RE: Alpina D3 Bi-Turbo: Driven

[foxhounduk]

simundo777 said:

Oh god, what have you started? Put your flame suit on!

Lol.

[B17NNS]

Leins said:

Car manufacturing company in its own right

Looks a lot like a 3 series to me.

[Leins]

B17NNS said:

Leins said:

Car manufacturing company in its own right

Looks a lot like a 3 series to me.

Laugh all you want, doesn't change the fact that Alpina is a German car manufacturing company separate from BMW, as opposed to "just" a tuning firm

[B17NNS]

Leins said:

Laugh all you want, doesn't change the fact that Alpina is a German car manufacturing company separate from BMW, as opposed to "just" a tuning firm

Okay, so what cars have they designed and built of late?

[lamboman100]

The BMW D3 is like the Golf R range. A wow factor on speed. Ho-hum looks. Struggles to excite.

[Leins]

B17NNS said:

Okay, so what cars have they designed and built of late?

Is this a trick question?

[Catatafish]

foxhounduk said:

....And on the motorway, want to overtake me? Don't even bother. I can be crusing at 70mph and a slight squeeze of the throttle and anything but a Brabus is annihilated. I'll be in front of you, 100 yards ahead.

insecure much?

[TNH]

RenesisEvo said:

Wasn't the E90 D3 a single-turbo? I was fortunate enough to stumble across a brand-new blue B5 Touring yesterday, it looked fantastic. The same engine as this D3 appears in the D5, which I think is more successful in terms of style and presence but ups the price tag into new 991 territory.

I always thought the previous D3 was a 3 series with the engine from the 123d fitted? So twin turbo motor.

[B17NNS]

Leins said:

Is this a trick question?

I suppose it depends on whether you consider taking someone else's already brilliant product, changing a few components, adding a stripe and a plaque to be designing and manufacturing.

[GreatPretender]

Ashok said:

I'm an original owner and I've just hit 110,000 miles in my E90 Alpina D3.. fabulous fabulous cars!! Really surprised that there aren't more of them around.. M cars are common as muck compared to these. I had a play in the new B3 and it's just TOO fast (190mph).. far classier than an M3 too (flame suit on)

I'm right with you. Had my fill of M cars, now doing the Porsche thing and will definitely do the Alpina thing once there's a requirement to carry a mini-me.

Utterly sublime cars.

[250GTE]

[quote=omgus]Touring, in blue with pinstripes and Alpina on the front splitter.


Touring , in Alpina Green with pinstripes and Alpina on the front splitter.

Let the haters hate

[GreatPretender]

B17NNS said:

Leins said:

Is this a trick question?

I suppose it depends on whether you consider taking someone else's already brilliant product, changing a few components, adding a stripe and a plaque to be designing and manufacturing.

Do Not Feed the Troll.

[andybu]

Think those PH'ers who are saying they fancy one of these in two years or so at 50% off current prices are being over-optimistic. I've not gone geeky and built up an "BMW vs Alpina 1-3 years age depreciation spreadsheet" , (well, not yet anyway), but the Alpina product does seem to hang on to its value quite firmly. Scarcity value if nothing else, I suppose.

Which is a pity, because I'd really like one of these as, when, & if they ever get somewhere near to my budget, plus a bit of man-maths. Nice machine.

[Argonauth]

B17NNS said:

I suppose it depends on whether you consider taking someone else's already brilliant product, changing a few components, adding a stripe and a plaque to be designing and manufacturing.

Alpina (co)develops some of the engines that you see in regular BMWs. Like the original bi-turbo 3 liter diesel or the current tri-turbo diesel. They also helped with the new M3's biturbo 6(notice that Alpina uses the same setup on their B3, that's not a coincidence).

[bmthnick1981]

B17NNS said:

Leins said:

Laugh all you want, doesn't change the fact that Alpina is a German car manufacturing company separate from BMW, as opposed to "just" a tuning firm

Okay, so what cars have they designed and built of late?

Alpina is a manufacturer in its own right, check the V5 for a proper Alpina or try insuring one! Insurers often can't find them on their listings.

I think the D3 looks great, as does the B3. I had an old e46 B3 3.3 and the engine note on it was fantastic. The box was much different to 330's i've owned as well, seemed to be programmed or mapped to change up quickly in normal driving and rely on the engine's torque.

[GroundEffect]

B17NNS said:

Leins said:

Is this a trick question?

I suppose it depends on whether you consider taking someone else's already brilliant product, changing a few components, adding a stripe and a plaque to be designing and manufacturing.

They are mostly powertrain and chassis manufacturers. The body itself is probably very close to a standard F30 but the powertrain is unique as is the chassis components, and most of the interior. It's a majorly modified car...that I'd class as a car of its own.

[Axionknight]

Surely a cracking car, lose the alloys and give me the "touring" body though.

[anonymous-user]

B17NNS said:

I suppose it depends on whether you consider taking someone else's already brilliant product, changing a few components, adding a stripe and a plaque to be designing and manufacturing.

Alpina in 'super brilliant product' shocker.

[Prawnboy]

Leins said:

B17NNS said:

Leins said:

Car manufacturing company in its own right

Looks a lot like a 3 series to me.

Laugh all you want, doesn't change the fact that Alpina is a German car manufacturing company separate from BMW, as opposed to "just" a tuning firm

.............it does have a BMW badge on the boot.

[simundo777]

B17NNS said:

simundo777 said:

The words of someone who hasn't driven one.

simundo777 said:

My dads

I drove an early D3. It was a chipped 320d with a nasty stripe and a tacky plaque.

Whats that meant to mean? Yes its my Dads, doesn't mean I haven't driven it. I drive an E46 M3 so I have a pretty good car to compare it with.

So you drove an early D3 with 197bhp, this has 350bhp and is leagues ahead which means as usual people expressing their opinions on cars that they know nothing about or haven't driven.