Equipment
2,463/262hp, 5-speed, DTM-style bits and bobs added including racing exhaust system, individual throttle bodies and large injectors, Brembo brakes, centerlock alloy wheels, roll cage, Recaro seats, DTM gauges, Motec engine management, fuel cell, O.Z. centerlock wheels, Yokohama 18-inch tires, high-mount wing, big front splitter.
Condition
One of 502 Evo IIs built augmented by a host of DTM upgrades, essentially a race car in specification but still street-registered. The stock Evo II horsepower rating is vastly under-rated but it’s probably impossible to over-rate the driving experience. A restomod in M-B guise, clean and barely used with 5,338 km from new.
Market commentary
This car has 5,277 km when it was sold by RM at Arizona in 2017 and has added only 65 km since then but vaulted mightily upward in value with this result. Its appeal is visceral but needs more than 65 km to experience it. Las Vegas on its initial F1 weekend proved to be the right place to offer it and both the seller and RM Auctions should be highly satisfied with this result: It is epic, but so is this Evo II’s potential.