CLK GTR Straßenversion

A GT1 car, registered

The CLK badge disguises a carbon GT1 chassis with a V12 behind the driver. AMG and HWA built them for homologation, adding only ABS, air conditioning, trim and a stereo. Public sales are rare; chassis history matters.

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Market value · road

$7.5M–$11M

Typical $9.3M · 1 sales

$6.4M$12M
Open Market & Price

Market value · road

$7.5M–$11M

Typical $9.3M · 1 sales

$6.4M$12M
Market history builds with the record
Open Market & Price
Top speed
320 km/h (period specification)
Power
612 PS (6.9L naturally aspirated V12)
0 to 100
3.8 s (period figures vary to 3.7 s)
Transmission
6-speed (sequential · rear transaxle)
Weight
1'440 kg (road-car figure)
Production
25 (factory homologation count)

Market & Price

The price and the proof

A terminal for one car: the model curve over the documented record, the benchmarks it is measured against, and the instruments that read it.

Records: CLK GTR Roadster · 000034 — $10,235,000 · RM Sotheby's Las Vegas · 17 Nov 2023; 1 documented road sales on file · 2023–2023. estimate band $7.5M–$11M · good road cars.

HCN:CLKGTRSTLive model
$9'082'951-6.9% · 12M
$7.5M$10M$13M$15M$18MAug 24Jun 25Mar 26Dec 26Oct 27S&P 500
Model curve · anchored to 1 documented salesnot investment advice
The readouts · model figures against the benchmarksSynthetic model · insufficient ledger

Compound annual growth

WindowThis car*S&P 500Gold
1Y-6.9%+18.8%+21.9%

*Modeled price CAGR · S&P is a price index, no dividends

Deepest drawdown · model window

This car*-13.7%Mar 2024 → Jul 2026 · not recovered
S&P 500-11.1%Feb 2025 → Apr 2025 · recovered Jul 2025
Gold-18.9%Feb 2026 → Jul 2026 · not recovered

Forecast ladder · model quantiles

HorizonP10P50P90
+6M$8.3M$9.1M$9.9M
+12M$8.1M$9.0M$10M
+24M$7.7M$9.0M$10M

Median path with the 10th and 90th percentile · not investment advice

Transaction ledger · documented sales

1 of 1 recorded sales · shown in USD · recorded currency in each record

The public evidence shows a sharp rise from the 2018 coupé result, but it does not establish a continuous index. The 2023 roadster is both scarcer and a later derivative.

Price range · road · openConfidence · estimateThe band is an editorial estimate anchored by the documented 2018 coupé sale, the unsuccessful $8'000'000 to $9'000'000 2023 coupé offering and the $10'235'000 2023 roadster sale. The two body styles do not trade as one market, and public transactions are too sparse for higher confidence.

Floor

$7.5M

Typical

$9.3M

Ceiling

$11M

Estimate band for good road cars. 1 documented sales since 2019 plotted below.

$6.2M$7.5M$9.3M$11M$12M
Hover the spectrum to read a value, or a dot for the sale behind it.

Band, axis and sale positions shown in recorded USD. Indicative USD range for documented, road-ready coupés. Roadsters and 7.3-litre Supersport conversions require separate appraisal.

Road record

$10,235,000

CLK GTR Roadster · 000034

RM Sotheby's Las Vegas · 17 Nov 2023

The wider market · Mercedes-Benz at auction · median per year · modeled between anchors1,779 lots · 2003–2026 · exact yearly anchors · modeled line
20032026Explore all 40,882 results

Instrument calibration for this file is in progress — the terminal above reads the documented record directly.

Prices are reported sale totals including buyer's premium where stated by RM Sotheby's. Chassis identity, original accessories, federalisation and recommissioning needs can dominate the result.

Overview

Homologation completed after the racing had begun

The FIA announced its GT championship in December 1996. Mercedes-Benz and AMG answered with a new car in 128 days, using a purchased McLaren F1 GTR as an early powertrain and packaging mule. Bernd Schneider put the finished CLK GTR on pole at its Hockenheim debut in April 1997.

Six wins delivered both 1997 titles. The first customer road coupés followed in summer 1998, with the race-car carbon structure, a larger 6.9-litre V12 and a cabin made just civil enough to register. Twenty coupé customer cars were completed across 1998 and 1999.

The count is not clean. Mercedes-Benz period material describes 25 road cars, the number associated with the regulations. Later RM Sotheby's catalogues identify 20 coupés and six roadsters, one produced with the coupé run and five completed later from spare chassis. Collectors should identify the chassis and body style rather than rely on the round homologation number.

Engine
6'898 cc V12
Power
612 PS
Built
25 official
Project lead
Gerhard Ungar
Original price
DM 3'074'000

Reference

Technical specifications

Powertrain

Engine
M297 60° V126'898 cc, naturally aspirated, dry-sump lubrication
Power
450 kW / 612 PS at 6'800 rpmperiod specification; later auction catalogues quote 623 hp
Torque
775 Nm at 5'250 rpmperiod specification; some references list 731 Nm
Installation
Longitudinal mid-enginepowertrain carries rear chassis loads
Gearbox
6-speed sequential transaxlepaddle-operated, rear-wheel drive

Chassis

Structure
Carbon-fibre composite monocoquecarbon body panels; tub produced with Lola expertise
Suspension
Double wishbonespull-rod springs and adjustable dampers front and rear
Road equipment
ABS, air conditioning, audiothe principal concessions to road use
Brakes
Ventilated steel discsroad cars replaced the race car's carbon-composite rotors
Tyres
295/35 ZR18 front; 345/35 ZR18 rear

Dimensions and identity

Length
4'855 mm
Width
1'950 mm
Height
1'164 mm
Wheelbase
2'670 mm
Coupé production
20 customer carsbuilt in 1998 and 1999
Total road-car count
25 official; 26 in later cataloguesMercedes period material states 25; RM later describes 20 coupés and six roadsters

The records

0days

race-car development

decision to debut

0coupés

customer production

1998 to 1999

0roadsters

later RM count

one early, five completed later

0wins

CLK GTR race record

13 FIA GT starts

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Buying interest, silently.

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Heritage · Mercedes-Benz CLK GTR Straßenversion

“It runs ... and looks good.”

Hans-Werner Aufrecht · 1997 prototype test

December 1996 to April 1997

One hundred and twenty-eight days

AMG technical director Gerhard Ungar received the brief with the first FIA GT round already fixed for April. A McLaren F1 GTR became a test mule while the team drew, modelled and built its own carbon car.

The first CLK GTR tested in Spain, then qualified on pole at Hockenheim. Its rushed calendar did not become the owner's problem: the customer cars arrived only after a full championship season had exposed the racing hardware.

The hands

The people behind the car

The people whose work shaped the Mercedes-Benz CLK GTR Straßenversion.

No free period portrait on record

Gerhard Ungar

Technical director and project lead

Led the design and development team charged with delivering the CLK GTR before the first 1997 FIA GT round.

No free period portrait on record

Bernd Schneider

Development and works driver

Tested the first CLK GTR and drove it to the 1997 FIA GT drivers' championship.

Hans-Werner Aufrecht

AMG co-founder and programme principal

Oversaw AMG's competition operation and later founded HWA, which built the customer Straßenversion cars.

1998 to 1999

The delayed production run

HWA and AMG's Special Vehicle Construction Office built 20 customer coupés. Air conditioning, ABS, insulation, leather and luggage storage altered the use case, not the underlying structure.

A small roadster series followed. Its separate intakes, mirrors, roll hoops and wings make it a distinct derivative, and its later completion dates explain why published totals do not agree.

2018

24 to 25 August 2018

$4'515'000 coupé sale

Serial 09/25 sold with fewer than 1'500 kilometres and its factory accessories.

A documented public reference for the coupé market.

On the record

Milestones, on a line

The moments that set the CLK GTR Straßenversion's standing. Use the arrows, and hover a point to read what happened.

1997Chassis 004 shown to the FIATwelve days before the race debut
1997Both FIA GT titlesSix wins in 11 rounds
2018$4'515'000 coupé saleRM Sotheby's Monterey
2023$10'235'000 roadster saleRM Sotheby's Las Vegas

1 April 1997

Chassis 004 shown to the FIA

AMG presented race chassis 004 in road trim to the FIA, then converted it back to competition specification for Hockenheim.

The programme met its road-car presentation requirement before customer production.

1997

Both FIA GT titles

Bernd Schneider won the drivers' championship and Mercedes-AMG the constructors' title.

Every road chassis carries a direct link to a championship-winning design.

24 to 25 August 2018

$4'515'000 coupé sale

Serial 09/25 sold with fewer than 1'500 kilometres and its factory accessories.

A documented public reference for the coupé market.

17 November 2023

$10'235'000 roadster sale

The third roadster, showing 170 kilometres, sold at more than twice the 2018 coupé result.

Body style and scarcity created a separate price tier.