The 2010 Chicago Autoshow
The Chicago Auto Show; the largest in the nation and one of the largest in the world (by volume and attendance). This year the snow and the economy have reduced the press turnout but the cars as well...
View ArticleFrom Chicago: The Alpina B7 Introduction
Introduction While at theChicago Auto Show we spent some time with Andreas (Andy) Bovensiepen the son of Alpina ‘s founder, Burkard Bovensieben, to discuss Alpina ‘s B7 launch in the US. Alpina...
View ArticleBimmerCast #16: Alpina & M3 Competition Package
BimmerCast #16 is all about Alpina. We go through in detail what makes the Alpina B7 (introduced recently in the North American market) such a special car. We also talk about Alpina at large and what...
View ArticleBimmerCast Interview: BMWNA M Head Matt Russell
We ‘re back at NIAIS with likely the interview many of you have been waiting for years.Matthew Russel is one of us in most ways. He races E30s and lives and breathes BMW. The difference is he also...
View ArticleVideo Review: Alpina B7
Our friends over at DrivesTv have posted an eye candy video of the Alpina B7. What can we say about the Alpina B7 besides- it is a gorgeous machine which offers high end luxury and outstanding...
View ArticleAutocar Drives the Alpina B5 Biturbo Touring
Another day, another car the North American Market won ‘t be seeing. But once again this is still pretty pertinent for all markets. For one we believe Alpina will have a greater presence in worldwide...
View ArticleOfficially Teased: Alpina B6 BiTurbo
BMW ‘s out of house/in-house luxury performance tuner Alpina has taken the wraps off of the most potent B6 ever. Expected to debut at Geneva next year the B6 “makes due ” with 507hp twin-turbo V8 as...
View ArticleWorld Debut: BMW Alpina B7 LCI
Forget all the talk of the M7. It ‘s already here. Enter the updated 540 hp Alpina B7. Consider it the M7 with an added doseof subtlety and a very healthy dose of power. Official Release: Today, BMW...
View ArticleThe 2013 BMW Alpina B7 at Laguna Seca
We ‘ve just spent the past few days with the M5, M6 and Alpina B7 in Northern California and Legaun Seca. And while we have reviews coming for each we wanted to give you a sneak peak at the cars and...
View ArticleVideo: Old School Alpinas
We will not apologize for loving the old school BMW driving experience, the E30 M3 and M535i before it- but there may be a few cars out there that are BMW based and tuned to perfection that sit on the...
View ArticleBi-Turbo and Style, The New Alpina B3 BiTurbo
It takes a lot to be an auto manufacturer in Germany. It takes even more to hang with the best and that is precisely what Alpina has done with their newest offerings (at least on paper). The all new...
View ArticleVideo: BMW ALPINA B3 BiTurbo
We are not going to be apologetic in our love of all things Alpina. Sure they are expensive, sure they sometimes can be a bit over the top but that is the whole point. The automobiles that Buchloe...
View ArticleChris Harris Thrashes the Alpina B3
The Alpina B3 is the forbidden fruit to the US market. Thus we can’t get enough reading about it and seeing it. Therefore imagine our excitement when our favorite oversteer-er Chris Harris got behind...
View ArticleThe New Alpina B4 BiTurbo
THE NEW BMW ALPINA B4 BITURBO The foundation that Burkard Bovensiepen laid in the 1960s in the form of a performance-enhanced BMW 1500, has since developed into a permanent fixture in the luxury...
View ArticleBMWNA Announced US Availability of the Alpina B6 Gran Coupe
The long awaited Alpina model expansion in the US is finally happening, albeit with one model. The new B6 Gran Coupe is the brand’s first Official Release: Today BMW announced the launch of the new BMW...
View ArticleBimmerCast #72: Alpina CEO Andy Bovensiepen Interviewed (w/Gallery)
198 mph top speed and 0-60 in 3.7 seconds. And that’s from notoriously conservative BMW. Yes the Alpina B6 Gran Coupe just became the fastest and quickest BMW on sale today. And yet this is no sports...
View ArticleVideo: The BMW M3 vs the Alpina D3
With the addition of turbochargers to the M3, the difference between these Alpina and BMW M have lessens. But could the D3 truly be as good as the M3? And (gasp) could it be faster? Autocar’s Steve...
View ArticleRestored 1970 BMW ALPINA 2002ti Returns to the Track at 2014 Rolex Monterey...
Official Release: Today BMW announced that it will run its newly restored 1970 BMW ALPINA 2002ti in the annual Rolex Monterey Motorsport Reunion at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca next week. The car will be...
View ArticleIs the Alpina D4 the World’s Best Diesel?
Steve Sutcliffe from Autocar seems to think so. The D4 Biturbo is Alpina is naturally based off of the BMW 4 Series and is the companion product to the D3 recently released. Why is the D4 so...
View ArticleWorld Premiere: The New BMW ALPINA B6 xDrive Gran Coupe
The 6 series Gran Coup is a masterpiece of engineering and design. It can even take-on the roads of the great Australian Outback without blinking an eye as demonstrated in the latest episode of Top...
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