ALPINA’S GREATEST HITS

His expert insight (and some blind prejudice) has enabled Richard Lane to pick these as the most special, seminal Alpinas

Alpina occasionally undertakes development work for the BMW mothership, with projects ranging from the original X5 to the V8 for the last-generation M6 GT3. By and large, though, it expends its small but targeted engineering resources on making its own cars as good as they can be. Real innovations in engine, suspension and driveline technologies have been part and parcel of Alpina’s 57 years in existence and one of the most intriguing aspects of its new relationship with BMW will be how those resources will manifest in the years to come. For now, though, here are some of the marque’s seminal models, with honourable mentions also going to the E28-based B9 3.5 and E31-based B12 5.7. 3.0 CSL 1971 £350,000-PLUS (NOW) Some within Alpina describe the 1972 founding of BMW’s…

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