All about the legendary AC Schnitzer CLS - 1995 @ Best Motoring
Arguably the best BMW tuner in the world. Featured in Best Motoring 1995
The AC Schnitzer ACS3 CLS based on E36 BMW M3
A street-legal race-touring-car - this dream came true with the ACS3 Sport CLS. The ideal basic car of this 320 HP two door Coupé is the BMW M3 whose sporty concept has been refined further on. The basic idea of the AC Schnitzer CLS is the optimising of the weight-to-power-ratio which is extremely important for the perfomances of a car. They did notonly rely on light weight construction but as well on a fully reliable power increase of the 2990 ccm big six-cylinder-four-valve-engine.
The AC Schnitzer ACS3 Sport CLS was designed as a thoroughbred race car but still fully driveable for the street with it`s more powerful engine and weight-saving of approximately 160 kilogramms. This aim certainly got fulfilled by its driving performances of a sprint-time of 5,5 second from 0 - 100 km/h and maximum speed of 276 km/h.
The Engineering of the AC Schnitzer CLS