Talk:Mercedes-Benz CLK GTR

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[edit] Problems

Removal of a "problems" section:

I removed this section because it literally copied CNN: http://www.cnn.com/2006/AUTOS/06/14/pricey_lemon/index.html

The person who added that section not only left out proper citation, but they plagiarized it verbatim.

The main lesson from that "problem" is that this dealer does not understand that the CLK GTR is a race car with license plates, not an idiot proof toy for cruising. No wonder MB refuses to fix it for free. --Matthead 03:55, 20 June 2006 (UTC)

Matthead - why did you revert my edits? I guess I am curious about your English qualifications. I would also like to know which of my comments was "annoying". Further, it would be nice to know about the "blanks" I inserted. It's your perogative as to whether you answer, as I'm not terribly concerned about the quality of this article.--Mlprater 17:09, 6 June 2007 (UTC)

Hey I'm no Mercedes fanboy but that section really is inappropriate, looking like a hit piece on Daimler Benz- do all car pages on wiki make such a petty reference? On the story itself I'd concurr with Matthead, if the guy drove it ten blocks in city traffic I'm shocked it didn't seize the engine in five or lose the ground effects just getting out the driveway. They bought it gray market! Ooops! It didn't include that part now did it? Why hate on Mercedes? I'm not going to touch it for a while, as M1prater alludes it's a "who cares" level page, but still- anyone care to input I'll give it 30 days, fair enough? Batvette (talk) 07:12, 31 March 2008 (UTC)

A fairly well documented failure on a car with a limited production of ~25 which is factually written without any bias is inappropriate? The359 (talk) 07:28, 31 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Racing car template

I've had a stab at a template for racing cars (see template:Racing car) to summarise the usual data. I've used the F1 templates as a starting point and applied it to the Brabham BT46 article. If anyone's got an interest in this, please have a look at the template and modify or suggest changes as appropriate. After a few people have had a go at it and we have something we're happy with we could start to use it more widely. Note that it's not meant to be specific to F1, by the way. Cheers. 4u1e 10:33, 2 July 2006 (UTC)

I'm just adding that the CLK GTR was in the game Need for Speed III: Hot Pursuit, which came out before the high stakes game. so reaserch about that or sumthing. its been in other games too like PGR3 and others.