There's still time to acquire something a bit special to rub shoulders with the supercar royalty at Lord Pembroke's place for the
Wilton House Supercars 2011 event
(in association with our good selves on 14th August.
The car we're thinking of isn't exactly cheap, although compared to the Porsche GT1 Strassenversion we looked at recently, it's a veritable bargain.
The Porker had covered 900 kilometres and was up for north of £1,000,000 in Kyoto, Japan. This CLK GTR, however, has covered just 22 kilometres and is available in Europe for a smidge over £750,000.
We've got a feeling that might be a bit steep. Although they cost approximately £1,000,000 when new, the sole right-hand-drive GTR Roadster which was ordered new by...yep, you've guessed it...the Sultan of Brunei was sold by RM Auctions in 2009 for £616,000.
His Majesty also sold his right-hand-drive Coupe version at the same auction for £522,500 - you just gotta love the Sultan. Having said that, were you to baulk at the £750,000 asking price then you might have a bit of a struggle finding another one.
The people selling this car have sold no fewer than eight CLK GTRs (two brand new Coupes, three used Coupes, and three used Roadsters) and tell us that this one was ordered new by a customer in the Middle East who subsequently moved it on to an owner in Europe.
Strangely, whereas the other Roadsters had production numbers like One and Two (...and so on), the production number on this car was 'Jean Alesi' (?). Even the vendors don't know why this was the case, since the car has had no apparent connection to the French former F1 ace (
Is it possibly something to do with Alesi's time driving for Mercedes in the DTM? - Riggers
The 7.3-litre V12 is, thankfully, the same 720bhp unit as fitted to the other Roadsters, so it shouldn't be wanting for any oomph, although having rolled for just 22 kilometres it might need a period of running-in first.
Just on the off-chance that someone reading this is thinking of putting in a bid with a view to bringing it along to Wilton House, you will give us a quick go, won't you?
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