Alpina

After a 20 year hiatus, BMW specialist/manufacturer, Alpina, will return to motorsports with an entry into the 2009 FIA GT3 European Championships in addition to a few other prominent endurance races. Alpina’s motorsports history boasts of winning three European Touring Car Championships with such legendary drivers from F1 and Touring …

Grand Tourers have a long tradition at ALPINA. It began with the legendary BMW ALPINA 3,0 CSL lightweight Coupé in the early 1970s, a car that caused a great furore, both as a race car and as a street car. It was with this car that ALPINA won the European …

The superb Alpina B3 Bi-Turbo is taken out for a drive. View full article here (Adobe PDF reader required)Source: Alpina Automobiles

In ALPINA’s more than 40-year history of manufacturing automobiles, turbo-charged engines have consistently set enduring accents. Launched in 1989, the BMW ALPINA B10 Bi-Turbo is just one example of the cult status some of these automobiles achieved. In fact, ALPINA’s turbo-charging history began in 1978, based on the 5 Series …

Since the latest Alpina B7 was annouced recently, we’ve decided to put on some good ol’ videos from the Alpina and Top Gear folks together. Jeremy Clarkson brings us through the 2003 BMW Alpina B7 (based off the 5 Series), and the 4.8l engine BMW Alpina Roadster (based off the …