cawimmer430
Member
Went to BMW's AC Schnitzer headquarters in Freilassing. They've got a little tuning center there. What was really funny was that almost all the BMW's had a "AC Schnitzer" sticker on them in this town - even 316i's. Wow, I am so scared. 
Here are some pictures of their little museum of their race cars that won Le Mans etc.
More pics: http://www.imagestation.com/album/pictures.html?id=2102007414
Link: Schnitzer Motorsport - Wikipedia <-- BTW, Freilassing is nowhere near Munich. It's near Salzburg. Stupid Wikipedia...
[image no longer available][image no longer available]
Was this the famous 320Si? The 4-cylinder with which BMW won some championship?
[image no longer available][image no longer available][image no longer available][image no longer available]
Lovely 6-series race car.
[image no longer available][image no longer available][image no longer available][image no longer available][image no longer available]
BMW LMR V12 Le Mans race car I think. Right?
[image no longer available][image no longer available][image no longer available][image no longer available][image no longer available]
Schnitzer Motorsport is a successful Motorsport Team based in Freilassing near Munich, Germany.
It was founded in 1967 by the brothers Josef and Herbert Schnitzer, born in 1939 and 1941. Their stepfather Karl Lamm had a car repair shop and dealer business. The brothers started racing in 1962, and Josef Schnitzer won the 1966 German Championship in a BMW 2000ti. In 1968, both retired from active race driving to focus on the business and the race team.
In the 1970's, the Schnitzer's younger half-brothers Karl ("Charly") and Dieter Lamm joined the team, with Charly Lamm acting as team manager at the race tracks. In 1978, Josef Schnitzer died in an accident, and Herbert Schnitzer remained as the boss.
Apart from having the BMW dealership and Motorsport team based in Southern Germany's Bavaria, they also own a BMW tuning specialist concern in the far north near the border of Belgium and the Netherlands, in Aachen. As this city has the license plate code AC, they called this branch AC Schnitzer.
Since the 1960's, the Schnitzer team has been mainly active with BMW and BMW M cars in Touring car racing like the European Touring Car Championship, the Deutsche Rennsport Meisterschaft, the Deutsche Tourenwagen Meisterschaft and the WTCC. They've won the 24 Hours Nürburgring in 2004 and 2005.
Schnitzer was also active in Sports car racing and Endurance racing, in the ALMS, at the 1000km Nürburgring, winning the 1999 24 Hours of Le Mans with a BMW V12 LMR.
Here are some pictures of their little museum of their race cars that won Le Mans etc.
More pics: http://www.imagestation.com/album/pictures.html?id=2102007414
Link: Schnitzer Motorsport - Wikipedia <-- BTW, Freilassing is nowhere near Munich. It's near Salzburg. Stupid Wikipedia...
[image no longer available][image no longer available]
Was this the famous 320Si? The 4-cylinder with which BMW won some championship?
[image no longer available][image no longer available][image no longer available][image no longer available]
Lovely 6-series race car.
[image no longer available][image no longer available][image no longer available][image no longer available][image no longer available]
BMW LMR V12 Le Mans race car I think. Right?
[image no longer available][image no longer available][image no longer available][image no longer available][image no longer available]
Schnitzer Motorsport is a successful Motorsport Team based in Freilassing near Munich, Germany.
It was founded in 1967 by the brothers Josef and Herbert Schnitzer, born in 1939 and 1941. Their stepfather Karl Lamm had a car repair shop and dealer business. The brothers started racing in 1962, and Josef Schnitzer won the 1966 German Championship in a BMW 2000ti. In 1968, both retired from active race driving to focus on the business and the race team.
In the 1970's, the Schnitzer's younger half-brothers Karl ("Charly") and Dieter Lamm joined the team, with Charly Lamm acting as team manager at the race tracks. In 1978, Josef Schnitzer died in an accident, and Herbert Schnitzer remained as the boss.
Apart from having the BMW dealership and Motorsport team based in Southern Germany's Bavaria, they also own a BMW tuning specialist concern in the far north near the border of Belgium and the Netherlands, in Aachen. As this city has the license plate code AC, they called this branch AC Schnitzer.
Since the 1960's, the Schnitzer team has been mainly active with BMW and BMW M cars in Touring car racing like the European Touring Car Championship, the Deutsche Rennsport Meisterschaft, the Deutsche Tourenwagen Meisterschaft and the WTCC. They've won the 24 Hours Nürburgring in 2004 and 2005.
Schnitzer was also active in Sports car racing and Endurance racing, in the ALMS, at the 1000km Nürburgring, winning the 1999 24 Hours of Le Mans with a BMW V12 LMR.
