RE: Alpina D3 Bi-Turbo: Driven
Discussion
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.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.
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.
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.
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). 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?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.
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. Leins said:
B17NNS said:
Leins said:
Car manufacturing company in its own right
Looks a lot like a 3 series to me.
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.
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.
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