The Mercedes-Benz CLK DTM is a 2-door
DTM
DTM may refer to:
Sport
* Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters, a motor-racing series staged annually in Germany since 2000
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touring car constructed by the German
car manufacturer
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Algeria
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Mercedes-Benz, that debuted in the
2000 DTM season, and competed until the end of the
2003 season
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. It was based on the standard
Mercedes-Benz CLK-Class (C208) road car then later the
CLK-Class (C209).
History
For the 2000 DTM season, Mercedes-Benz committed to entering eight cars split between four cars from the Works
HWA Team, and two cars each from the semi-Works
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and
Rosberg outfits. HWA, in turn, sub-divided its operations into two parallel squads. The first ran two
D2 Telekom-sponsored cars for
Bernd Schneider and
Thomas Jäger, the second fielding two Warsteiner-backed cars for
Klaus Ludwig, and
Marcel Fässler.
In March 2002, Mercedes-Benz announced a revised version of the CLK DTM now based on the
CLK-Class (C209), at the
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with
Bernd Schneider and
Jean Alesi. The car won the
2003 DTM season.
Gallery
File:2001 AMG Mercedes CLK-Klasse DTM (C208), Sindelfingen, 2007 (01).JPG
File:2000 Mercedes-Benz CLK DTM rear.jpg
File:Bernd Maylaender DTM(ThKraft).jpg
File:Bernd Schneider DTM(ThKraft).jpg
File:Mercedes-Benz AMG -robad0b (1).jpg
File:DTM Mercedes AMG.jpg
File:Dtm janis.jpeg
References
External links
Mercedes-Benz Motorsport website
{{Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters racing cars
CLK DTM
Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters cars