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Old 06-12-2006, 05:12 AM
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Smile Clk Dtm

Drove a CLK DTM today and just have to say that this has to be one of the fasted cars i`ve ever driven
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Yep.
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Drove a CLK DTM today and just have to say that this has to be one of the fasted cars i`ve ever driven
Did you take your girlfriend Baaaaabara ?

Where did you drive this car ?
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E55 AMG + Mustang GT
More details please.
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Drove it out on what is called a motorway here
You could call it a duel lane
One of our customers is a bit of a car nut, we have his DTM and
sl65 in for servicing
Will try to post some pictures later
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agree. The torque is amazing in the DTM. Friend has one and went for a ride a month ago!. was scared ****less
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yeah... Europe, so that would be diesels ;)
its the car I love

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2005 CLK55
How much would that car be (ballpark?)
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How much would that car be (ballpark?)
They used to be 300k, now people are asking rediculous prices like half a mil.
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If I remember correctly, List Price was EUR 280K -- now they are generally going for EUR 220k to 330K, depending on mileage.

The new CLK DTM Cabriolets will start showing up in September.
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yeah... Europe, so that would be diesels ;)
For a new one (with no miles), you'll pay 280.000€, which would be 353,402.87$.

ClayJ, initial price in EU was 225.000€.

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How come kiwis get all the good car??
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Heres the pictures, we now have this in the showroom
as a display item, wiil drive again when it comes out
Looking forward to it
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I could definetely use one of those. They also made one which showcased the new AMG 6.2 Litre motor.
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Don't have a Mercedes right now...
Did the customers know that you took his car for a fan drive?
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what's the displacement and HP for the CLK DTM pictured in the showroom?
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5.5L, 3 valves per cylinder, V8, 582HP, 590 ft lbs of torque.

Some of them do have a little more output -- it does vary a little per car....
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damn! 5.5 liter only, huh? guess i gotta do some minor upgrades....LOL
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Anyone know where to get an AMG DTM Team racing jacket the real official one?
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Don't have a Mercedes right now...
Who is this guy? Don't you need to have special invitation from AMG to have one of the hundred CLK DTM AMG's made? This is no way to treat arguably one of the best cars in the world!

http://video.google.com/videoplay?do...32090667&q=amg
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yeah... Europe, so that would be diesels ;)
Thats Kalbas, a really sympathetic guy. He and Greg (the owner) raced it in Gumball 2005 (and unofficially won it).
The year before they competed with a yellow Enzo.
I believe Kalbas drove Paris-Dakar multiple times and Greg is a professional GT driver. So they certainly know their business

I posted some pics of that CLK under CLK55 amg pictures.

Some facts about the Gumball 2005 CLK DTM:
It has a rear view camera in the trunk lid, it has broadband internet access, through 3 Moto V3. It also had multiple DV cameras and a carputer.
They weren't able to repeat their 203mph top, and only got to 201 mph, which may be due to the drag of the added rear antenna. (which i doubt, since the top speed is electronically governed). However, still considerably slower than the 230 mph they reached with the enzo...

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Hi guys, Great to see a bit of info on the DTM road car outside of the usual. Any idea how many miles the Kalbas car has covered and have there been any problems? How would this car compare against a supercharged M3 CSL I wonder. I would be very tempted with a CLK DTM, but you only tend to see delivery or ulta low mile examples offered. I use my cars on the track quite a lot, so a higher mileage not so mint example would suffice. Maybe I will have to wait a while, I am presently running a CSL, which is great, but the DTM has got me interested!!!!!!!
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The CLK DTM is one of the ten best track cars out there -- they are absolutely fantastic on the track.

Current prices are still above $200K USD for a car out of Europe with 13K-plus km's.
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yeah... Europe, so that would be diesels ;)
They had no problems with it during the gumball. Other than having to refill it every fifteen minutes It consumer over 57 liters per 100 at full power.They also had to replace rims because they hit a curb.
Imo there's no comparison with the M3 CSL. The DTM pours out 590 lbs ft of torque (which is more than the SLR), 582rwhp as ClayJ said (which is only about 20 less than the SLR) and weighs about 1500 kg (which is a little more than the CSL but less than the SLR). Torque and bhp are however available surprinsingly early (3500 rpm for full torque and 6100 rpm for full horses, which is again faster than the SLR)

It does 0- 60 mph in 3.9, but it really is faster (the rumour is that merc hasn't given up the real numbers because it would be an offense to its double priced flagship, the SLR) ,thats would also be the reason why it is limited at 200 mph (it would nonetheless be faster than the SLR that isn't limited). Ofcourse this is speculative, but it is impressively fast!

Some are available in the EU with no miles on them, in the price range i quoted above. The market for the DTM convertible will be more accessible i think, though i don't know who would want to buy this turkey


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