What does $285,000US buy you?

A fat slice of badass: http://forum-international.amg-owner...4077#post24077



Oh ya...

 

Yes please..

 

nice!

 

I don't know. You can get a better track car for that much money.

 

It's basically a race-prepped track-ready road car with cage with the SLR McLaren's supercharged V8 engine (slightly retuned for less hp, but more torque) stuffed under the bonnet.

You can look at it two ways:

1) An "inexpensive" way of owning the $400K MB SLR McLaren's supercar powertrain.

2) An overpriced 500+ hp Mercedes-Benz coupe for people with money to burn to call their track car

If I had that kind of cash, and wanted to go MB, I'd take an SL65 or CL65 V-12 twin turbo. They're much cheaper but have over 150 ft-lbs more torque (737) and a boatload more creature comforts.

Nice car though. Perfect for the DTM race fan with extremely deep pockets.

 

wow, nice ride...nice widebody

 

For $285K, I'd buy a Porsche 911 GT3 for the Track and a Mercedes CLK 55 AMG for 75K and still have almost 100K left for Porsche driving school classes besides other things.

 

 

While I agree that this is one hell of an expensive car, you're trying to rationalize the price.

This isn't just a "sum of its parts" sort of car. There are less than 5 coming to the US and probably fewer than 20 worldwide. People that have the money to consider buying a $285,000 car usually live in communities where Lambos and Ferraris are as common as Civics. These people want something to make them stand out and that’s where this car comes in.

 

So true. So very true.

I think that the CLK DTM would be an interesting car, but it's a little much for me. I think with that kind of money, I'd start with a 360 Modena Spyder.