At the time, GT1 regulations ... The news got even better for Mercedes, as the FIA had even ditched the 25-car homologation rule, meaning it only had to build a single CLK LM road car.

There's a pair of 1930s German convertibles – one Mercedes 540 K and one Horch 670 – valued at about the same level as the 911 GT1, a Tucker 48 (~$1.6m), and Niki Lauda's debut March 711 grand ...