Up for Auction: Unused 1999 Mercedes-Benz CLK GTR Roadster

Crack open your piggy banks ladies and gentleman, an unused 1999 Mercedes-Benz CLK GTR Roadster is headed to the auction block

Crack open your piggy banks ladies and gentleman, an unused 1999 Mercedes-Benz CLK GTR Roadster is headed to the auction block.

It features a 6.9-liter V12 engine producing 612 PS (450 kW) and 775 Nm (572 lb-ft) which enables the Mercedes-Benz CLK GTR Roadster hit 62 mph (100 km/h) from a standstill in just 3.8 seconds before topping out at 199 mph (320 km/h).

The sale is set for June 26 at a Bonhams event during the 2015 Goodwood Festival of Speed and is expected to garner between £1.4 million to £1.8 million ($2.17M to $2.79M).

1999 Mercedes-Benz CLK GTR Roadster

1999 Mercedes-Benz CLK GTR Roadster

Rare CLK GTR AMG For Sale in Fort Lauderdale

The Mercedes CLK GTR AMG super car has only been driven 1,492 miles, despite being street-legal, in 13 years

Currently listed for sale on the website Jameslist is a 2000 Mercedes-Benz CLK GTR AMG for a mere $1,490,000. The high price for the Mercedes-Benz CLK GTR AMG is expected, being that it was the most expensive production car ever built at that time, selling for over 1.5 million Dollars..

Mercedes-Benz built only 25 units, five of them were roadsters and 20 of them were coupes. This particular car was numbered 17. The power of this exceptionally rare car comes from it’s colossol 12-cylinder, 6.9-liter engine outputting 612 hp (456 kW) and 731 Nm (539 lb-ft) of torque, propelling it to a top speed of 199 mph (320 km/h).

The Mercedes super car, currently for sale at Ferrari-Maserati of Fort Lauderdale, has only been driven 1,492 miles, despite being street-legal, in 13 years. Factory options include Monocoque carbon fibre with integrated steel roll bars, leather steering wheel with airbag, passenger airbag, air-conditioning, audio system, adjustable pedals

And if you’re staring to think this is to good to be true, a rare Mercedes supercar with hardly any miles for less than it’s original price, you would be right. According to WCF, the car for sale was heavily damaged during a storm in Dubai when a roof collapsed on top of the vehicle. It was then sold as a crashed salvage car to someone in Switzerland who repaired it. This is the reason why it’s been on sale for a significant amount of time as anyone who was interested in buying the car did a background check at AMG and found out its rough history.