Category: Exotic Sports 
Price Range: £33,411 to £68,923
F1 safety car looks, incredible noise, searing performance, surprisingly useable on the road.
Auto 'box robs some of the driver involvement, pricey.
AMG supercar stuns in its performance and usability.
The current CLK coupe the Black Series is based on hasn't been tested by Euro NCAP, so there are no crash test figures on which to judge the car.
Our safety rating has been estimated by the performance of the last-generation C-Class on which the CLK is based. That car scored five stars for adult occupant safety.
The AMG model loses points by discarding side airbags, as they can't be fitted in the skinny weight-saving bucket seats.
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wrote on 17 07 2006