Now that BMW has owned performance tuning company Alpina for a while, it is working on some of the details. One of those is shoring up its intellectual property, which CarBuzz recently uncovered with ...

Reports indicate Alpina’s first product under BMW’s full control will likely be the return of the 7 Series-based B7. BMW and Alpina may be closely related, but the latter has been an independent ...

Starting with the powertrain, the BMW Alpina B3 is fitted with an improved version of the turbocharged 3.0-liter six-cylinder engine producing 488 hp (364 kW / 495 PS) and 730 Nm (538 lb-ft) of torque ...

Alpina Burkard Bovensiepen can trace its roots back to 1962, and in the same decade, it first came up with its now-famous 20-spoke design, born from the desire to have something both striking and as ...

BMW has announced that Alpina, its longtime collaborator, will become a standalone brand. The rights to the Alpina trademark were transferred to BMW on January 1, 2026, marking the launch of the newly ...

Is the BMW M3 the 3er that gets your heart racing? Maybe, if you forget that the Alpina B3 also exists. The latest iteration has been around for nearly two years, and it is about to undergo cosmetic ...

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With the BMW Group announcing the acquisition of Alpina, some people have begun freaking out over what is going to happen to the German brand. Some fear that Alpina will be diluted under full BMW ...

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