What a sad sight...Wrecked Schnitzer 3er coupe

[tobytoblerone 3]

Genuine AC Schnitzer 3er coupe, the only red one in the country apparently.

Worth repairing or scrap it for parts?

http://www.trademe.co.nz/motors/wrecked-ca...n-525451952.htm

[Mark 178]

There's nothing Schnitzer about that car except the wheels and the badge on the grille.

Owner is talking a bunch of bull (or has been spun a story by a previous owner which he's passing on)

This is the Schnitzer kit for the E46:

[jeffbebe 1559]

It's either not the only red one like that or it was parked by Grey Lynn park for a weeks a couple of months back. If it's the same one it looked very nice (genuine ACS or not). Shame to see it trashed.

[Greg111 13]

I doubt very much if there is a genuine S3 in the country.

That E46 above isn't worth what they are asking.

[HELLBM 1557]

$2000 on a good day..

[nath 134]

Notwithstanding the fact that it doesn't take a genius to presume that it just has AC badges and wheels, when I was a teenager I remember our neighbour getting an identical car in Dakar yellow and it was some form of special edition/ order. This may be from the same handful.

Wrecked cars make me shudder these days where once I imagined a bargain.

[Greg111 13]

A BMW wrecker offered him 2,700.

This is a clubsport in it?

[nath 134]

^Weren't the clubsports the last E46 coupes with facelift headlights etc and sport kit, jazzy paint, M5 style wheels and a boot spoiler?

[E30 325i Rag-Top 2956]

I thought Clubsports were big f$%k off HSVs with a big lump of V8 pig iron under the bonnet?

There were a limited number of late E46 M3 coupes which were sold as "CS" in the UK, a not quite as radical version of the CSL. Don't think it's one of those though...

[nath 134]

At the risk of derailing a thread for good (sorry OP, clean this up if necc!) this is what we in NZ as a clubsport:

Most were in Estoril ish blue, and a similar shade of purple/violet

Edited November 26, 2012 by nath

[hybrid 1043]

Looks like a normal facelift Tech2 motorsport to me.

[nath 134]

PFL Clubsport for sale on trademe

To keep the OP on track, the red car has the sport kit which was available before Msport kit came out. A mate of mine (Hamish who used to have an M3 Evo on here) had a manual 328i Sport as pictured, when we were students in Duds. It met a remarkably similar fate.

[hybrid 1043]

ahhh optioned manual with silly wing ... got it

[Apex 693]

Clubsport has special trim and was available in Manual or SMG from what I can remember.. if they had of fitted them with a better diff ratio and limited slip they could have been almost convincing as a performance car.

Would love a 330cdi Clubsport with straight pipes and a dirty remap!