There are a few of us who eagerly await the launch of every new technology of the newest and biggest supercars, and there are a few of us who look extra to the previous for our thrills. SCD founder Adam is the latter, with a craving for vehicles which stir the soul with their character somewhat than assault the senses with their outright pace. Maybe as nice an attraction as that although, is the joy and nostalgia of pursuing vehicles you yearned for however couldn’t afford in years passed by.

A type of vehicles for Adam was launched in 2007, three years earlier than the start of SCD, the Mercedes CLK AMG Black Collection, and with the assistance of JBR Capital, a surprising white instance has joined the SCD fleet after 16 years of craving!

Solely 120 right-hand-drive CLK Black Collection had been produced from a complete manufacturing run of 500 vehicles which had been solely obtainable in black, white, silver or purple. Given their rarity, we really feel they’re nonetheless massively undervalued particularly in comparison with its CLK DTM brother which has doubled in value over the previous couple of years.

It’s a kind of ‘if you already know, you already know’ sort of vehicles we petrolheads love. Most individuals gained’t bat an eyelid, however in case you cross paths with one other automobile individual on the petrol station, you’d higher be prepared for a somewhat prolonged chat after they ask, “Is {that a} Black Collection?!”.

It’s a good guess that even AMG’s present entry-level A45 S would lap a observe faster than the CLK Black Collection, and its automated gearbox takes a little bit of persistence, 500bhp was a really hefty quantity for its day which nonetheless offers a strong shove within the again, and there’s no substitute for the thunderous soundtrack from that legendary 6.2-litre naturally-aspirated V8.

Evo Journal mentioned that the CLK Black Collection is “one of the thrilling vehicles to ever put on a Mercedes badge, and is AMG at its purest”. We couldn’t agree extra, and we are able to solely see values going a technique because it good points the popularity it deserves. In reality, residuals are already so robust that JBR structured an interest-only settlement to benefit from that, making such an iconic automobile a surprisingly inexpensive funding.

Look out for it at occasions and type an orderly queue for a drive!