Car News (Free subscription) | 21/11/2009
FRANKFURT - German carmaker Volkswagen AG said Friday it will buy some assets of German contract carbuilder Wilhelm Karmann GmbH to create a new manufacturing subsidiary that will eventually build a new car model. VW could simply be acquiring the contract manufacturer's wide base of tooling. Karmann of late specialized in convertibles, building the Mercedes-Benz CLK for Mercedes-Benz, for example....
Luxist (Free subscription) | 18/11/2009
The three boats that once belonged to Bernie Madoff generated more than a million dollars for victims of his $65 billion Ponzi scheme on Tuesday. Seventy bidders registered with National Liquidators to chase after the boats , along with a Mercedes and another yacht owned by Madoff's CFO, Frak DiPascali. "Bull," which was Madoff's 55-foot yacht , sold for $700,000, with the 38-foot "Sitting...
Times Online (Free subscription) | 08/11/2009
I was driving home the other night in great pain. Some fool had gaffer-taped my arms to a chair, and in the course of struggling free I had removed several hairs and a great deal of skin, which had been badly burnt just two days earlier, on a volcano in Chile. Mine is not really a conventional job.
Motor Authority (Free subscription) | 04/11/2009
The previous Mercedes-Benz CLK is something of an enigma--built around the C-Class platform, styled like the E-Class, and priced in between the two, the car sits in its own unique segment and has no direct competition from its rivals. Its sales history has been a strong success, especially in the U.S., but the car is on its way out, being ...
Autosnewspaper (Free subscription) | 01/11/2009
2006 Mercedes-Benz CLK GTR RoadsterBoth cars featured a 6.9-liter V12 engine By Michael Gauthier October 30, 2009 4:32 PM Filed Under: Classics, German, Mercedes-Benz If you have a spare 1.1 million, you've ... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
Classic cars, rallies and races (Free subscription) | 31/10/2009
Click on the picture to enlarge Other Aston Martin DB2 Photos Offered for the first time in 52 years, a 1950 Aston Martin DB2 Team Car sets new auction record at £550,000. Other highlights – two rare Mercedes-Benz CLK GTRs sell for a combined £1.1 million; an unrestored 1969 Mercedes-Benz 600 Pullman Landaulet achieves over five-times pre-sale estimate. The esteemed Edgar Schermerhorn...
WorldCarFans.com (Free subscription) | 30/10/2009
Built by HWA, the GTRs were powered by a monstrous 6.9-liter V12 engine with 612 horsepower.
Auto Trader Blog (Free subscription) | 29/10/2009
We’ve just been to the annual Automobiles of London auction in Battersea’s cool Evolution Centre. And quite frankly, came back astonished. Sure, this year’s auction was a more sombre affair, which didn’t feature a £2.5 million McLaren or an F1 puppet-masters’ ‘garage sale’ – but the metal on display did not disappoint. Like the super-rare Mercedes-Benz...
Classic cars, rallies and races (Free subscription) | 21/10/2009
With the catalogue now closed for RM Auctions ’ ‘ Automobiles of London ’ event on October 28th, 2009, the sale features some truly rare and outstanding vehicles ranging from a 1900 Clément-Panhard Type VCP Voiture Légère Two-Seater to a 2006 Mercedes-Benz CLK GTR Roadster. Building upon the success of its historic Ferrari Leggenda e Passione sale in Maranello,...
Motor Authority (Free subscription) | 14/10/2009
The previous Mercedes-Benz CLK is something of an enigma--built around the C-Class platform, styled like the E-Class, and priced in between the two, the car sits in its own unique segment and has no direct competition from its rivals. Its sales history has been a strong success, especially in the U.S., but the car is set to meet its demise ...
Consumer Reports Cars Blog (Free subscription) | 06/10/2009
Hummer drivers get almost five times as many tickets as the national average for all vehicles, according to a new study. Conducted by San Francisco-based Quality Planning, a company that provides statistical information to insurance companies to help them determine rates, the one-year study looked at violations during 2007 and 2008. The findings were standardized based on the number of violations per...
Convertible Car Magazine News (Free subscription) | 28/09/2009
Number 2 of only 5 Mercedes Benz CLK GTR Roadsters made is due to go on sale at RM Auction's Automobiles of London event. The CLK GTR was built as a world beating racing car that would win the FIA GT Championship. This it did so successfully in 1997 and 1998 that in 1999 there where no other entries and the series was cancelled. It's hard to imagine a more devastatingly racing car but the road going...
traimi | 27/09/2009
Mark your calendars for an auction on October 28 if you want the opportunity to acquire one of two rare 720bhp Mercedes-Benz CLK GTR supercars. For the record, the GT1 race car derived machine was created in the late 1990s, only 26 units of which were made, sorted out as 20 coupes and six roadsters.
WorldCarFans.com (Free subscription) | 24/09/2009
Two very rare cars will be hitting the auction block. Only 25 Mercedes-Benz CLK GTRs were ever built; one coupe and one roadster are headed to the podium.
Car News (Free subscription) | 24/09/2009
Supercars like the SLS AMG and SL65 AMG Black Series might be the flagships for the current Mercedes-Benz lineup, but back in the late 1990s it was all about the CLK GTR -- an all-out race car slightly disguised as a road car. The street version you see here was built to homologate the race car that competed in the FIA's GT1 class in 1997 and 1998 (wining the championship in 1997). Each came with a...
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traimi | 27/09/2009
Mark your calendars for an auction on October 28 if you want the opportunity to acquire one of two rare 720bhp Mercedes-Benz CLK GTR supercars. For the record, the GT1 race car derived machine was created in the late 1990s, only 26 units of which were made, sorted out as 20 coupes and six roadsters.
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