The Mercedes-Benz CLK LM (chassis code C298) was a Group GT1 sports car designed and built by Mercedes-Benz in partnership with AMG to compete in the FIA GT Championship. To satisfy the requirements of competing in the FIA GT Championship, a road-legal version had to be built to homologate the car.

The only bits to find its way from the CLK onto the racing car were the grill and the dashboard. The head and taillights also bore a resemblance with the recently introduced two-door coupe. During the development of the advanced aerodynamics, Mercedes' engineers actually used a McLaren with new bits grafted on them during testing.

1998 Mercedes-Benz CLK LM. In the 1997 season, Mercedes-Benz in cooperation with AMG entered GT racing and competed in the FIA GT championship. The CLK-GTR developed for this purpose was the first production racing car from Mercedes-Benz with a mid-engine.

Mercedes CLK LM was a car which did not begin its life as CLK but rather a McLaren F1. This car entered Le Mans in 1998. For the race Mercedes used a modified V8 from the Sauber C9. Though it was stripped it of its turbos, the RPM capability was …

Jun 7, 1998 · The CLK-LM was raced only in the 1998 24 hr of LeMans and had a naturally aspirated 5.0l M119 V-8 highly modified and renamed a GT108B as the block was completely different due to integral structural gussets for the chassis/rear suspension and dry sump system.

Jul 31, 2023 · The CLK LM is the successor to the much more widely known Mercedes-Benz CLK GTR built a year prior. While that car required 25 road-going homologation specials to be built, the CLK LM...

Oct 10, 2018 · Powered by a mid-mounted naturally aspirated 5.0-liter V8, the CLK LM sent all of its 600 horses to the rear through a five-speed sequential manual. Its slippery aero allowed the evolution model of the CLK GTR to a top speed of 205 mph during testing for the 1998 24 Hours of Le Mans, and could hit 208 mph if given the chance.

Feb 18, 2024 · Conceived for Mercedes’ first trip to Le Mans since 1991, the heavily revised CLK LM proved sufficiently good that Mercedes elected to run it in the remainder of the ‘98 FIA GT Championship. Ultimately, both titles were secured for the second year in succession as Mercedes won all ten races on the calendar.

1998 Mercedes-Benz CLK LM specs, performance data, engine specifications, pictures, updated June 2024.

1998 Mercedes-Benz CLK-LM: 24-shot gallery, full history and specifications