Merc CLK DTM in the streets.

[zoheb]

Check this out:
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Silver Bullet - Mercedes-Benz goes ballistic once again with the racy CLK DTM AMG.

Happy for any excuse to tickle 200 mph, Mercedes-Benz and its in-house speed shop, AMG, have pulled the wraps off yet another three-pointed shooting star. Recalling the CLK GTR roadgoing Le Mans racer from a few years back, the CLK DTM AMG arrives to celebrate Mercedes-Benz's resounding victory in the 2003 German Touring Car Masters race series.

Behind an array of functional aero bodywork, the CLK DTM employs a supercharged, 5.5-liter, three-valve V-8-each one hand-assembled by a single technician. The engine, which meets the five-gear Speedshift manu-matic transmission from the SLR McLaren supercar, churns out 582 horsepower and 590 pound-feet of torque.

Mercedes claims the 3850-pound CLK DTM will blur to 62 mph in 3.9 seconds and press on to an electronically governed top speed of 199 mph. Production commences this fall and is limited to a mere 100 units (none of which are headed here). As such, Mercedes has priced the ultimate iteration of its little coupe at a cool 200,000 euros (currently about $245,000).

http://automobilemag.com/news/0408_mercedes_clk_dtm_amg

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I've read abt this car on the actual magazine.......and they are calling this the purest supercar since Ferrari F40.

[rawfin]

nice article dude..was worth reading :)

[Tawhid]

hand assembled OK but by a single techinician that's quite unfortunate for that technic hehe

[GTI VR6]

I'd definitely have to agree on the F40 being the purest supercar. you got to see the enzo episode from top gear to believe that.

[arnab]

I'd definitely have to agree on the F40 being the purest supercar. you got to see the enzo episode from top gear to believe that.

i agree with you, when they say hand assembled, yes the amg's are hand assembled, and on the supercharger there is a name of the guy who has done it