Alpina D3

[Burnham]

Yey, I collected my new car today, first BMW and first new car, so very excited! Its replaced a trusty and reliable RangeRover Sport, and I hope the D3 will be as good an all-rounder, with a bit of added performance.

Had the front end PPF'd at Paintshield before I collected it today, after a detail, so the pics below are of it at its cleanest! Only a tentative 200 miles so far, and it needs to be run in...so no heroics with it just yet.

[f1nn]

Very, very nice.

[JackP1]

Proper cool.

[Freds]

Superb. Would appreciate some interior pics

[Burnham]

Thanks folks. Im probably a bit too old for an 'M' car, and I needed something that I can put the dog in, so this fitted the bill.

Here you go Freds, just the standard leather (as I went a bit crazy with other options), with piano black trim. I appreciate the Saddle Brown may divide opinion, but I think its a nice contrast and makes a change to having Black. I really don't get on with gloomy interiors, so the sunroof is really just to add some light.

[95 fiesta si]

Very very nice, would love the saloon version of this to replace my E90 330D

[Rich_AR]

Very nice! Loving the colour combo.

[Freds]

Spot-on Burnham !

[MrC986]

Nice! A neighbour has a D3 saloon that's a few years old. Only Alpina can apparently get away with such low profile tyres that don't butcher the ride quality. Enjoy

[RC1807]

Lovely car, OP

My former MD has a B3 Alpina, and it's a smooth GT, not "M", a classy touch

[ocrx8]

Love these, and top choice on the interior too.

[Dannbodge]

Saddle brown is a lovely interior choice. Very classy

The whole car looks incredible. The rear especially.

[anonymous-user]

Lovely.

[Grant20V]

Beautiful car. Nice choice sir.

[E91M3]

Well done!

[anonymous-user]

Looks beautiful, great colour combo. Would love to know what options you went for? And I'll say that I really like the silver window surround I've over the typical black shadow line. Looks great!

[Burnham]

Thanks all, I'll post some updates in this thread in a month or so for anyone that's interested, once I've run it in and had some more time behind the wheel.

Polynesian said:

Looks beautiful, great colour combo. Would love to know what options you went for? And I'll say that I really like the silver window surround I've over the typical black shadow line. Looks great!

Cheers Polynesian, going for Brown leather took a lot of deliberating over. A few years back I wouldn't have even considered the silver window surround (I prefer the black optics pack on Audis for example), but I like the matt aluminium finish with the grey bodywork, and got the roof rails to match too.

Its an LCI car but the guys at Sytner painted the kidney grill black for me (like the pre-facelift cars) as I preferred that to the chrome style grill they all come with now.

Other options from what I can remember off the top of my head (I ordered it 6 months ago, so Ive probably forgotten some):

Pro Nav
HK Speakers
HUD with speed limit display
Sunroof
LSD
Piano Black Trim
LED Adaptive headlights with high beam assist
Comfort access
Folding Mirrors
Black headlining
Front and rear sensors and camera
Gear change via Paddles not buttons (sorry to the Alpina traditionalists...)

Erm...I think that's it.

[martin mrt]

I think that is my perfect car, the grey with the saddle brown leather is very very classy.

Some lovely options too, nice to see the sunroof

[5harp3y]

stunning bit of kit

[anonymous-user]

Lovely - the colour combo really works. I debated saddle vs coral, and eventually chose coral, but seeing that is making me think! You'll appreciate the HK - superb sound.

Enjoy!