You are very rare, very fast and give often only by small details to recognize: Alpina. In the case of the now established touring variant of Alpina B5 series, four specimens may live out their 507 PS in freedom.
Who seeks it, follows best its unnachahmlichenen sound. But beware: With their dull typical of the types of Gebrummel that they emit shortly above the idle speed, they pull passengers and passers-by in captivated. The results: full photo memory cards and in extreme cases an account shrunken to 98.800 euro.
Who can be fascinated and acquires an Alpina B5 series, much is given the good. There are on the one hand the classical virtues of a BMW 5 Series Touring: high quality, simple, functional operation and 507 up to 1,670 litres luggage compartment. This joins a 4, 4-litre V8, which is temperature resistant MAHLE Pistons, specially developed turbocharger, more pressure (a bar) and larger intercooler at Alpina. It is a thick mountain of torque of 700 nm, which holds the series between 3,000 and 4,750 tours.
In combination with the mitentwickelten of Alpina eight-speed automatic (Switchtronic) and the new chassis, perfect comfortable cruising with the family is possible, as is very sporty driving in the Alpina B5 series. Who it really quicker do no problem. Just provide driving dynamics switch to sports, the course load manually via steering wheel buttons and los. For this special combination spans before not only chassis and steering, it prevents also useless up-shift operations. Even more? Press then the sport plus button. But before please leave the trunk empty.
