ALPINA
Niche models don’t get a lot more interesting than the ALPINA XD3, a high-performance SUV with a diesel engine packing no fewer than four turbochargers. The current-generation model was launched in March 2018 but this…
Adrian Padeanu / January 11, 2023
ALPINA
The folks at AutoTopNL bring together two of the most powerful and luxurious BMW models: the M8 Competition and the ALPINA-tuned B8 Gran Coupe. Not only do they drag race the two gran tourers, but…
Horatiu Boeriu / December 29, 2022
7 Series
Most BMW enthusiasts consider the E38 to be the best generation of 7 Series. It’s the best looking and the best driving 7 Series of all time. Additionally, most BMW fans absolutely adore ALPINA. So…
Nico DeMattia / December 27, 2022
ALPINA
Nicole Automobiles, the sole importer of ALPINA products in Japan, has commissioned a special edition based on the B4 Gran Coupe. Production will be capped at just four vehicles, and they’ll all look different by…
Adrian Padeanu / December 23, 2022
3 Series
Autocar Drives the ALPINA B3 Touring LCI Facelift
by Nico DeMattia / Date: December 6, 2022
ALPINA
They don’t make them like they used to? ALPINA would beg to differ. The peeps from Buchloe are bringing back their original 20-spoke wheel design introduced in 1971 for the 3.0 CSL (E9). Purists will…
Adrian Padeanu / November 30, 2022
ALPINA
The E30 will certainly go down in history as one of the most desirable BMWs ever made, and that’s especially true in the case of the ALPINA versions. There were quite a few released throughout…
Adrian Padeanu / November 17, 2022
ALPINA
Before ALPINA will be absorbed by the BMW Group at the end of 2025, it’s business as usual in Buchloe. That means whenever BMW unveils a facelifted or next-generation model, the fancier version is not…
Adrian Padeanu / November 2, 2022
ALPINA
With an MSRP of $145,000, the ALPINA XB7 is the most expensive new BMW money can buy right now in the United States, along with the identically priced M8 Convertible. However, it’s only a matter…
Adrian Padeanu / October 25, 2022
8 Series
The ALPINA B8 Gran Coupe is one of the best looking cars to wear a Roundel in the last ten years and, somehow, it’s still sort of forgotten. At least, here in America it is….
Nico DeMattia / October 18, 2022
ALPINA
It’s the end of an era as ALPINA has assembled the very last B7 after decades of pampering the 7 Series beyond the high-end fit and finish already provided by BMW. The Buchloe-based company took…
Adrian Padeanu / September 25, 2022