Awesome Thread... [Automotive Edition]

Reckoning · Sep 23, 2009

nsx_23 said:
Less ice talk.....

Yes, otherwise a wild Ben Cousins might appear.

:drums:

2Billion · Sep 23, 2009

I'm not normally a big Porsche fan, but that Jagermeister car has me reaching for...never mind.

nsx_23 · Sep 23, 2009

Reckoning said:
Yes, otherwise a wild Ben Cousins might appear.

ROFL

CrzRsn · Sep 23, 2009

nsx_23 said:

+1

Der Stig · Sep 23, 2009

I've had the pleasure of seeing both the Jaeger 6er and the 930 in person. Cool cars, those ones.

nsx_23 · Sep 23, 2009

I've always had a huge soft spot for the Zakspeed Capri. It just looks so insane!

In fact, I'd love to own a capri someday.

CrzRsn · Sep 24, 2009

VEHICLE DESCRIPTIONS COURTESY RM AUCTIONS:

2005 Mercedes-Benz CLK GTR Coupe

Estimate:
?370,000-?390,000
612 bhp, 6,898 cc naturally-aspirated V12 engine with dual overhead camshafts, six-speed sequential manual gearbox with paddle-shift operation, independent front and rear suspension with double wishbones, pushrod-actuated coil springs and shock absorbers, and four-wheel ventilated, anti-lock carbon-fibre disc brakes. Wheelbase: 105.1"

Of the 25 homologated CLK GTRs built for road use, the first 20 were Coup?s like their racing counterparts. As evidenced by its commemorative sill-mounted plaque, this particular car is the 13th in the series. Official documentation from HWA confirms this to be the only right hand drive CLK GTR coup? ever built. It was specially constructed for a prominent collector and sold new for ?1 million according to the same documentation. What's more, the car has never been road registered is now offered with delivery mileage only, amounting to 25 kms from new. Completed in January 2005, the car is essentially brand new, finished in the typical German racing colour, silver. The interior features plaid upholstery reminiscent of the sporting silver arrows and Mercedes racing cars of decades past.

The CLK GTR is without a doubt the closest a road going car will ever come to its race-ready sibling. Its performance figures are downright mind-blowing; surely even Steve McQueen would have pulled over on the Mulsanne straight. Considering its status as one of the rarest German sports racing cars ever produced, it holds true to the valued traditions of homologated GT racing and, in spite of its 21st century technology, has solidified its place in history as a classic among classics.

2006 Mercedes-Benz CLK GTR Roadster

Estimate: ?430,000-?500,000

612 bhp, 6,898 cc naturally-aspirated V12 engine with dual overhead camshafts, six-speed sequential manual gearbox with paddle-shift operation, independent front and rear suspension with double wishbones, pushrod-actuated coil springs and shock absorbers, and four-wheel ventilated, anti-lock carbon-fibre disc brakes. Wheelbase: 105.1"

Of the 25 road going CLK GTRs built to meet FIA requirements, just five examples were equipped with the stunning roadster body of the example presented here. These roadsters were built by HWA, a sister company to AMG, which has been involved in Mercedes' cutting-edge racing development and DTM projects since the late 1960s. In fact, HWA are the initials of the company's president and AMG co-founder Hans-Werner Aufrecht.

The Roadster variants they built of the CLK GTR are virtually identical to the Coup?s, with the exception of a removable top panel and integrated roll bar. The example presented here is number 2 in the series and, as confirmed by official HWA documentation, is the only right hand drive CLK GTR Roadster. Its colour combination is striking indeed, and like its coup? sibling, the car is virtually brand new; it was completed in August 2006 for a prominent collector, has accumulated just 34 delivery kms from new and has never been road registered. The same documentation further confirms this car cost a staggering ?1.3 million, which makes its offering today a very attractive proposition indeed.

WANT. SO FUCKING WANT.

nsx_23 · Sep 24, 2009

^ high-res?

Loz · Sep 24, 2009

Do both of them belong to the Sultan of Brunei?

NecroJoe · Sep 24, 2009

nsx_23 said:
^ high-res?

*laughs* They are 1280 x 850!

Remember when "high res" was 800x600?

[/saying things that make him feel old]

The_Finn · Sep 24, 2009

in before CLK GTR flip crash at le mans

CrzRsn · Sep 24, 2009

The_Finn said:
in before CLK GTR flip crash at le mans

The road car won't get that far.

http://www.casanovacars.com/mercede...s_17_million_clkgtr_wont_travel_10_blocks.php

_HighVoltage_ · Sep 24, 2009

So it's really more of a Chrysler than an AMG Mercedes

GRtak · Sep 24, 2009

NecroJoe said:
*laughs* They are 1280 x 850!

Remember when "high res" was 800x600?

[/saying things that make him feel old]

Old? Listen up you young wiper snapper, we ain't old yet. Get it a few decades.

jayjaya29 · Sep 24, 2009

The CLK-GTR was the first car that I completely obsessed over... :drool:

2Billion · Sep 24, 2009

I would make sweet, sweet love to Brian Blessed and have it broadcast on live television for that CLK-GTR Roadster.

Homer_Bart · Sep 25, 2009

It's a Number 13, it's bound to fail, or at least give the owner bad luck.

nsx_23 · Sep 25, 2009

Night_Hawk · Sep 25, 2009

ugh? spoiler?

That Jag reminds me of why new cars just don't look so good in general. Look how much extra...body? they had to clap on to make it low. It's just weird looking to me.

CrzRsn · Sep 25, 2009

Thats a very interesting spoiler. Never seen them do that sort of loop around, and hold it from the top.

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