Achim anscheidt biography of christopher
Achim Anscheidt has been working as Bugatti's Design Director since Achim Anscheidt was born on 30 July in Stuttgart, where he also..
911 in a car loft
The silver Porsche rolls across the sidewalk and into a car lift with bright green lighting at the base of the building.
Achim's day job as design director at Bugatti has him overseeing the design of the most powerful and technically complex cars in series.A soft click, a hum, and the car starts ascending to the fifth floor. Here in the Berlin district of Kreuzberg, that would be enough to give it an excellent view of the city. Up on the car loft, Achim Anscheidt parks his Porsche on the loggia and turns to his other baby—a vintage vehicle that he has been restoring for ten years now.
It is a Bugatti, a Type 35 from the 1920s.
Achim Anscheidt drew inspiration from Bugatti's past to create the Chiron and its numerous derivatives, among other vehicles.
Anscheidt has been tracking down the original parts and fitting them together like a puzzle. It started with the ignition, wheels, and lights. He’s now at 60 percent—the drivetrain is still missing, for instance.
He is a well-known figure in the exclusive DIY community, and people keep an eye out for what is still needed to put the former thoroughbred racing car from Molsheim back into action.
His second project is a Porsche 911 SC from 1981 that he restor