RE: Alpina B3 and D3 S updated for 2023
Discussion
Prefer the Alpina styling to the BMW'S they are based on, would ditch the naff pinstripes and have the wagon. Grille on these isn't the hideous huge bucktooth variant of current crop of performance beemers. Shame Alpina has been acquired and will become nothing but a trim level in years to come!
I paid around £59k for a new F31 D3 Touring back in early 2017. Seems like a bit of a bargain now, based on the performance figures not changing a great deal over the subsequent years.
Best of all, it’s rear wheel drive with an LSD.
It’s averaged 40mpg over 39k miles and I don’t hang around. But on a gentle cruise it will do over 500 miles on a tank. Perfect car for European trips.
Best of all, it’s rear wheel drive with an LSD.
It’s averaged 40mpg over 39k miles and I don’t hang around. But on a gentle cruise it will do over 500 miles on a tank. Perfect car for European trips.
cidered77 said:
Much prefer the diesel in an Alpina (although never driven any variant, so what do i know!); all that lovely torque, and better mpg - important for me not because of the money saved, but because i find trips the petrol station we apparently want to hold on very dull, and 15-20k miles a year would mean loads of them! These are the ultimately commuting car for me, and a commuting car needs to do 600 miles on a tank, minimum.
Don't these come with a 60l tank?600 miles out of my 530xD which has a 70 litre tank is running on fumes.
Edited by HelldogBE on Thursday 26th May 11:01
HelldogBE said:
cidered77 said:
Much prefer the diesel in an Alpina (although never driven any variant, so what do i know!); all that lovely torque, and better mpg - important for me not because of the money saved, but because i find trips the petrol station we apparently want to hold on very dull, and 15-20k miles a year would mean loads of them! These are the ultimately commuting car for me, and a commuting car needs to do 600 miles on a tank, minimum.
Don't these come with a 60l tank?600 miles out of my 530xD which has a 70 litre tank is running on fumes.
Edited by HelldogBE on Thursday 26th May 11:01
Edited by cidered77 on Thursday 26th May 11:41
Burnham said:
HelldogBE said:
Don't these come with a 60l tank?
600 miles out of my 530xD which has a 70 litre tank is running on fumes.
I don’t get 600 per tank out of my D3. Over 500 is easily possible if that’s how you want to drive it. 600 miles out of my 530xD which has a 70 litre tank is running on fumes.
Edited by HelldogBE on Thursday 26th May 11:01
I am trying to convince myself to buy a D3S and this s
t is not helpful! Black S2K said:
sean ie3 said:
I've come to like the M cars grill more than these, all that chrome out front I do not like and the wheels need 40mm of offset.
Also available in black - for more money.What offset do BMW usually run? It tends to be rather low on German cars, compared to the much more centre-point +50 to +55mm I am used to. You vill like ze strut-jacking!
That's quite some king pin inclination!
Brilliant cars with that added exclusivity bonus. I owned one for a few years and in that time saw 4 of the same model on the road.
Also has that added bonus of NOT having the daft beaver teeth grille that I just cannot get on with (despite numerous real-world sightings). So you get the performance and the looks. Score.
Also has that added bonus of NOT having the daft beaver teeth grille that I just cannot get on with (despite numerous real-world sightings). So you get the performance and the looks. Score.
boozyjay said:
Matthew-18w4p said:
Grab an Alpina while you still can!
Love those wheels, Alpina do the best wheels. Period.
Real pig to keep clean though. Even with a ceramic coat on them.Love those wheels, Alpina do the best wheels. Period.
boozyjay said:
Matthew-18w4p said:
Grab an Alpina while you still can!
Love those wheels, Alpina do the best wheels. Period.
Real pig to keep clean though. Even with a ceramic coat on them.Love those wheels, Alpina do the best wheels. Period.
Wills2 said:
The 3 series doesn't get that grille there is nothing to adopt.
Who said anything about the cooking 3 series? Alpina adopted the M3/4 engine for the B3 and B3S for the first time, in the LCI B3 they have adopted the option of M Performance seats for the first time. They could have adopted a similar grille to the M3/4 but clearly chose to go down a regular 3 series evolved bumper and grill instead, which is a wise move certainly for these eyes.Gassing Station | General Gassing | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff