Good News: BMW Tuner AC Schnitzer Lives On With New Owner
After announcing it would shut down, the legendary German tuner has been saved by a Dutch company.
After announcing it would shut down, the legendary German tuner has been saved by a Dutch company.
AC Schnitzer is closing by year’s end, but not before revisiting its elusive X-Road based on the BMW E46 Touring.
The Patron of Schnitzer Motorsport won Le Mans, the DTM, and titles on every continent. Then the money ran out
New AC6 forged wheels, 83 extra hp from the V8, and aero kit — possibly one of their last builds.
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The closure of the Aachen tuner is more than a business story. It is the fading of a culture built on the belief that a BMW was never truly finished.
Rising costs, an eight-month regulatory lag behind foreign competitors, and a generation of younger buyers who never caught the bug — the forces that killed AC Schnitzer were a long time coming.
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