinness World Records recognized the CLK GTR as the world\u2019s most expensive production car. HWA ultimately built 20 coupes and six roadsters for customers, making the CLK GTR one of the rarest and most valuable Mercedes-Benz road cars.<\/p>\n

Background and Origins<\/strong><\/h2>\n
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When the DTM and its international successor, the ITC, ended after the 1996 season, Mercedes-Benz needed a new international racing program. The FIA GT Championship, which launched in 1997, offered a high-profile alternative, but its GT1 class had become an arms race. Porsche had developed the purpose-built 911 GT1, and the McLaren F1 GTR was already established. Rather than adapt a production car, Mercedes decided to build a new race car first and then produce the road versions required by the rules.<\/p>\n

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The Mercedes board gave AMG the project on December 5, 1996, and the schedule was extremely tight. The V12 first ran on the dyno shortly before Christmas, and according to period accounts, AMG quietly acquired a McLaren F1 GTR to use as a test mule while its own chassis was still being completed. The finished CLK GTR made its first test runs about 128 days after the first sketches. FIA GT rules required 25 road cars for homologation, but enforcement at the time was loose. In early April 1997, only days before the season opener, Mercedes presented the race cars and a single road car to FIA officials, along with a commitment to build the remaining examples. AMG developed the racing car, while HWA, the motorsport company founded by AMG co-founder Hans Werner Aufrecht, later built the customer road cars in Affalterbach.<\/p>\n

Design and Engineering<\/strong><\/h2>\n
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The Stra\u00dfenversion was a race car adapted for the road rather than a road car with racing features. It used the same carbon-fiber monocoque as the GT1 car, with the engine and transaxle serving as stressed members of the chassis. The carbon-fiber bodywork was nearly identical to the race car\u2019s, with only the grille and headlights resembling those of the production CLK coupe. Mechanically, it had no connection with the regular CLK. The suspension was tuned for greater comfort than the race car\u2019s, but it kept the same basic racing layout.<\/p>\n

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The road car used the M297, a 6,898-cubic-centimeter V12 derived from Mercedes\u2019 M120 engine family, which had powered the S-Class and SL. The race car used a 6.0-liter version built to comply with GT1 regulations, so the road car actually had more displacement than the racer. The road engine produced 612 PS at 6,800 rpm and 731 Nm (539 lb-ft) of torque. Power went to the rear wheels through a six-speed sequential gearbox. Mercedes quoted 0-62 mph in about 3.7 seconds and a top speed above 199 mph. A small number of cars were later fitted with an even larger 7.3-liter AMG V12, a version of the engine family also used by Pagani in the Zonda.<\/p>\n

Styling<\/strong><\/h2>\n
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The CLK GTR looked almost exactly like the race car. Its long, low body featured a wide front splitter, large air intakes, a roof-mounted engine air scoop and a full-width rear wing integrated into the bodywork. The production CLK\u2019s twin headlights and grille were the only clear links to Mercedes\u2019 showroom models, a deliberate connection to the car whose name it carried. Most cars were painted silver in reference to Mercedes\u2019 Silver Arrows racing history. The roadsters, which had no roof-mounted scoop, used intakes on both sides of the roll hoops and had a more open, aggressive appearance than the coupes.<\/p>\n

Interior<\/strong><\/h2>\n
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The cabin was based on the race car\u2019s cockpit, with a few concessions to road use. Leather upholstery and air conditioning were the main comfort features, but the structure, seating position and controls remained close to those of the GT1 car. The driver sat low between wide carbon-fiber sills, with the V12 mounted directly behind the bulkhead. Getting in and out was difficult, visibility was limited and engine and drivetrain noise was constant. Two cars were built with right-hand drive, both for the Sultan of Brunei: coupe number 13, a silver car with a tartan interior, and the second roadster. The coupe remains the only right-hand-drive CLK GTR coupe.<\/p>\n

Racing History<\/strong><\/h2>\n

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The CLK GTR made its competitive debut at Hockenheim in April 1997, the opening round of the new FIA GT Championship. Bernd Schneider took pole position and set the fastest lap but retired with a brake problem. Mercedes improved quickly, winning six of the 11 races, including four one-two finishes. The team won the championship, and Schneider took the drivers\u2019 title after a close fight with the McLaren F1 GTRs.<\/p>\n

The CLK GTR began the 1998 season before Mercedes introduced the CLK LM, which used a naturally aspirated V8 and revised bodywork designed for Le Mans. Although neither factory CLK LM finished the 1998 24 Hours of Le Mans, Mercedes won every round of the 1998 FIA GT Championship with the two cars. Klaus Ludwig and Ricardo Zonta won the drivers\u2019 title, and Mercedes again won the teams\u2019 championship. With rival manufacturers withdrawing and no serious competition left for Mercedes, the FIA GT Championship dropped its GT1 category for 1999. That ended the CLK GTR family\u2019s racing career after two seasons and two championships. Mercedes then developed the CLR for Le Mans in 1999, but withdrew after a series of airborne accidents.<\/p>\n

Specifications<\/strong><\/h2>\n
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  • Engine: Mercedes-Benz M297 V12 (M120-derived), 6,898cc, DOHC per bank, 48 valves<\/li>\n
  • Power: 612 PS (604 hp) at 6,800 rpm<\/li>\n
  • Torque: 731 Nm (539 lb-ft)<\/li>\n
  • Transmission: Six-speed sequential, rear-wheel drive<\/li>\n
  • Chassis: Carbon-fiber monocoque, engine and transaxle as stressed members<\/li>\n
  • Body: Carbon fiber<\/li>\n
  • Suspension: Double wishbones front and rear<\/li>\n
  • Weight: 1,440 kg \/ 3,175 lbs (EU unladen weight)<\/li>\n
  • Performance: 0-62 mph in approximately 3.7 seconds, top speed above 199 mph \/ 320 km\/h<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

    Production and Legacy<\/strong><\/h2>\n

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    Interest in the CLK GTR far exceeded supply. According to RM Sotheby\u2019s, about 300 prospective buyers applied for the 25 homologation cars. Customer coupes entered production in late 1998, more than a year after the race car had won its first championship, and the coupe run ended in mid-1999. One roadster was built during that period, and its success led HWA to approve five more, built later on spare CLK GTR chassis. Including two prototypes, total production is commonly reported as 28 cars: 20 coupes, six roadsters and the two prototypes. Guinness listed the CLK GTR, priced at $1,547,620, as the most expensive production car in the world.<\/p>\n

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    The CLK GTR belongs to a small group of late-1990s GT1 homologation specials, alongside the Porsche 911 GT1 Stra\u00dfenversion and the Toyota GT-One road car, which were essentially race cars adapted for public roads. Its success came during a period of close cooperation between Mercedes-Benz and McLaren, which later produced the SLR McLaren. Today, CLK GTRs rarely come up for sale. Because of their rarity, racing pedigree and status as genuine homologation cars, they are among the most valuable Mercedes-Benz models ever built, with recent auction estimates reaching several million dollars.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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