**Alpina: The Ultimate Performance Brand**

In 1987, Alpina decided to re-enter the racing scene in everyone's favorite class, the German DTM series, with their race version of the B6 3.5 based on an E30 M3. This car featured a 6-cylinder engine, which was way ahead of BMW's production cars at that time. Alpina would later become known for their innovative approach to performance upgrades.

Alpina focused on making high-performance road cars in the 80s and 90s, using the best parts from BMW. This led to some of the coolest cars ever built, with powerful engines, sporty handling, and aggressive styling. The formula was simple: make it fast, make it fun to drive, and add some stylish touches.

Alpina's philosophy remains unchanged today, driven by a quote from Oscar Wilde: "I am a man of simple tastes; I am always satisfied with the best." Burkhart, Alpina's founder, built the best cars possible, and the results have been impressive. With only around 2,000 cars sold per year, Alpina maintains its exclusivity and high-quality standards.

**The Upcoming B3 Bi-Turbo Wagon**

One of the most exciting models in Alpina's lineup is the upcoming B3 bi-turbo wagon, based on the G30 series. This car packs 462 horsepower and 516 lb-ft of torque, making it capable of reaching an astonishing 186 mph. The M3 wagon, which BMW won't produce for the US market, has some stiff competition in the form of Alpina's B3.

**The X D3 and X5 Models**

Alpina also offers a version of the X3, the XD3, capable of zero to 60 in just 4.6 seconds. This car is designed for both on-road performance and off-road capabilities. For those who prefer larger SUVs, Alpina has a solution with their B7 model.

**The 2020 Alpina B7: The World's Fastest Production Sedan**

The 2020 Alpina B7 is a behemoth of a car, boasting 680 horsepower and 590 lb-ft of torque. This sedan can rocket from zero to 60 in just 3.6 seconds and reach an incredible 205 mph. The interior is as plush as it gets, with the price tag to match: around $170,000.

**Availability in the US Market**

The good news is that Alpina's B7 model is available in the United States. BMW actually buys back Alpina cars and sells them directly through their dealer networks, so interested buyers can head to the dealership and get on the list.

WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: enit's the company that manufactures some of the sickest quickest and thickest luxury cars ever to come out of Europe a company so well intertwined with BMW most people don't even know the difference but when this carb and crankshaft bearing badge rests next to the BMW symbol beaver boys girls know it means business this is everything you need to know to get up to speed on Alpena hi I'm Jane's Pumphrey it's an old rumor that humans only use 10% of the brain that's not true we use 100% of our brain 10% of the time and maybe it's because we lack focus and energy I don't know I'm no brain doctor but I do know that nos energy drink gives me energy and if you're a human you need energy to do stuff like this kind of stuff I think that's everything now back to the show back in the 50s dr. Rudolph bovine misshapen was running a typewriter company in a small town outside of Munich he called it Alpena and they were all about Carriger turns and keystrokes if you don't know what a typewriter is Google Murder She Wrote opening credits that's what a typewriter is dr. boven sheeping had a son Burkhard that he hoped would take over the family business one day but birth collar had other plans he had a passion for tinkering with automobiles one is his first cars was a BMW 1500 which he got in 1962 the Beemer was a small and affordable computer saloon but he found it to be a little underpowered he knew BMWs Factory single carburetor setup was under serving the engine so he developed a Weber dual carb setup that gave the 1500 a 15% bump in her spirit that brought it all the way up to 96 over the stock 80 Burkhart knew he was on to something he figured he might not be the only one interested in getting some motel baby this Burkhart guy sounds like my brother for other bother you know what I'm say rude in 1963 Burkhart started putting Flyers on the windshields of BMW 1500s and he'd see on the street the Flyers read for 950 Dortch Marx you can have 20 this was back in the day when Flyers weren't immediately thrown into the trash people actually read them sometimes Burkhart had coaxed enough power out of the 1500 to compete with BMWs new 1800 the Flyers worked he was able to get enough people to upgrade their 1500s that it got the attention a BMW sales boss Paul G Hanuman you'd think that he wouldn't have taken kindly to a typewriter mogul son tinkering with his beloved cars but he was legit impressed not only by his initiative but also the quality of the work because gotta have both he was so impressed that he had BMW certified burkhardt's work offering the full factory warranty on cars fitted with Alpina's carburetor system this was the beginning of a long and unique relationship between Alpena and BMW BMW you are my best friend you are my light I promise to always be true always be fun and always sneak Rex tablescapes automotive press of the day was skeptical at first suggesting that the increase in power would lead to a decrease in reliability and longevity but Burkhart thought if he could just get them to drive the car it would change the minds well I don't know Bert car and I'm pretty skeptical here's the key zboob take a first spin whoa Wow now that is one spicy meatball I am an italian-american press guy once the press got their hands on the Alpena equipt 1500 there's skepticism quickly wore off Alpena was the real deal few years later in 1965 Burkhart was busy in his dad's shed officially founding the Alpena company that we know and love he began to experiment with crankshafts designs as well as forging polishing and stroking more ponies out of the BMW power plants thus laying the foundation for the Alpena emblem that is still used today carburetors and crank shafts baby he kept tweaking and tuning the end up through the late 60s even entering the European Touring Car Championship in 1968 two years later they would go on to win the whole thing in a BMW alpina 2002 with Hans Duke junior at the wheel that same year they also won at 24 hours of spa Nurburgring as well as the German Hill Climb championship and some rallies Burkhart put a lot of effort into the touring car racing series and attracted the best drivers of the day I'm talking James Hunt and Niki Lauda just to name a couple of them they would go on to win the Touring Series again in 73 and 77 on little fact Burkhart became collecting wine from towns of the tracks that he won races at he was winning races and collecting so much wine along the way he decided to turn it into a business Alpina wines after their championship winning season in 77 they decided to go out on top and leave the racing scene in order to focus on their road car efforts up until then Alpina had only offered modifications to largely unchanged BMWs but that wasn't good enough for ol Burkhardt you see he started thinking crazy what if instead of using the four-cylinder engine in the 3 Series we put in a 6 cylinder oh my god that's that's a good idea right guys yeah that's great idea that's a better idea than my grandma's lasagne I to him an Italian American only unlike the journalists I'm an automotive engineer Alpina continued to work hand in hand with BMW making their own versions of certain models that were available brand new from Alpena themselves BMW would basically build the cars skeleton I know it sounds scary and send it directly to Alpena for completion similar to how roof worked with Porsche in those early days check out our episode on roof to learn more about another super successful German car company but don't do it now keep watching in 1978 Alpina released their first complete road car based on the e21 3-series the b6 2.8 they took 2.8 litre inline-six from 5-series and crammed it under the hood of 3-series using classic meticulous German engineering they massage the pretty dang good for its day 200 her Spurs out of the mighty six banger they took out the standard for speed and replaced it with the 5-speed the suspension was upgraded the brakes were upgraded Recaro and momo interior stuff with red gauge needles and a speedometer that goes higher than a normal one of course because car goes faster you can tell how much and for the first time ever the world was lucky enough to lay its collective eyes on Alpina's signature multi-spoke wheels b6 v to 60 in 6.9 seconds and lit the BMW community of the 70s own fire Alpena had gone from changing carbs and crank shafts to putting their greasy German fingers on the entire car not only where the modified beamers faster than their mothership counterparts they handled better stopped better and were much more luxurious and comfortable to drive they were also pretty recognizable with their chin spoiler unique an optional body decals and of course those gorgeous alpena 20s car wheels which is pretty much the same way that you can spot an Alpina today they also released the b7 turbo and Turbo Coupe Bay based on the e 12 5 Series and a 24 6 Series I want one so bad I want one so bad think of a thing that you want now double it that's not even half as bad as I want as the name suggests they turbo that hog and squeeze 296 ur Spurs and 341 pound-feet of torque out of birth in 1978 sorry the b7 Alpana took a plane Jane 5-series and aimed it squarely between the eyes the big dogs those big dogs behind bullgod Lamborghini and the horse stock Ferrari and I'll Pina didn't miss the b7 was not only quick enough to be in the same conversation it was luxurious enough to intrigue prospective exotic buyers as well they kept juicing up BMWs through the 70s and into the 80s gaining traction along the way so much traction in fact that in 1983 the German Federal Motor Transport Authority certified Alpena as an actual auto manufacturer from this point forward every car they made would get a unique VIN and would be registered as an Alpina not as a BMW even though it's still mostly I mean it's yeah it's an it's a B it's still a BMW you can be serviced at BMW dealerships but it's definitely 100% not a BMW pretty much it is but it's sort of not 1987 Alpena decided to reenter racing in everyone's favorite class the German DTM series they entered their race version of the b6 3.5 based on an e30 m3 that they stuck a 6-cylinder engine into and this was way before BMW was put in sixes in the m3 from the factory Alpina would basically go off to their crazy carriage and put this motor into the chassis and if the combo was successful BMW would follow suit with the production cars it's kind of like an Rd thing the only race for about a year this time and decided again to focus on the road car offerings and focus they did the 80s and 90s brought us some of the coolest I'll penis based on the best that BMW had to offer if you don't know what I'm talking about go do some fantasy shopping bud be threes be sixes be sevens be tens 11s and 12s the hits just kept coming and the formula was always the same make it powerful and make it a pleasure to drive and probably make it green or blue with some freakin sweet stripes on it give it an aggressive front lip put some 20 spoke wheels on it and Stitch the LAV aleni leather together with some of that good old thick blue and green thread look Alpena hasn't strayed from the formula since day one it's simple Burkhart says his vision was driven by a quote from Oscar Wilde I am a man of simple tastes I am always satisfied with the best so Burkhart built the best and the best kept getting better in these days it's the best it's ever been alpena's quality over quantity mentality serves them well they can focus on making a small number of vehicles to the highest standard every year they're selling around 2,000 cars per year that's probably a reason that BMW is willing to let Alpena swim and their special sauce their small when compared to the automotive giant and they have no plans of cranking up those sales numbers the exclusivity of an Alpena is part of what makes the company so successful and the cars so desirable and their current lineup is looking pretty freakin desirable dudes the upcoming b3 bi-turbo wagon is maybe one of the sickest wagons nay sickest vehicles ever created it's based on the G 33 series and it makes 462 horsepower and 516 Turks shooting that estate 186 miles per hour that's basically the m3 wagon the BMW won't freakin make in America we'll probably never get even if they did add it to us if you're more of an SUV person fear not because Alpena has you covered with a version of the x3 the X d3 capable of zero to 16 4.6 seconds and may be capable of going off-road even a little bit then there's the big dog one of the biggest dogs in production today in terms of power luxury and exclusivity the 2020 Alpina b7 but just because this great dane is big don't think he can't run I could run a four to five forty right now in vans challenge me in the comments I will race anybody b7 has 680 horsepower 590 pound-feet on tap that can rocket the country on wheels to 60 in 3.6 seconds that's fast for a car that weighs almost 5,000 pounds and even more impressive the b7 takes the crown as the world's fastest production sedan by getting up to a blistering 205 miles per hour the interior is so plush it's like crawling inside of a giant beam baby and it better be because it costs about $170,000 you could sell one of them Princess Diana bears and buy one of these still have like 30 grand left over good news - the b7 is available in the United States BMW actually buys back to the Alpina's and sells them directly through their dealer networks so tell g-d's to head to the dealership and get your name on the list or just drool over these things for a few hours in front of your computer with no shirt on like I do like singing lightning as hard as are out here prepare I love youit's the company that manufactures some of the sickest quickest and thickest luxury cars ever to come out of Europe a company so well intertwined with BMW most people don't even know the difference but when this carb and crankshaft bearing badge rests next to the BMW symbol beaver boys girls know it means business this is everything you need to know to get up to speed on Alpena hi I'm Jane's Pumphrey it's an old rumor that humans only use 10% of the brain that's not true we use 100% of our brain 10% of the time and maybe it's because we lack focus and energy I don't know I'm no brain doctor but I do know that nos energy drink gives me energy and if you're a human you need energy to do stuff like this kind of stuff I think that's everything now back to the show back in the 50s dr. Rudolph bovine misshapen was running a typewriter company in a small town outside of Munich he called it Alpena and they were all about Carriger turns and keystrokes if you don't know what a typewriter is Google Murder She Wrote opening credits that's what a typewriter is dr. boven sheeping had a son Burkhard that he hoped would take over the family business one day but birth collar had other plans he had a passion for tinkering with automobiles one is his first cars was a BMW 1500 which he got in 1962 the Beemer was a small and affordable computer saloon but he found it to be a little underpowered he knew BMWs Factory single carburetor setup was under serving the engine so he developed a Weber dual carb setup that gave the 1500 a 15% bump in her spirit that brought it all the way up to 96 over the stock 80 Burkhart knew he was on to something he figured he might not be the only one interested in getting some motel baby this Burkhart guy sounds like my brother for other bother you know what I'm say rude in 1963 Burkhart started putting Flyers on the windshields of BMW 1500s and he'd see on the street the Flyers read for 950 Dortch Marx you can have 20 this was back in the day when Flyers weren't immediately thrown into the trash people actually read them sometimes Burkhart had coaxed enough power out of the 1500 to compete with BMWs new 1800 the Flyers worked he was able to get enough people to upgrade their 1500s that it got the attention a BMW sales boss Paul G Hanuman you'd think that he wouldn't have taken kindly to a typewriter mogul son tinkering with his beloved cars but he was legit impressed not only by his initiative but also the quality of the work because gotta have both he was so impressed that he had BMW certified burkhardt's work offering the full factory warranty on cars fitted with Alpina's carburetor system this was the beginning of a long and unique relationship between Alpena and BMW BMW you are my best friend you are my light I promise to always be true always be fun and always sneak Rex tablescapes automotive press of the day was skeptical at first suggesting that the increase in power would lead to a decrease in reliability and longevity but Burkhart thought if he could just get them to drive the car it would change the minds well I don't know Bert car and I'm pretty skeptical here's the key zboob take a first spin whoa Wow now that is one spicy meatball I am an italian-american press guy once the press got their hands on the Alpena equipt 1500 there's skepticism quickly wore off Alpena was the real deal few years later in 1965 Burkhart was busy in his dad's shed officially founding the Alpena company that we know and love he began to experiment with crankshafts designs as well as forging polishing and stroking more ponies out of the BMW power plants thus laying the foundation for the Alpena emblem that is still used today carburetors and crank shafts baby he kept tweaking and tuning the end up through the late 60s even entering the European Touring Car Championship in 1968 two years later they would go on to win the whole thing in a BMW alpina 2002 with Hans Duke junior at the wheel that same year they also won at 24 hours of spa Nurburgring as well as the German Hill Climb championship and some rallies Burkhart put a lot of effort into the touring car racing series and attracted the best drivers of the day I'm talking James Hunt and Niki Lauda just to name a couple of them they would go on to win the Touring Series again in 73 and 77 on little fact Burkhart became collecting wine from towns of the tracks that he won races at he was winning races and collecting so much wine along the way he decided to turn it into a business Alpina wines after their championship winning season in 77 they decided to go out on top and leave the racing scene in order to focus on their road car efforts up until then Alpina had only offered modifications to largely unchanged BMWs but that wasn't good enough for ol Burkhardt you see he started thinking crazy what if instead of using the four-cylinder engine in the 3 Series we put in a 6 cylinder oh my god that's that's a good idea right guys yeah that's great idea that's a better idea than my grandma's lasagne I to him an Italian American only unlike the journalists I'm an automotive engineer Alpina continued to work hand in hand with BMW making their own versions of certain models that were available brand new from Alpena themselves BMW would basically build the cars skeleton I know it sounds scary and send it directly to Alpena for completion similar to how roof worked with Porsche in those early days check out our episode on roof to learn more about another super successful German car company but don't do it now keep watching in 1978 Alpina released their first complete road car based on the e21 3-series the b6 2.8 they took 2.8 litre inline-six from 5-series and crammed it under the hood of 3-series using classic meticulous German engineering they massage the pretty dang good for its day 200 her Spurs out of the mighty six banger they took out the standard for speed and replaced it with the 5-speed the suspension was upgraded the brakes were upgraded Recaro and momo interior stuff with red gauge needles and a speedometer that goes higher than a normal one of course because car goes faster you can tell how much and for the first time ever the world was lucky enough to lay its collective eyes on Alpina's signature multi-spoke wheels b6 v to 60 in 6.9 seconds and lit the BMW community of the 70s own fire Alpena had gone from changing carbs and crank shafts to putting their greasy German fingers on the entire car not only where the modified beamers faster than their mothership counterparts they handled better stopped better and were much more luxurious and comfortable to drive they were also pretty recognizable with their chin spoiler unique an optional body decals and of course those gorgeous alpena 20s car wheels which is pretty much the same way that you can spot an Alpina today they also released the b7 turbo and Turbo Coupe Bay based on the e 12 5 Series and a 24 6 Series I want one so bad I want one so bad think of a thing that you want now double it that's not even half as bad as I want as the name suggests they turbo that hog and squeeze 296 ur Spurs and 341 pound-feet of torque out of birth in 1978 sorry the b7 Alpana took a plane Jane 5-series and aimed it squarely between the eyes the big dogs those big dogs behind bullgod Lamborghini and the horse stock Ferrari and I'll Pina didn't miss the b7 was not only quick enough to be in the same conversation it was luxurious enough to intrigue prospective exotic buyers as well they kept juicing up BMWs through the 70s and into the 80s gaining traction along the way so much traction in fact that in 1983 the German Federal Motor Transport Authority certified Alpena as an actual auto manufacturer from this point forward every car they made would get a unique VIN and would be registered as an Alpina not as a BMW even though it's still mostly I mean it's yeah it's an it's a B it's still a BMW you can be serviced at BMW dealerships but it's definitely 100% not a BMW pretty much it is but it's sort of not 1987 Alpena decided to reenter racing in everyone's favorite class the German DTM series they entered their race version of the b6 3.5 based on an e30 m3 that they stuck a 6-cylinder engine into and this was way before BMW was put in sixes in the m3 from the factory Alpina would basically go off to their crazy carriage and put this motor into the chassis and if the combo was successful BMW would follow suit with the production cars it's kind of like an Rd thing the only race for about a year this time and decided again to focus on the road car offerings and focus they did the 80s and 90s brought us some of the coolest I'll penis based on the best that BMW had to offer if you don't know what I'm talking about go do some fantasy shopping bud be threes be sixes be sevens be tens 11s and 12s the hits just kept coming and the formula was always the same make it powerful and make it a pleasure to drive and probably make it green or blue with some freakin sweet stripes on it give it an aggressive front lip put some 20 spoke wheels on it and Stitch the LAV aleni leather together with some of that good old thick blue and green thread look Alpena hasn't strayed from the formula since day one it's simple Burkhart says his vision was driven by a quote from Oscar Wilde I am a man of simple tastes I am always satisfied with the best so Burkhart built the best and the best kept getting better in these days it's the best it's ever been alpena's quality over quantity mentality serves them well they can focus on making a small number of vehicles to the highest standard every year they're selling around 2,000 cars per year that's probably a reason that BMW is willing to let Alpena swim and their special sauce their small when compared to the automotive giant and they have no plans of cranking up those sales numbers the exclusivity of an Alpena is part of what makes the company so successful and the cars so desirable and their current lineup is looking pretty freakin desirable dudes the upcoming b3 bi-turbo wagon is maybe one of the sickest wagons nay sickest vehicles ever created it's based on the G 33 series and it makes 462 horsepower and 516 Turks shooting that estate 186 miles per hour that's basically the m3 wagon the BMW won't freakin make in America we'll probably never get even if they did add it to us if you're more of an SUV person fear not because Alpena has you covered with a version of the x3 the X d3 capable of zero to 16 4.6 seconds and may be capable of going off-road even a little bit then there's the big dog one of the biggest dogs in production today in terms of power luxury and exclusivity the 2020 Alpina b7 but just because this great dane is big don't think he can't run I could run a four to five forty right now in vans challenge me in the comments I will race anybody b7 has 680 horsepower 590 pound-feet on tap that can rocket the country on wheels to 60 in 3.6 seconds that's fast for a car that weighs almost 5,000 pounds and even more impressive the b7 takes the crown as the world's fastest production sedan by getting up to a blistering 205 miles per hour the interior is so plush it's like crawling inside of a giant beam baby and it better be because it costs about $170,000 you could sell one of them Princess Diana bears and buy one of these still have like 30 grand left over good news - the b7 is available in the United States BMW actually buys back to the Alpina's and sells them directly through their dealer networks so tell g-d's to head to the dealership and get your name on the list or just drool over these things for a few hours in front of your computer with no shirt on like I do like singing lightning as hard as are out here prepare I love you