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Alpina is hard at work on a new version of the BMW 6 Series Gran Coupe. Spy photographers spotted this machine out on public roads, and while the iconic Alpina wheels, reworked fascia and rear spoiler are the the most obvious tweaks to the long-nosed four-door, we're told the machine will also ...

There was no teasing and no build-up, just a "Boom!" and there appeared the Alpina XD3 Bi-Turbo. Said to be in response to customer demand, the XD3 Bi-Turbo uses the twin turbocharged, 3.0-litre six-cylinder diesel from the BMW X3 xDrive35d. But where that engine in standard guise gets 313 ...

Anyone that's spent some time behind the wheel of the Alpina B7 probably knows enough to understand what Canadians are missing with this, newly launched Alpina B3 Bi-Turbo. We've got no lack of M models to choose from, it's true, but the Alpina touch offers a completely different driving ...

Alpina is getting more and more ink because of because of that rolling cannonade known as the B7 and its closer ties with BMW. The company's tuning business dates to 1962 when Burkard Bovensiepen began fiddling with Weber carburetors, then his company began racing in 1968 and was eventually ...

EVO has come out with another gotta-watch-it video, throwing its 2012 Car of the Year contestants around the 2.4 kilometre Blyton Park track. It's actually a 15 minute teaser for the full-length DVD detailing EVO's Car of the Year selection, but the tease is worth every penny free second. Tiff ...

Alpina Makes Biggest Bimmer Act A Lot Like An M3 For the time being, BMW has left it up to close collaborator Alpina to create a turbocharged V8-powered rival for the Mercedes-Benz S63 AMG and Audi S8. We've been lucky enough to take a few spirited drives in Alpinafied BMWs on the no-limit ...

We told you last time that Autoblog hosts Jessi and Patrick still had a few items to check off The List after picking up a car from BMW via European delivery. They had to make their way from BMW's headquarters in Munich to a certain race track, and when in Germany, there's only one road that's ...

No, this is not the next BMW M3. But it's still something pretty special. What you're looking at here is the Alpina B3, a hotter version of the new F30 3 Series that will be done in a similar fashion to the B5, B6 and B7 models that we've long drooled over. Signature Alpina changes like the ...

Do you love the notion of the 507-horsepower, twin-tubocharged Alpina B5 Touring, but just can't get behind a high-performance family wagon? Alpina has good news for you. The company has officially pulled back the curtain on the new B5 Sedan, and the vehicle boasts the same wicked driveline as ...

Use any age-old saying you want for this tale. But a recent AutoTrader ad hosted on the popular car classified website had us repeating: "if it sounds to good to be true, it probably is." While cruising the BMW section for a replacement to a daily driver, we stumbled upon this ad for a 2007 ...