The Want Is Strong With This Rare Race-Derived Mercedes CLK

AMG has made loads of cars we'd give an arm and a leg for, but this DTM-inspired special edition CLK has got us breathing heavier than normal...
The Want Is Strong With This Rare Race-Derived Mercedes CLK

The AMG back catalogue is to car enthusiasts what Cadbury World is to ‘bubbly’ people, and next month one of the German tyre-smoker’s most awesome treats of yesteryear is coming up for auction.

Feast your eyes on this immaculate CLK DTM AMG; one of just 40 right-hand drive versions ever made and with fewer than 10,000 miles on the clock since its first registration in 2006.

The Want Is Strong With This Rare Race-Derived Mercedes CLK

It’s up for sale with Historics, who also supplied these images. It’s undoubtedly the star attraction at the 130-something lot auction on November 26, with an estimate of between £210,000 and £250,000.

The DTM was a special edition coupé built for the road out of the bones of the full racing-spec 209 CLK DTM that raced in the ultra-competitive German DTM racing series. Originally priced at the equivalent of around £161,000 when launched, it sold out as soon as 40 gibbering rich people had collected themselves enough to throw their wallets at their local dealer.

The Want Is Strong With This Rare Race-Derived Mercedes CLK

Under the Mr Universe bodywork lies a supercharged 5.4-litre V8 producing 574bhp and as many torques as it takes to turn the rear tyres into mush before you finish reading this sentence. It smashed the 0-60mph sprint in a most likely terrifying 3.8 seconds thanks to the long ratios in the five-speed auto gearbox, and top speed was limited(!) to 200mph.

This one was actually registered to a Singapore-based owner from new, but has recently been officially imported to the UK and has all the necessary paperwork. The old speedometer was replaced with a British miles-per-hour unit correct to the DTM model, and the mileage was adjusted to exactly reflect the kilometres previously covered.

The Want Is Strong With This Rare Race-Derived Mercedes CLK

The carbonfibre- and Alcantara-festooned interior is in fantastic condition. We really wouldn’t mind parking our backsides in it for an afternoon. The want is strong.

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Comments

Anonymous

I prefer the Black Series. Never really liked the wide body of the DTMs, can’t quite figure it out.

10/27/2016 - 15:05 |
2 | 1
Anonymous

between £210,000 and £250,000? I’d pay that just for the wheel arches and V8 combo!

Much much much want!!

10/27/2016 - 15:05 |
10 | 1
Valanti Demetriades

You know the car is rare when it isnt even in forza horizon.

10/27/2016 - 15:07 |
169 | 2

It is in Test Drive Unlimited though :)

10/27/2016 - 16:05 |
42 | 2

So a Golf is rare?

10/27/2016 - 21:19 |
13 | 0

But these cars aren’t in Horizon either:
Golf GTi/Golf R (OK, for some reason VW are excluded)
All the Porsches (hope we don’t end up having to pay for them)
BMW i8 (really needs to be added)
And probably plenty of others.

10/28/2016 - 09:39 |
1 | 1

So that means all VDubs

10/30/2016 - 09:07 |
0 | 0
Anonymous

I’m coming for you

10/27/2016 - 15:10 |
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Anonymous

This was one of my favorite cars in Test Drive Unlimited. I miss playing that game!

10/27/2016 - 15:32 |
2 | 0
PN K
10/27/2016 - 15:58 |
11 | 4
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In reply to by PN K

Irrelevant and overused memes ftw!

10/27/2016 - 20:33 |
4 | 2
Archive Aston (Aston Martin squad)

Special. Because wang

10/27/2016 - 16:05 |
1 | 1
Anonymous

This thing really shames Audi’s attempt at a DTM special.
A 2.0 TFSI, 220 horsepower pile of four wheel drive disappointment.
They could have done so much better.

10/27/2016 - 16:10 |
18 | 1
RueNitta

Singapore?! SINGAPORE?!!
I’M GOING HOME!!!

edit: fug it’s at UK

10/27/2016 - 16:26 |
0 | 0
MissHatchback (techno girl)(drift for life yo)

it’s soooooo pretty!!!!!!

10/27/2016 - 17:12 |
1 | 0