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Owner Of Rare Mercedes AMG CLK-GTR Sues, Claims Car Doesn’t Work

June 21, 2006 on 1:45 am | In Car News |

The owner of a Los Angeles dealership has sued Mercedes-Benz and DaimlerChrysler, claiming the Mercedes AMG CLK-GTR he bought for $1.7 million is a lemon.

Mark Johnston, co-owner of Grand Prix Motors, told the Los Angeles Times that when he took the 12-cylinder, 612-hp car out for its first drive with a prospective buyer two years ago, the oil light came on, the gears wouldn’t shift properly and the car shuddered violently. The vehicle is one of five known to exist and is listed in the Guinness Book of World Records as the most expensive production car ever made.

Johnston claims he has been unable to get Mercedes to pay for repairs. A Mercedes-Benz USA spokesperson said: “The customer bought the vehicle directly from Germany. We don’t import it, and we don’t have the ability or the parts or the training to service it.”
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