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I am new to MBWorld, I found you guys while doing some research on my car (for an upcoming magazine article).
I was hoping to get some information on the CLK55 AMG Works Rally Car that Mick Doohan raced in an Australia Tarmac Rally called the - Targa Tasmania in 2001.
If any of you have any information regarding that particular car - I would love to hear about it.
I’ve had a wonderful experience owning this car. Reliability has been excellent and still puts a smile on my face when I sneak down to the special garage where it’s stored (heated/cooled).
Ive driven the car on a half-dozen road courses (just for fun) and it has performed well. However, the suspension is generally too soft and the 3400 lbs does not make for go cart type reflexes. The recirculating ball steering doesn’t help either.
For a luxurious very fast GT cruiser, it’s perfect.
When this car came out (U.S. model years were just 2001-2002 for coupes and 2002 only for cabriolet), it had few peers on the open road. Sub 5 second 0-60 times were less common 17 years ago! Now, lots and lots of automobiles on the road today can claim this acceleration.
I haven’t tracked the car in over 5 years since it’s still in pristine condition and want to keep it that way.
Thanks for that photo - here are two more of her. She is currently being displayed at the Mercedes AMG Dealer in Brisbane, Australia.
AWESOME!! Thank you for sharing 😎
Would you mind taking some under hood, trunk and interior pics? I would be very interested to see what mods were done. I’m surprised they kept the sunroof in the rally car!
I found this one on an old computer....love this car!!
No problem - I'll be collecting the car in about a week.
Under the hood visually is similar to the original AMG apart from a large carbonfiber air intake and carbon fiber intake pipes, carbon fiber fuse box, exhaust headers, suspension top mounts etc.
Under the boot is stripped and the visual differences that are immediately noticeable - carbon fiber fuse box to the back of the boot and to the right middle, small fan box pointed fuse box and battery, Anderson plug at battery, moulded carbon fiber panel where the rear seat backs would have been,
Re: Sunroof - it is not actually there - it is just a panel that resembles a sunroof.
I found this interior shot from a while ago - the rules of Targa Tasmania in 2001 required carpet etc - so that the car resembled the factory model. There is carpet inside but no sound proofing or heat proofing.
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