*One of only six CLK GTR Roadsters made *The only black-finished example *Owned until 2014 by Mercedes-Benz *8 kilometres from new A legend in its own - relatively short - lifetime, the car offered here is the first example built of the fabulous Mercedes-Benz CLK GTR Roadster, an even more exclusive, limited edition, open-topped variant of the already super-exclusive CLK GTR Coupé with which Mercedes-Benz had re-entered international sports car racing in 1997.

At the time of its introduction the CLK GTR Roadster was the world's most expensive 'production' car with a price tag of $1.5 million, a figure exceeded only recently by the Ferrari FXX.

Mercedes-Benz's decision to switch from touring to sports cars had been taken at the end of the 1996 season, leaving precious little time to develop a challenger for the FIA's new GT Championship.

The latter's regulations stipulated that 'GT1' category cars had to be production based, and although the racer used the same 'CLK' designation as t...