CLK-DTM spotted on the road
11-01-2005, 06:24 PM
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CLK-DTM spotted on the road
While driving in Affalterbach I happened upon this CLK-DTM out for a test drive. He was in front of me at a stop sign. When the road cleared up he was off into the apple orchards but left behind a very pleasing exhaust note. What an awesome car!
11-07-2005, 06:28 PM
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I like the Volvo V70R and S60R - oh, and the AMG SL55 or SL65
Originally Posted by rake55
While driving in Affalterbach I happened upon this CLK-DTM out for a test drive. He was in front of me at a stop sign. When the road cleared up he was off into the apple orchards but left behind a very pleasing exhaust note. What an awesome car!
Now there is a nice job - testing the DTM ... in Germany!
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11-07-2005, 07:11 PM
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I like the Volvo V70R and S60R - oh, and the AMG SL55 or SL65
Originally Posted by blume
what is DTM referring to? im not familiar with the car. i guess that it is something of a race-inspired version of the CLK, right? thanks in advance.
Mercedes has been succesfully racing the CLK series in the DTM for several years now, so the street version of the CLK DTM is a tribute to their efforts in that series.
To learn more, check out the Wikipedia DTM Article as well as the office DTM site (in German only).
Cheers,
Rob
P.S. Didn't notice where you live, but the US equivalent (in a sense) would be NASCAR. Basically, a racing series loosely based on production vehicles.
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11-08-2005, 09:02 AM
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Originally Posted by V70R.com
P.S. Didn't notice where you live, but the US equivalent (in a sense) would be NASCAR. Basically, a racing series loosely based on production vehicles.
I'd liken it to NASCAR in the sense of public appeal and awareness over in Europe ... though I think I would liken the cars more towards World Challenge or Gram-Am racing myself then NASCAR.
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Originally Posted by c55m8o
Awesome info ... I'd liken it to NASCAR in the sense of public appeal and awareness over in Europe ... though I think I would liken the cars more towards World Challenge or Gram-Am racing myself then NASCAR.
I'd liken it to NASCAR in the sense of public appeal and awareness over in Europe ... though I think I would liken the cars more towards World Challenge or Gram-Am racing myself then NASCAR.I am from the US and think you are referring to something like the IROC series or the TRANS-AM or maybe the GT. thanks for the info! do those races show on tv? -(the one with the benz we are talking about)
11-09-2005, 12:12 AM
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Originally Posted by blume
I am from the US and think you are referring to something like the IROC series or the TRANS-AM or maybe the GT. thanks for the info! do those races show on tv? -(the one with the benz we are talking about)
11-17-2005, 11:54 PM
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My latest "Star news" magazine just came in the mail, and shows a CLK DTM here in OC at MB Laguna Niguel. They say there are only 2 in the USA, and they have one. Has anyone here in OC seen this in person yet? They indicate it's a 5.5 putting out 582 HP. Pictures sure look great, must be awesome in person.
11-20-2005, 02:42 PM
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Originally Posted by jimmysanjuan
My latest "Star news" magazine just came in the mail, and shows a CLK DTM here in OC at MB Laguna Niguel. They say there are only 2 in the USA, and they have one. Has anyone here in OC seen this in person yet? They indicate it's a 5.5 putting out 582 HP. Pictures sure look great, must be awesome in person.
11-20-2005, 07:09 PM
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There is a guy here in Sarasota driving around in a CLK GTR. Apparently he is a billionaire car collector (and driver), and this is one of his toys. The car was in at the dealership when I saw it. My mechanic said that MB requires that AMG technicians service the car so they flew some guys in from Germany. I got to check out the car up close and the interior as well. Very cool.
11-20-2005, 08:35 PM
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My latest "Star news" magazine just came in the mail, and shows a CLK DTM here in OC at MB Laguna Niguel. They say there are only 2 in the USA, and they have one. Has anyone here in OC seen this in person yet? They indicate it's a 5.5 putting out 582 HP. Pictures sure look great, must be awesome in person.
11-20-2005, 09:29 PM
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Um yeah, I don't think the owner of Laguna Niguel MB or his wife will let you drive that car. I believe the other CLK-DTM is owned by Bruce Canepa of Canepa Design. The closest we'll ever get to driving that car is in a videogame. Time to play Gran Turismo 3 on my Logitech wheel. 
11-20-2005, 11:01 PM
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Um yeah, I don't think the owner of Laguna Niguel MB or his wife will let you drive that car.
12-01-2005, 03:41 PM
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12-04-2005, 07:50 PM
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Originally Posted by jimmysanjuan
My latest "Star news" magazine just came in the mail, and shows a CLK DTM here in OC at MB Laguna Niguel. They say there are only 2 in the USA, and they have one. Has anyone here in OC seen this in person yet? They indicate it's a 5.5 putting out 582 HP. Pictures sure look great, must be awesome in person.
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12-04-2005, 08:48 PM
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Originally Posted by E43
There is a guy here in Sarasota driving around in a CLK GTR. Apparently he is a billionaire car collector (and driver), and this is one of his toys. The car was in at the dealership when I saw it. My mechanic said that MB requires that AMG technicians service the car so they flew some guys in from Germany. I got to check out the car up close and the interior as well. Very cool.
I believe that the same car was at RennTech a couple of months ago.
12-04-2005, 09:11 PM
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Originally Posted by jimmysanjuan
My latest "Star news" magazine just came in the mail, and shows a CLK DTM here in OC at MB Laguna Niguel. They say there are only 2 in the USA, and they have one. Has anyone here in OC seen this in person yet? They indicate it's a 5.5 putting out 582 HP. Pictures sure look great, must be awesome in person.
01-02-2006, 02:45 PM
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CLK DTM is still at Laguna
Originally Posted by perzbenz
Yah iv seen it at crystal cove.
The salesguy said they took it to Crystal Cove to show it off the first weekend they had it, and maneuvering over speedbumps proved to be a challenge...
