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• AC Schnitzer GP3.10 natural-gas powered 3-series hits 318 km/h

  Filed under: Aftermarket , Tuners , Coupes , Hybrids/Alternative , Green , BMW Click the image above for more shots of the GP3.10 hammering around Nardo. You might recall the AC Schnitzer crew trotting out a particularly gaudy BMW 3-series coupe in Frankfurt called the GP3.10 , powered by a V10 engine pulled from the M5/M6 running off liquefied petroleum. While the styling of the Bimmer caused a few of us to inadvertently gag while patrolling the floor in Germany, it's performance potential - 552 hp and 400 lb.-ft. of torque - showed promise. Fast forward a few months later, and according to the Schnitzer folks, the GP3.10 set the world record for the fastest gas-powered car in the world. The coupe was brought out to the 13-mile Nardo test track in Southern Italy where it laid down a terminal velocity of 318.1 km/h, or 197 mph. While that's a feat unto itself, even more surprising is AC Schnitzer's claim that some of the technology will filter down to the tuner's products... Posted Nov 17 2007, 01:28 AM by Autoblog Filed under: Tuners, Green, Aftermarket, Coupes, BMW, Hybrids/Alternative, AcSchnitzer, ac schnitzer, gp3.10, nardo

• Frankurt 2007: AC Schnitzer has gas, runs with it in GP3.10

  Filed under: Aftermarket , Frankfurt Auto Show , Tuners , Coupes , Hybrids/Alternative , Green Click the image above for a host of high-res pics of the AC Schnitzer GP3.10 For over two decades, AC Schnitzer has built its brand on motoring madness with... Posted Sep 11 2007, 10:56 PM by Autoblog Filed under: Tuners, Green, Aftermarket, Coupes, Frankfurt Auto Show, frankfurt, v10, Hybrids/Alternative, AcSchnitzer, m6, ac schnitzer, m5, gp3.10, lpg, LiquefiedPetroleumGas, liquefied, gas, petroleum, liquefied petroleum gas