Who is your favourite BMW tuner?

[m_power 0]

I vote AC Schnitzer. Always liked there kits and wheels.

[cainchapman 0]

Schnitzer, the guys that have the most experience!

Awesome cars.

[ThreeOneEight 0]

Hartge. Because they made the best looking E30 kits. Schnitzer kits are too rounded and don't suit the squared lines of an E30.

[lordandrevv 0]

well, depends. Kits: Schnitzer, Wheels: Hamann and Alpina (some Mteck onse are nice to). Engine and stiff: Dinan and Hartge

[greenday-rulz21 6]

AC Schnitzer ftw!

[bravo 35]

Alpina because of their attention to detail. Their cars seem most complete and finished.

Edit: Oh and for the absoluely best wheel design of all time. Hartage wheel design FTL. ACS pretty tite here aswell esp there Type IV's.

Edited July 14, 2007 by bravo

[Nobimmer 694]

ACSFTMFW

[BM WORLD 1291]

have to be hartge , e34 5 series best looking kit ..

also did some pretty wild conversions .

e30 with M88 .

1 series with M60 v8

tunned V12's in 8 etc

Edited July 14, 2007 by Brent HARTGE535i

[Gus 5]

Hartge

380 HP 335i? the e39 v8 E46? or the Z4 with the same? they got balls!

ACS used to be cool, back in the day. they do some ok stuff now i suppose

the question is, who IS, not who WAS

alpina used to be cool as well, with the e30s. but their new cars are kinda soft, and they all auto! (i do like their supercharged v8 e60 though)

[cainchapman 0]

the question is, who IS, not who WAS

When was the last time Hartge or Alpina won anything?

Race Successes of the BMW Motorsport Team Schnitzer

1963

First motorsport involvement of brothers Josef and Herbert Schnitzer on a Fiat

1964

Josef Schnitzer modifies the BMW cylinder heads and races the BMW 1800 Ti

1966

German Championship won by Josef Schnitzer on BMW 2000 Ti

1968

German Championship won by Josef Schnitzer in the BMW 2000 Ti

1969

European Championship won by Ernst Furtmayr in the Schnitzer BMW 2002 Ti

1970

European Championship won by Ernst Furtmayr in the Schnitzer BMW 2.8 CS

1971

European Championship won by Walter Brun in the Schnitzer BMW 2.8 CS

1972

Victory in the Nürburgring 6-hour race for Rolf Stommelen, John Fitzpatrick and Hans Heyer

1973

Participation in the European Touring Car Championship

J. Schnitzer develops the Schnitzer BMW engine Type 20-4 with Schnitzer 4 valve cylinder head

1974

Victory in the Nürburgring 6-hour race for Harald Ertl and Albert Krebs

1975

Victory in the Formula 2 European Championship for Jacques Lafitte with the above mentioned engine

1976

Participation in the hardest long-distance race in the world, the races for the manufacturers' world championship in the BMW Schnitzer Coupé, where two wins and numerous podium finishes put BMW in second place in the championship

1976

Development of the Schnitzer 1.4 litre turbo engine based on the Schnitzer BMW 20-4 engine

1977

BMW Schnitzer 2002 turbo ran in the German Motorsport Championship. A Group 5 race car with a turbo engine is built on behalf of the second largest car manufacturer in the world, Toyota

1978

Victory in the German Motorsport Championship for Harald Ertl in the Schnitzer BMW 320 turbo

1979

Third place in the German Motorsport Championship for Manfred Winkelhock in the Schnitzer BMW 320 turbo

1980

Second place in the German Motorsport Championship for Hans-Joachim Stuck in the Schnitzer BMW 320 Turbo

1981

Participation in German Motorsport Championship with the newly developed 800 HP Schnitzer BMW M1 Group 5 victories in individual races

1982

Participation in the German Motorsport Cup with drivers Hans-Joachim Stuck and Prince Leopold of Bavaria in the BMW M1 Group 4

1983

Touring Car European Champion with D. Quester

1986

Touring Car European Champion with R. Ravaglia

1987

Touring Car World Champion with R. Ravaglia

1988

European Touring Car Champion with Roberto Ravaglia

1989

German Touring Car Champion with R. Ravaglia Italian Touring Car Champion with J. Cecotto

1990

Double victory in the 24-hour race at Spa/Francorchamps Italian Touring Car Champion with R. Ravaglia

German Touring Car Championship Runner-up with Johnny Cecotto

1991

Participation in the German Touring Car Championship with the drivers J. Cecotto, J. Winkelhock and K. Nissen in the BMW M3

Placings: 2nd place in the team championships, 3rd place for Johnny Cecotto in the drivers' score, 7th place for J. Winkelhock in the drivers' score, 11th place for Kris Nissen in the drivers' score

Victory in the Nürburgring 24-hour race with Kris Nissen, Joachim Winkelhock and Armin Hahne

Victory in the Macau GuiA race with E. Pirro

Nissan Mobil series New Zealand:

Victory in the Wellington 500 km with E. Pirro and Joachim Winkelhock

Overall winner in the Nissan Mobil series

1992

Participation in the German Touring Car Championship with Roberto Ravaglia, Joachim Winkelhock and Altfried Heger in the BMW M3 3rd place in the DTM team championship

2nd place in the Nürburgring 24-hour race with Joachim Winkelhock, Altfried Heger and Armin Hahne

2nd place in the Spa/Francorchamps 24-hour race with Joachim Winkelhock, Altfried Heger and Eric van der Poele

1992

Triple victory at the Macau GuiA race with Emanuele Pirro, Joachim Winkelhock and Roberto Ravaglia

Victory in the Pukenkohe 2 ½ hour race with Emanuele Pirro and Roberto Ravaglia

1993

Winner and runner-up in the BTCC drivers' championship for Joachim Winkelhock and Steve Soper in the BMW 318i FIA Class II

1993

2nd nd 3rd places at the Macau GuiA race for Joachim Winkelhock and Emanuele Pirro

Triple victory in the touring car race at Sentul (Indonesia) for Emanuele Pirro, Joachim Winkelhock and Steve Soper

1994

Participation in the British Touring Car Championship with Steve Soper and Joachim Winkelhock in the BMW 318i FIA Class II, and first participation in the Japanese Touring Car Championship with Steve Soper and Prince Leopold of Bavaria in the BMW 318i FIA Class II

Victory in the Nations' Cup in the Touring Car World Final at Donington (GB)

Winners of the Asia Pacific Touring Car Championship

Double victory in the first and second rounds of the Macau GuiA race for Joachim Winkelhock

Win in the first round of the Wellington race (New Zealand) for Joachim Winkelhock

1995

Victory in the Japanese Super Touring Car Championship Victory in the STW German Championship with drivers Joachim Winkelhock and Peter Kox

1996

Participation in the BTCC with Joachim Winkelhock, Roberto Ravaglia and Peter Kox in the BMW 320i FIA Class II 2nd place in the Manufacturers' and Team Championship

1997

Vice World Champion in the FIA GT CUP with Steve Soper and J.J. Letho an BMW McLarren-BMW F1 GTR and Vice World Champion in the teams´ score

1998

Champion in the STW (German Touring Car Championship) with Johnny Cecotto on BMW 320i FIA

Class II

Winner of the team score in the STW (German Touring Car Championship)Deutscher Supertourenwagen-Meister (STW) mit J. Cecotto auf BMW 320i FIA Class II Gewinn der Teamwertung in der Supertourenwagen-Meisterschaft (STW)

1999

Champion in the 24 h race in Le Mans with the drivers Winkelhock, Martini, Dalmas on BMW V12 LMR

2000

Vice champion in the team score of the American Le Mans Series (ALMS) on BMW V12 LMRans mit den Fahrern Winkelhock, Martini, Dalmas auf BMW V12 LMR

2001

Double victory in the drivers score of the American Le Mans Series (ALMS) with the drivers J. Mueller (1st) and J. J. Lehto (2nd) on BMW M3 GTR and winner of the team score

2002

Vice champion in the drivers score in the ETCC (European Touring Car Championship) with Joerg Mueller and vice champion in the manufacturers score with Joerg Mueller and Dirk Mueller on 2 BMW 320i

2003

Vice champion in the drivers score in the ETCC (European Touring Car Championship) with Joerg Mueller and vice champion in the team score with Joerg Mueller and Dirk Mueller on 2 BMW 320i

2004

Double victory in the 24h Race 2004 on the Nürburgring with the drivers: Dirk Mueller, Joerg Mueller, Hans-Joachim Stuck and Pedro Lamy (1. place) as well as Boris Said, Duncan Huisman, Hans Joachim Stuck and Pedro Lamy (2nd place) on two BMW M3 GTR

2005

Double victory at the 24h Race at the Nuerburgring with the drivers: Pedro Lamy, Boris Said, Duncan Huisman and Andy Priaulx (1. place) and Dirk Mueller, Joerg Mueller, Hans-Joachim Stuck and Pedro Lamy (2. place)

2006

Vice world champion in the team score as well as in the drivers score of the WTCC (World Touring Car Championship) on BMW 320si

SLAM DUNK!!!

[Gus 5]

was meaning their road cars..these days few seem to do anything but chip the diesel.

their race pedigree is indeed impressive.

[bravo 35]

the question is, who IS, not who WAS

[Gus 5]

a JDMed up M6?

hartge 335i with 380hp and LSD for me!

[westy 614]

Gotta be Gus!

Hammer included.

You should see his lightweight bonnets.

[uhlsta 0]

You guys forgot HAMANN!!!

[m_power 0]

You guys forgot HAMANN!!!

Did they do e30s? cause poll was for e30s only.

[Gus 5]

if we're including them you have to count Dinan, Racing Dynamics...lets stick to german ones

[uhlsta 0]

Oh sorry maybe not on the E30 side of things, but they are German

[btccm3 1]

if this is purly e30 based its not made out to seem that way.

anyways my fav would have to be AC Schnitzer as they made works of art such as this wee beastie

the e36 m3 CLS and yes it is ment to be cls not csl

so wish mine was one of these bad boys gotta love those box guards.

Edited July 24, 2007 by btccm3

[drifty325i 0]

^ ^ ^ They look really cool