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title: "AC Schnitzer Breathes Heavy Diesel Fumes on BMW 1 Series"
description: "How do 400 horsepower and 590 pound-feet of torque strike you?"
date: "2015-12-02"
modified: "2015-12-02"
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url: "https://www.thedrive.com/new-cars/1094/ac-schnitzer-breathes-heavy-diesel-fumes-on-bmw-1-series"
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# AC Schnitzer Breathes Heavy Diesel Fumes on BMW 1 Series

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At first blush, this might look like your run-of-the-mill [BMW 1 Series](<https://www.autoblog.com/bmw/1+series/>), maybe with a few modifications. What you're actually looking at is a monster hot hatch with 400 horsepower and 590 lb-ft of torque. From a [diesel](<https://www.autoblog.com/diesel/>).

For this year's [Essen Motor Show](<https://www.autoblog.com/tag/essen+motor+show/>) – Germany's equivalent to [SEMA](<https://www.autoblog.com/sema/>) – the Bimmer specialists at [AC Schnitzer](<https://www.autoblog.com/tag/ac+schnitzer/>) prepared the ACS1 5.0d concept you see here. Its selling point (if only it were for sale) is the combination of [BMW's](<https://www.autoblog.com/bmw/>) most powerful diesel engine and its smallest model. It utilizes the 3.0-liter triple-turbocharged inline-six diesel engine from the [M50d versions of the 5 Series, X5, and X6](<https://www.autoblog.com/2012/01/25/bmw-m-goes-diesel-introduces-m550d-x5-m50d-x6-m50d/>) sold in Europe. That engine is normally rated at 376 hp and [545](<https://www.autoblog.com/bmw/545/>) lb-ft, which is already a ton of muscle. But Schnitzer has bumped up the output on both counts, and slotted it into a 1 Series hatchback. The result is a 0-62 time of just 4.5 seconds, leaving the [M135i](<https://www.autoblog.com/2012/07/24/2012-bmw-m135i-first-drive-review/>) and [M235i](<https://www.autoblog.com/2014/01/21/2014-bmw-m235i-review-first-drive/>) in a cloud of diesel soot.

![120215\_bmwacschnitzer\_art\_1.jpg](<https://www.thedrive.com/wp-content/uploads/content/archive-images/120215_bmwacschnitzer_art_1.jpg>)
**AC Schnitzer**

Of course, Schnitzer has plenty more to showcase at Essen this year, including modifications for the 3 Series, [X6 M](<https://www.autoblog.com/bmw/x6+m/>), and Mini JCW. And you can bet all the other major European tuners will be on hand at the expo to show their wares, too. But as far as outlandish creations go, this monster diesel hot hatch is what's caught our attention.

![120215\_bmwacschnitzer\_art\_2.jpg](<https://www.thedrive.com/wp-content/uploads/content/archive-images/120215_bmwacschnitzer_art_2.jpg>)
**AC Schnitzer**

![120215\_bmwacschnitzer\_art\_3.jpg](<https://www.thedrive.com/wp-content/uploads/content/archive-images/120215_bmwacschnitzer_art_3.jpg>)
**AC Schnitzer**

*This article originally appeared on [Autoblog](<https://www.autoblog.com/2015/12/02/ac-schnitzer-turbo-diesel-bmw-1-series/>).*

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