WERK AC Schnitzer - Geschichte

Chronology / Хронологія Подій

1987
1) AC Schnitzer was founded by Willi Kohl and Herbert Schnitzer, located in Aachen, Neuenhofstrasse - parent company: Kohl automobile GmbH...
2) World premiere: on the Motor Show Frankfurt (IAA) the first AC Schnitzer car was launched: the ACS7 based on BMW E32...
3) Anton Goeser on BMW 635 CSi DTM - German Touring Car Championship (DTM)...
1988
1) Manfred Wollgarten on AC Schnitzer ACS3 Sport Group N (based on BMW M3 E30) in the DTT - German Touring Car Trophy...
2) Andreas Wetzelsperger on AC Schnitzer ACS3 Sport Group N Rallye (based on BMW M3 E30)...
1989
1) World premiere: presentation of the road legal version of the AC Schnitzer ACS3 Sport based on BMW M3 E30 on the Motor Show Frankfurt (IAA)...
1991
1) World premiere on the Frankfurt Motor Show (IAA): the AC Schnitzer ACS3 silhouette 3.0 (based on BMW E36)...
1992
1) Moving into the new AC Schnitzer building at the Debyestrasse in Aachen...
1993
1) World premiere of the AC Schnitzer ACS3 CLS - Coupé Lightweight Silhouette - (based on BMW M3 E36) on the Frankfurt Motor Show (IAA)...
1995
1) World premiere on the Frankfurt Motor Show: the AC Schnitzer CLS II (based on BMW M3 E36)...
1996
1) Moving into the new building at the Neuenhofstrasse 160 in Aachen - back to the parent company Kohl automobile GmbH...
1997
1) 10 years of AC Schnitzer = a limited special edition of 10 vehicles: AC Schnitzer ACS3 3.2 compact "10 Years Limited Edition" (based on BMW E36 compact) has been built...
2) World premiere on the Motor Show in Frankfurt (IAA): the first Z3 with a V8 engine is the AC Schnitzer V8 roadster (based on BMW Z3 roadster)...
3) Implementation of a quality management system at AC Schnitzer with annual monitoring reviews until today...
1999
1) The AC Schnitzer ACS3 A.R.T (Advanced Racing Techonology) based on BMW 3 series Coupé E46 celebrates its world premiere on the Motor Show Frankfurt (IAA)...
2001
1) World premiere: the first BMW SUV is the AC Schnitzer X-ROAD...
2003
1) World premiere: AC Schnitzer launches with the TOPSTER on the Motor Show Frankfurt (IAA) the first Coupé version of the BMW Z4...
2005
1) The AC Schnitzer TENSION based on BMW M6 E63 celebrates its world premiere on the Frankfurt Motor Show (IAA). Only some weeks later the TENSION breaks the world record in Nardò with 331,78 km/h and is the fastest road legal BMW...
2006
1) The AC Schnitzer PROFILE based on BMW M Coupé E86 has its world premiere...
2007
1) The AC Schnitzer GP3.10 GAS POWERED based on BMW 335i Coupé celebrates its world premiere on the Motor Show in Frankfurt. Shortly thereafter the car reached a new world record in Nardò for LPG cars with 318,1 km/h...
2009
1) World record: The AC Schnitzer ACS3 3.5d Coupé based on BMW 335d breaks the world record in Nardò for Diesel cars with 288,7 km/h...
2) World premiere on the Essen Motor Show: the TUNE IT! SAFE! Police BMW 123d by AC Schnitzer (based on BMW 123d Coupé E82) is the first car of the TUNE IT! SAFE! campaign with AC Schnitzer conversion...
2010
1) The TUNE IT! SAFE! Electro Police MINI by AC Schnitzer based on MINI E is launched as a world premiere. It is the second car of the TUNE IT! SAFE! campaign...
2011
1) World premiere on the Geneva Auto Show: the AC Schnitzer 99d (230 kg less weight, 190 HP, 234 km/h, 99 g CO2 emission) based on Z4 E89...
2) On the Geneva Auto Show the AC Schnitzer ACS5 Sport S (based on BMW 550i F10) celebrates its world premiere, too...
3) Record: the AC Schnitzer EAGLE is the fastest MINI on the small course of the Hockenheim race track with 1:12,3 min...
2012
1) World premiere at the Geneva Auto Show: the AC Schnitzer ACS5 Sport based on BMW M5 F10...
2) Record: the AC Schnitzer RAPTOR (based on MINI Cooper S John Cooper Works Coupé) is now the fastest MINI on the small course of the Hockenheim race track with 1:10.87 min...
3) AC Schnitzer is available in 50 countries worldwide and has now the first investment company: GTC in Irvine, USA...
2013
1) World premiere on the Geneva Motor Show: the AC Schnitzer ACS6 Gran Coupé based on BMW 6 series Gran Coupé F06...
2) The TUNE IT! SAFE! Police BMW 428i by AC Schnitzer based on BMW 428i celebrates its world premiere on the Essen Motor Show. It is the third TUNE IT! SAFE! campaign car which was built by von AC Schnitzer...
2014
1) World Premiere on the Geneva Motor Show: the AC Schnitzer program for the Range Rover Sport...
2) The TUNE IT! SAFE! Police BMW X4 by AC Schnitzer based on BMW X4 20i celebrates its world premiere on the Essen Motor Show. It is the fourth TUNE IT! SAFE! campaign car built by AC Schnitzer...
2015
1) World premiere on the Geneva Motor Show: the X6 by AC Schnitzer...
2) The new AC Schnitzer AC1 wheel generation celebrates its world premiere on the Geneva Motor Show...
3) A milestone in automotive history: the BMW i8 - and we present our interpretation of the i8 by AC Schnitzer...
4) Record: The M4 by AC Schnitzer (based on BMW M4) is the fastest BMW on the small track in Hockenheim with 1:09,20 min...
2016
1) World Premiere: AC Schnitzer launches the unique concept car - ACL2 (based on BMW M235i) on the Geneva Motor Show...
2) Record: 150d by AC Schnitzer is the fastest Diesel in Hockenheim with 1:13.80 min...
3) World premiere of the M2 by AC Schnitzer and fastest M2 on the Sachsenring in 1:32.90 min...
2017
1) M3 by AC Schnitzer is the fastest sedan on the Sachsenring in 1:33.90 min...
2) World premiere of the ACL2S on the Geneva Motor Show: 30 pieces limited anniversary edition for the BMW M240i...
For Years
1) 12 times in a row AC Schnitzer has been elected by the readers of the “auto motor und sport“ as the best BMW tuner...
2) Since many years the readers of the “sport auto“ have voted for AC Schnitzer as the Tuning Master: Best Engine Tuner & Best Optical Tuner...