The Mercedes-Benz CLK GTR was a built in both road car and racing
versions by Mercedes-AMG, the performance and motorsports division
of Mercedes-Benz. Intended for racing in the 1997 FIA GT Championship,
the Mercedes-Benz CLK GTR was designed primarily as a race car,
however a production run of 25 road cars was necessary in order
to meet homologation
rules.
The road-going CLK GTRs were built by AMG at the Affalterbach
factory between winter of 1998 and summer of 1999, the road
cars differed only slightly from the race car. Driver comfort
and refinements were kept to a minimum. Leather trim was used,
and an air conditioning system was offered. Two small storage
lockers were also built underneath each upward swinging door.
traction control
was also added for driver safety. One key difference was the
rear spoiler, which used a hoop-style integrated wing in place
of the separate racing wing. From the otherwise unrelated standard
production Mercedes-Benz CLK, only the instrumentation, front
grille and the four headlamps were used.
Similar and related vehicles:
Mercedes SLS AMG
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