The CLK DTM is the Secret Mercedes Beast!

The CLK DTM is one of the rarest and most unknown Mercedes-Benz cars ever! Only 100 units of the Coupe were ever made, a car that celebrated the domination of the team in the DTM championship. While to many it's a 'secret' and largely unknown, to drive it's something really special, as I've been lucky enough to do at the Mercedes-Benz Museum Dream Cars event!
After immense successes in the DTM championships, following the 2003 win, the team at Mercedes went about creating a road variant to be put into desperately limited production. Only 100 Coupes and then 80 Convertibles were ever made, and of those only a handful were painted in the stunning deep red paintwork of this example retained by the Mercedes-Benz Museum having served duty back at the time on the press fleet. Bernd Schneider, 5 times DTM champion, played a significant part in the development of the car, along with the SLS AMG Black Series and more.
It's powered by the 5.4l supercharged V8 making 582hp (574bhp) and 800nm, a derivative of the engine found in the SLR, and capable of a top speed of 320km/h (200mph) with 0-100km/h (62mph) taking just 4.1 seconds, with the power going to the rear wheels through a 5-speed automated manual gearbox.
The exterior stands out thanks to the wide and aggressive arches over the normal CLK body shape, while the interior strips everything away leaving full carbon door cards and a rear bench of sheet carbon behind the support brace. Originally the car cost €236,000 and all were sold prior to reveal, but finding one on the current market is both very difficult and of course carries a hefty price tag.
Thanks to Mercedes-Benz Museum for the epic Dream Cars event experience, driving many incredible cars including the CLK DTM, SLS Black Series, AMG GT R and many from the Classic collection. / mercedesbenzmuseum
Thanks for watching, Tim
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[@Shmee150]

The CLK DTM is one of the least well known, rarest Mercedes-Benz models to have been made. It celebrating their immense success in the DTM, and looks awesome with the wide arches and totally stripped out interior. Normally they are silver or black, but how good does this look?!

[@aekantikdalal2897]

Love the videos

[@alfienichols9524]

When can we see your girlfriend on the channel

[@troyarmstrong434]

@@alfienichols9524 she has already been on.

[@tysvers3825]

What does DTM stand for?

[@jamisonz3365]

It's always enjoyable to watch your Mercedes/AMG high performance car videos.

[@idknils2920]

That generation CL, CLK and SL are some of, if not the best looking mercs ever build

[@miguelmoninhas5341]

True and was the best kick from ///AMG department at the time

[@tomm9607]

The old gen C63 was so savage.. bold lines, pure aggression with its wide wheel arches as standard and bonnet vents. The new style of merc with every corner rounded is disgusting

[@xeisari]

Tom M W204 c63 is amazing

[@erichlawrence4142]

Honestly, that era, in general, has my favorite looking cars. The jaguar XJ8s of that time, the Ferrari 360s, these, etc. Love them. Truly the end of classic styling.

[@johnnyjohnson6815]

Yea the CL600 with the M137 is so underrated.

[@jassi_ahluwalia]

Love the iconic cars from Mercedes especially the 300 SL, SLS AMG Black Series and CLK DTM!

[@Shmee150]

They're all at this event!

[@aidenp5768]

This is random but is this car like the competitor to the M3 E46 GTR street car? Would be cool to see that car instead of being locked up.

[@Karem19782]

Don't forget the SLR McLaren and SLR Stirling Moss

[@cxdytyrant7974]

You Know it's Fast when it has DTM in the Name.

[@Shmee150]

Not many road cars get that!

[@ArKritz84]

@@Shmee150 and very few (if any) of the ones that do, are as serious about it as this one.

[@TheRealBleach]

Yep

[@whollymindless]

It's not just an "AMG"...

[@aftrnoon_ac]

Ari Awan No. It's Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters

[@TheAAP2011]

10:52 190 Evo 2. Legend!

[@alaind4757]

Would be a great ad on to the shmee collection

[@Shmee150]

You bet it would

[@akhilnair2019]

I'm thinking the same

[@tunes4life]

@@Shmee150 I bet you started looking around for one,in the eventuality that one,surprisingly came available? lol

[@rotcoke652]

One of my favorite looking AMGs

[@zebra3519]

Respect to Tim to reply to all the squad. What a guy. No1. Cheers.

[@Shmee150]

I always do my best!

[@zebra3519]

Love you Tim. Epicness.

[@iMidnightMonster]

I love how Tim mentioned Doug DeMuro’s review!

[@swb7161]

*2030* Son: what’s that sound coming from the front!? Dad: that’s an engine son.

[@gubb73485]

Don't say things like that it makes me cringe and sad.

[@salahannuka8674]

DEEP

[@JMB-gt6of]

I wanna dislike this but just cant...

[@bigmanmegee]

JMB8813 lol

[@xenonram]

2030? It will be far far beyond 2030

[@aurelien.bvideos494]

The color on this CLK DTM is amazing , we see most of them in silver or black .

[@claytonmorrison836]

This is my favorite channel to watch out of all the car channel cause u actually drive the cars and talk us around its almost like being there with u. I like the other channel but they have gotten away from drive the cars its mostly show now. Keep up the hard work and keep being ur self. Cheers

[@antoniobatista8009]

6:45 7:16 8:24 Listening the owl... Beautiful noise, the best of is kind

[@eggspot]

Owl? Hoot hoot?

[@antoniobatista8009]

​@@eggspot he sound like a owl. Listen carefully. I bet he was in times a owl. Rare human be

[@DaNiElLl430]

@@eggspot kinda sounds like an owl and the Pillsbury dough boy lol.

[@Madira15122]

Can you please review the 190E 2.5-16 Cosworth Evolution ll

[@alexutzu24ianuarie]

Takes 5 minutes to read that

[@bensgarage7472]

Doesn’t have push button gear shifts and no driving assist 😂 probably not

[@And4224]

Davide Cironi did excellent review of it

[@Hannes_Gaenzler]

The passenger window view is really great to show the real speed. You should use this more often. Great video!

[@TWEECH45]

I smell as gt black series first drive coming :)

[@Shmee150]

Some say...

[@CP-vg4vy]

Shmee150 😬

[@miguelg243]

@@Shmee150 For some reason I got a Jeremy Clarkson vibe lol

[@Treesuss]

Really enjoyed this! Loving all the AMG content. So many interesting cars over the years.

[@pirkkaruuska5766]

1:50 I am pretty sure that the DTM uses a 5G-Tronic with Speedshift. It is not an automated sequential manual transmission.

[@andrelima5124]

These cars aged so well man !

[@simbo0ne]

The CLK DTM is a very, very special car. I remember when it was launched. The car is limited and the rumour going around at the time was that it was due to the Mercedes McLaren SLR... Both were launched at similar times and share a lot of engine commonality (more than either McLaren or AMG would care to admit). Whispers were going around that the DTM actually out-performed the SLR, so internal politics dictated that the DTM would have to have a limiter. Mercedes always denied this was the case, but it was always viewed internally as AMG's (two-fingered) response to the SLR (for a vastly different price point).

[@zeman4320]

Deadly Track Machine

[@guitarsword1]

DTM - favorite AMG.

[@Jimmythefish577]

Really liking the shots from outside, adds a whole different dimension to the videos. Nice to see what the cars look and sound like from outside.

[@Vedant_GP]

This car looks quite simple in my opinion, but due to that color and that beastly engine, it is soo great. Thanks as always for the video Shmee ✌

[@Shmee150]

Pleasure, thanks for watching

[@AdzTheRat]

Best merc ever! Absolute monster

[@ianhicks153]

That car but silver, was MY POSTER CAR as a kid! Absolutely amazing car.

[@wateringcan4522]

coincidence? I watched doug's video on the CLK DTM today and got it recommended

[@Shmee150]

No way, that's crazy!

[@jasonseitz3314]

Imagine not watching Doug’s video 2 years ago when it came out smh couldn’t be me

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The KZbin algorithm realised you watched a video about this car and recommended it to you bc it thinks it’ll interest you

[@donrisley947]

No. Just keywords

[@001gocool]

They are watching you.....

[@TheAAP2011]

My absoloute favorite AMG of all time.

[@yashkatyan8214]

Two of my favourite things on one screen.....shmee and amg love it man

[@The1AcrE]

I drove one in Test Drive Unlimited 🤣

[@Shmee150]

Haha

[@IllMisiek]

Good game

[@amanahmad361]

These cars are truly a legends car

[@Shmee150]

Really are

[@johnrowell942]

Stunning classic

[@Poatan.chama.]

This gen clk may be the car with the most variations ever made

[@alejandrocervantes4523]

This thing looks perfect

[@Shmee150]

Cool isn't it!

[@sf2372]

Love it, didnt even know about it. Thanks

[@wackyrc1394]

Shmee150 hard working man, marvellous CLK, thank you 👍

[@revinot]

One of my favourite features of CLs and CLKs of this generation is the pillarless windows meaning once all four windows are down you have a giant opening on the side profile of the car which looks pretty cool.

[@richardallsop5039]

Shmee, your vlogs are always worth watching, great content, lovely car. Regards, RichardA.

[@Shmee150]

Many thanks!

[@nawzy202]

unknown and underrated one of my all time favorite glad u drove it

[@jodygreen1518]

Hello shmee I just love you mercedesbenz SLS it's awesome to see you drive it I have a R129 sl 500 love it I wish one day for a SLS I also enjoyed you review of the Dtm mercedes clk my younger own a clk convertible and another brother owns a clk 320 convertible wow now my son owns a mercedesbenz 320 you can say we live the mercedesbenz brand keep those great videos coming I love them all peace

[@DjNikGnashers]

Very interesting, never seen a road version of that before, thank you for recording the film.

[@shred_zed1]

GTA and the feltzer are looking pretty realistic.

[@jamespugh8625]

The cosworth in my opinion is the best car in this line up! Should of done a video on that 😂

[@velvetjones1856]

You need one of these CLK DTMs in the collection. Very cool.

[@jhighturntup5558]

Oh yeah , that was one of my favorite cars in PGR 4 🤗

[@tunes4life]

Must admit,i do love classic cars and benz did some great ones back in the day!

[@spcrob22]

You have made me love Mercedes so much.

[@Shmee150]

I'm certainly enjoying the cars from the brand a lot at the moment

[@arvmotiv]

Always had a special spot in my heart ❤️

[@the_mb]

Saw my first one just a few weeks ago! A seriously beautiful machine!

[@whollymindless]

Sounds so good...

[@Diffrent-33]

Beautiful colour beautiful Beast💪🏼❤️

[@SCT333]

The CLK DTM is Amazing 🔥🔥🔥

[@Kxji]

Man I’m enjoying the Mercedes-AMG content!

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“#HI GUYS I am SHMEE” Has a seprate fan base

[@JoshRL]

10:47 "IDEAS HOPEFULLY FOR THE FUTURE" SHMEE150: I've bought an AMG GT BLACK SERIES IN SOLAR BEAM YELLOW!

[@Wirenfeldt1990]

This seems infinitely cooler than the SL65 from earlier.. I kinda hope you can get your hands on one, one day.. It'd be rare enough that you most likely won't lose a ton on it in the long term and it's one hell of a vehicle .. as an aside.. i first saw this thing in Test Drive Unlimited from 13 years ago..

[@noblevengeance312]

Drove one of these last year. Amazing car

[@davem16able]

That dinky shift lever reminds me of the one in a Scaglietti.

[@WheelzOH]

LOOOVE the sound of it

[@OutdoorAbenteuer]

My favorite color RED - Almandine Red ❤️🌳❤️

[@prettymuchtheapexofhumanev5810]

One day I will own one! Such an amazing car!

[@Shmee150]

You should!

[@essenel]

I'm rooting for you ! I hope you manage to own one ! It is an amazing car !

[@prettymuchtheapexofhumanev5810]

@@essenelThank you!

[@Kaipeternicolas]

Wow I drove this very car for a week back in 2004 or 2005 or something. Can't believe it still exists and now SHMEE is driving it. Haha crazy.

[@SpeedySpeedBoy]

Love your videos and content BTW small KZbinr and your biggest fan from India

[@unlvpsychgrad394]

thanks!

[@lourenspotgieter4274]

Sounds incredible!

[@Schuler789]

Almost thought this SLS Black was super special! But I now remember it is not the SLS Black, but instead the C63 Black, where the Solarbeam Yellow was shown on the press car but never actually made available to order. Stunning nonetheless

[@alboforlife18]

This is similar to the BMW M3 GTR, my 2 most favorite cars ever

[@schumifannreins295]

Very nice. I wish you'd have shown the 190 Evo 2 more.

[@adamgibbs4264]

Love the CLK DTM seen one at the Canary Wharf Motor show London many years ago

[@carfreakx4539]

The CLK is one of the most beautiful cars ever

[@pinkcitrus98]

Man how cool would it be if Shmee and Doug collabed on a video when Shmee takes the Ford GT again to the USA and meets Doug's Ford GT! 😍

[@jorgechiubomberos]

My favorite merc

[@yeaitzsean799]

I like the black one behind the red one

[@Shmee150]

190 Evo

[@yeaitzsean799]

Shmee150 yes

[@jahyoda]

May the Lord Bless This Man Tim....RAD !!

[@Shmee150]

Thanks for the support

[@teamsleepnine]

real deal there! hwa! the real amg!

[@V8Komp_Edits]

M113k one of AMGs best motors!

[@dopefresh_guna9094]

great vids

[@douglasgoncalves5070]

Would love to see the CLK GTR in this group.

[@ismail.1802]

It boggles my mind how 3 people can be first 😭 help

[@Shmee150]

KZbin life! But hey, when each person loads the page, it only shows you what's already been submitted, so everybody sees it like there are no comments so far

[@downeys1]

No love for the later model CLK63A? The 2008 model US only roadster was limited to 100 examples. “Only” 500 HP but it is a convertible and the 6.3 liter is a real blast. I always saw it as the German version of American muscle. I really love it from that perspective.

[@BibTheBoulderTheOriginalOne]

Pah! Bib's Peugeot 106 diesel would eat this for breakfast....

[@Shmee150]

Head to head race time!

[@owenurbach531]

love your work, keep it up tim

[@Shmee150]

Thank you very much

[@owenurbach531]

@@Shmee150 you are vary welcome

[@MegaJJBro]

Love this car

[@NurseryRime]

Hi shmee I'm a huge fan you and your channel are so great keep up the good work

[@Shmee150]

Thanks! Will do!

[@hubertrogala3733]

Shmee, u need to consider buying some of the cars like this one until they are not affordable

[@Richardinho030]

Another Mercedes video (after the GTR Pro “commercial”) so we can make the conclusion that your GTR Pro allocation is in the bag! 👍🏻

[@heisenburgertm]

I think you are mixing up the GTR Pro and the GT Black series.

[@SuperIceman44]

He already has a GTR Pro lmao

[@Richardinho030]

@@SuperIceman44 Yes I mean the black ;)

[@sidneygriffiths485]

Shmee your a lucky, lucky boy! 🤔🤔🤔 born of hard work of course 😂🤣😂🤣

[@sputnikalgrim]

Shmee are you feeling ok? It’s been like a month since you took delivery of a new car. Lolololol I kid I kid. Great vid as always!

[@bob808]

It was rumoured that *two* of these came to Australia (back in the day) at AU$600,000 each. For reference, the CLK55 of the same period was _only_ AU$200,000.

[@hapesethathi2742]

@shmee150 There is one Cabriolet for sale right now in South Africa for about £295 000. It has 14 000km on the clock.

[@webcrawler9782]

very cool car!

[@Shmee150]

You bet it is

[@frederikjacob1985]

I think you need to buy one Tim! You have an incredible lineup of amg cars so this one can't be missed in your collection. I wonder how it will do against the Aston Martin vantage gt8.

[@shayan.a]

Tim, you have to buy more Mercs! A GT black series, and an SL65 Black for sure! Maybe in solor beam yellow or matching blue with the SLS

[@Shmee150]

Some say it's too many already, but let's see

[@shayan.a]

Shmee150 Can never have too many cars! But I understand maintaining all these cars would be hard.

[@eetukek]

theres actually one clk dtm for sale in finland, it doesnt have a price but it is listed for sale in nettiauto

[@herbiejones6436]

TIM YOU"VE SAID BADASS RECENTLY IN TWO VIDEOS its taken me by surprise both times lol. Hope you're doing well!

[@Shmee150]

Haha, I need to slow down on that one I guess xD

[@toussantlbisso]

@@Shmee150 Too common for an Uncommon automobilist 🏁

[@dannyrobinson3480]

The sls black series looks so good in the solarbeam yellow, I would have topaz change the colour for a while like they did the G63

[@allensaunders449]

A bit surprised you weren't at the Maserati reveal, and the T.50. Not all first looks are worth going too i would be the first to say many are a waste of time. Those 2 seem important enough.

[@robertgladstone5194]

Jayemm On Cars recently reviewed one which is to be sold and owned by Jenson Button. This is the only CLK I would ever consider buying

[@Shmee150]

Nice, didn't realist that, will give it a watch too

[@robertgladstone5194]

@@Shmee150 The outlandish looks make it fantastic visually. Jayemm was not able to drive it the car as it was to be sold, but it gave a real insight into the mount of carbon used to lighten the car throughout. I have just searched for the video. I didn't realise, it is actually a year old, but still worth a watch

[@ttvvideos2050]

what a machine!

[@matijaaastepanovic]

This is not a car test, this is unicorn test🦄