After an intense, 45-day build and grueling 30 days of campaigning for votes from friends, family, and total strangers, Mercedes-Benz announced that RENNTECH has won the MBUSA GLK tuner build-off!

The competition wasn't easy, with BLVD Customs' strong GLK "Urban Whip" roadster and Brabus' slick "Widestar" each swapping positions with RENNTECH for the lead throughout. At the end of the day, however, Mercedes acknowledged that RENNTECH's sweeping program of upgrades - which included extensive engine mods, software development, aerodynamic bodywork, suspension and brake upgrades, as well as converting the GLK to hybrid drive - pushed RENNTECH's GLK 350 Spec.R Rally Racer "over the edge".

RENNTECH would like to thank all our friends and sponsors (listed, below), this build would not have been possible without you.

Thanks for all your support!

Special thanks to ...

- Nitto tire
- Seibon carbon
- 3M
- Optima batteries
- Schroth racing
- Goff's curtain walls
- Platune design
- JRD tuning
- Technicar
- Graphic Reproduction

 

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Hi-res GLK rally press photos from MBUSA.

 

i like the Brabus one way better. But hey it was a lot of effort and hard work for all 4 competitors.
CONGRATS!

 

Congrats!

 

Id be more impressed if you guys can beat what Brabus did to the interior on the GLK

 

Brabus really did a nice job on the interior, but we've done quite a few ourselves, over the years.

As for the interior on the SEMA build, each team was assigned a theme - ours was "rally racer", theirs was "autobahn cruiser", so I would hope they had a nicer interior!!

 

Obviously, this doesn't show any leather work done - but it's still interesting, I thought: pics of the interior of the chrome car from the '05 SEMA show (back when it was a fairly original idea).

 

I like the back of that boat (in your avatar) way better!