
Mercedes AMG CLK GTR Roadster Gray GT Spirit 1:18

About the Mercedes AMG CLK GTR Roadster Gray GT Spirit 1:18
TL;DR: GT Spirit's 1:18 resin Mercedes AMG CLK GTR Roadster in Gray reproduces one of the rarest homologation supercars ever built, an open-top version of Mercedes' FIA GT racing-derived flagship. Sealed resin construction captures the extreme, race-bred body with sharp, consistent lines.
A CLK GTR was already an extreme rarity in coupe form. The roadster version pushes that scarcity even further, and this resin replica is a rare chance to study it up close.
Sealed Resin Built for a Race-Derived Extreme
The CLK GTR's body is aggressive to the point of impracticality, dramatic rear wing, low nose, and exposed venting, and sealed resin construction handles that racing-derived geometry with tight, confident lines rather than the compromises a diecast hinge mechanism would introduce. Gray shows the surfacing's sharp creases clearly under direct light, and the roadster's open cockpit, a genuinely unusual configuration for a homologation special, gives the model a distinct silhouette against the more commonly reproduced coupe. No opening features here, the standard resin trade, but a subject built almost entirely around exterior drama loses little from that limitation.
A Homologation Special Built to Race First
Mercedes-AMG built the CLK GTR to compete in the FIA GT Championship, and the road-going versions existed largely to satisfy homologation rules rather than to serve as a genuine customer supercar. The V12 engine and race-bred chassis made it one of the most extreme street-legal cars of the late 1990s, and the roadster variant added an open-top option that most rivals in the category never attempted.
A Genuine Rarity for a Homologation Collection
This Roadster suits a collector specifically chasing FIA GT homologation history, a subject far removed from typical Mercedes road-car collecting.















