Dec 17 2014
1997 Mercedes-Benz CLK GTR AMG
As the Deutsche Tourenwagen Meisterschaft/International Touring Car Championship had folded in late 1996, with both remaining competitors Opel and Alfa Romeo leaving due to the high costs of their 4WD designs, Mercedes-Benz had no top series to compete in. With the success of the BPR Global GT Series leading to the FIA taking over and turning it into an international series, known […]
Dec 22 2014
1998 – 1999 Mercedes-Benz CLK GTR AMG Road Versions
McLaren’s entrance into the FIA GT1 class required that its already outstanding McLaren F1 road car be outfitted in racing trim. By contrast, the AMG solution to homologation was quite the opposite. Instead of building a race car from an existing sports car, AMG set about creating an all new GT1 contender whose homologated variants […]
By Catalin Varvara • FIA GT, MB MotorSports 2 • Tags: 1998 mercedes clk, 1999 mercedes CLK GTR AMG, CLK GTR, CLK GTR AMG, mercedes clk, Mercedes CLK GTR AMG