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Mercedes CLK DTM #18 Persson Motorsport M. Tiemann DTM 2000 Maisto 1:18

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Mercedes CLK DTM #18 Persson Motorsport M. Tiemann DTM 2000 Maisto 1:18 538888 Diecast
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Maisto's 1:18 diecast Mercedes CLK DTM reproduces car #18, run by Persson Motorsport with Marcel Tiemann in the 2000 DTM season, the year the German touring car championship returned after a lengthy hiatus. Race livery and touring car styling give this entry-tier piece genuine motorsport identity.
Mercedes CLK DTM #18 Persson Motorsport M. Tiemann DTM 2000 Maisto 1:18
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Specifications
Car Brand
Mercedes
Model Manufacturer
Maisto
Scale
1:18
Material
Diecast
Model Condition
Used Model
SKU
538888
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About the Mercedes CLK DTM #18 Persson Motorsport M. Tiemann DTM 2000 Maisto 1:18

TL;DR: Maisto's 1:18 diecast Mercedes CLK DTM recreates car #18, run by Persson Motorsport with Marcel Tiemann in the 2000 DTM season, the year Germany's premier touring car championship returned after years away. This affordable diecast brings a specific team livery from that relaunch onto any motorsport shelf.

Germany's DTM championship had been dormant for several years before its 2000 relaunch, and manufacturer-backed teams like Persson Motorsport returned with purpose-built CLK-based cars to fight for the new title.

Maisto's Reproduction of a 2000-Season DTM Racer

The CLK DTM's wide box arches, low splitter and rear wing mark it out clearly as a purpose-built touring car rather than a road-going CLK, and Maisto's tooling captures those proportions well for the price. The Persson Motorsport livery and car number 18 are printed cleanly enough to identify the entry at a glance, which matters more on a race car than on a road model where colour alone would do the job. The diecast carries real weight, and any opening features reveal a simplified cockpit built around a roll cage and racing seat rather than a road car's cabin. Panel gaps and livery sharpness sit toward the accessible end of the diecast market, an honest limitation set against costlier specialist race replicas, but the aggressive touring car stance comes through clearly regardless.

Persson Motorsport and the DTM's Relaunch Year

The DTM championship that ran through the early 1990s folded amid spiralling costs, and its 2000 relaunch under new technical rules brought manufacturer teams back with purpose-built silhouette cars based on the Mercedes CLK, Opel Astra and Audi TT. Persson Motorsport ran as one of the Mercedes-affiliated teams in that new era, fielding drivers like Marcel Tiemann in cars built to the fresh regulations rather than adapted road cars. That relaunch season carries real significance for DTM history, marking the point the championship rebuilt itself into the modern series that continues today. Few cars from that first modern season survive in diecast form at this accessible a price.

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