For many who just like the Mercedes-Benz CLK GTR however assume it is a bit too widespread (and claustrophobic within the cockpit), this is what you’ve got been ready for. That is one in all simply six CLK GTR Roadsters constructed, and in case you have the money – masses of cash – you would take it house. Higher get to Las Vegas quick although. It is crosses the public sale block tomorrow.
This 2002 mannequin is amongst a number of dream machines being supplied to the very best bidder by way of RM Sotheby’s, however this might be the dreamiest. For many who do not recall the CLK GTR, it is the road-going model of the dominating race automobile Mercedes constructed within the late Nineteen Nineties for the FIA GT Championship. To fulfill homologation necessities, a minimum of 25 road-legal variations wanted to be constructed. 28 in the end got here to life, together with two prototypes. Nothing within the rulebook stated six needed to be roadsters, nonetheless. That was simply Mercedes being cool.
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Particularly, the automobile featured right here is the third of six roofless variations. Per the public sale itemizing, it is chassis quantity 000034 and has lined roughly 105 miles since new. It was imported to the US within the early 2010s and registered in Wisconsin for 2011, at which level it had simply 15 miles on the clock. It modified homeowners once more in 2013, displaying 67 miles, and was subsequently offered once more to a seller in North Carolina. In 2015 it went to a collector primarily based within the UK. And now, it is in Las Vegas.
Whereas we definitely recognize wonderful supercars being pushed, holding this one pristine and largely unused is comprehensible contemplating its excessive rarity. Nonetheless, with a 6.9-liter V12 belting out 622 horsepower to the rear wheels, it could be good if this mighty Merc might see a observe in some unspecified time in the future, or a minimum of a neat street journey. Hell, the public sale features a set of fitted baggage designed particularly for this automobile. Who’s up for a weekend journey to the Ozarks?
RM Sotheby’s estimates this 2002 Mercedes-Benz CLK GTR Roadster will carry someplace between $10M and $13M when all is alleged and performed. We’ll leap in with an replace as soon as the hammer falls, however within the meantime, leap into the feedback along with your greatest guess on the ultimate bid value. We’ll shout out the commenter with the closest guess once we replace the story.