One to Buy: Iridium Silver 1 of 32 Oz-delivery 2008 Mercedes-Benz CLK63 AMG Black Series
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Unveiled at the New York Motor Show in April 2007, the CLK63 AMG Black Series was Mercedes’ second iteration of its Black Series line. Conceived as a street legal version of the official Safety Car used in F1 at the time, under the hood was a comprehensively uprated 500bhp version of AMG’s 6.3-litre V8 mated to a seven-speed Speedshift transmission with limited-slip differential and shortened rear final drive.
The chassis featured manually adjustable KW suspension, bigger drilled and vented composite disc brakes and 19-inch forged aluminium wheels shod with Pirelli P Zero Corsa tyres.
Externally, carbonfibre wheelarch extensions were installed along with new front and rear aprons (the latter with a massive exposed carbonfibre diffuser). Mercedes also added redesigned side skirts and an exposed carbonfibre lip spoiler for the trunk lid. Inside, new bucket seats were used up front, the rear seats were junked and loads more exposed carbonfibre was added along with a custom steering wheel and gear lever.
Of the 700 CLK63 AMG Black Series built, just 32 were originally delivered to Australia, one of which is currently on offer with the Classic Throttle Shop in Sydney.
Delivered in 2008, this particular machine was configured in the trademark colour scheme for an CLK63 Black Series: Iridium Silver. The first owner also requested ultra lightweight fabric-trimmed bucket seats as opposed to leather.
Unlike many of these cars, this one has been enjoyed as intended and is showing a little over 33,000km on the odometer. It comes complete with a fully documented maintenance history (with a most recent service by Mercedes-Benz Melbourne in April 2025) along with the original book pack.
