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General => Random Chat => Topic started by: rich83 on July 09, 2013, 03:29:32 pm

Title: BMW Alpina B5
Post by: rich83 on July 09, 2013, 03:29:32 pm: .... just to warn you, these thing go like sh*t off a stick!! :signLOL: :signLOL:
Title: Re: BMW Alpina B5
Post by: wigit on July 09, 2013, 03:32:00 pm: better get yourself a R32
Title: Re: BMW Alpina B5
Post by: rich83 on July 09, 2013, 03:34:11 pm: :laugh:

They also sound remarkably good for a diesel too...
Title: Re: BMW Alpina B5
Post by: Jussa on July 09, 2013, 04:01:03 pm: Quote from: richwig83 on July 09, 2013, 03:29:32 pm
.... just to warn you, these thing go like sh*t off a stick!! :signLOL: :signLOL:

Did one teach u a lesson?? :signLOL:
Title: Re: BMW Alpina B5
Post by: rich83 on July 09, 2013, 04:06:05 pm: Well it had the legs on me yes.

Can someone confirm... is the B5 diesel or petrol... what engine is it?

I thought it was diesel... turns out it might be petrol.... hence it sounded nice! :smiley:
Title: Re: BMW Alpina B5
Post by: john a on July 09, 2013, 04:13:11 pm: B5 is a petrol, 4.4 twin turbo v8 I think.
Title: Re: BMW Alpina B5
Post by: rich83 on July 09, 2013, 04:13:32 pm: Quote from: john a on July 09, 2013, 04:13:11 pm
B5 is a petrol, 4.4 twin turbo v8 I think.

Ahh.... :signLOL:
Title: Re: BMW Alpina B5
Post by: wigit on July 09, 2013, 04:31:20 pm: credit for having a go Rich :evilgrin:
Title: Re: BMW Alpina B5
Post by: Makaveli on July 09, 2013, 06:29:33 pm: Quote from: Jussa on July 09, 2013, 04:01:03 pm
Quote from: richwig83 on July 09, 2013, 03:29:32 pm
.... just to warn you, these thing go like sh*t off a stick!! :signLOL: :signLOL:

Did one teach u a lesson?? :signLOL:

:signLOL:
Title: Re: BMW Alpina B5
Post by: rich83 on July 09, 2013, 06:30:47 pm: Quote from: wigit on July 09, 2013, 04:31:20 pm
credit for having a go Rich :evilgrin:

In for a penny in for a pound! :innocent:
Title: Re: BMW Alpina B5
Post by: berg on July 09, 2013, 10:28:51 pm: i was going to start a thread on Alpina so may as well tag my question onto this - what is the crack between the and BMW? Do they have the rights to buy the shell, drivetrain, engines etc and are then allowed to tinker with them as they see fit to produce an even sleeker/faster/more exclusive product??
Title: Re: BMW Alpina B5
Post by: rich83 on July 09, 2013, 10:36:11 pm: Wikipedia (so it must be true :signLOL: )

For the 2011 model year, the B7's twin-turbo 4.4-litre BMW V8 is assembled by hand at Alpina's facility in Buchloe, Germany, before being shipped to BMW for installation, and the assembled vehicle is then sent back to Alpina for finishing touches.
Title: Re: BMW Alpina B5
Post by: 18Edition30 on July 12, 2013, 10:11:18 pm: http://www.parkers.co.uk/cars/reviews/facts-and-figures/bmw/alpina/saloon-2000/

Not to be underestimated! I couldn't believe the top speed over the whole range of their cars!
Title: Re: BMW Alpina B5
Post by: rdfcpete on July 12, 2013, 10:34:28 pm: Had the B3 twin turbo in my head for a second Rich that are also very quick.

The B5 is F10 M5 pace, I remember evo saying how there's not much in it between the two. Arguably sound better than the M5 too some would say...
Title: Re: BMW Alpina B5
Post by: Real Thing on July 13, 2013, 05:19:21 am: Quote from: richwig83 on July 09, 2013, 04:06:05 pm
Well it had the legs on me yes.

Can someone confirm... is the B5 diesel or petrol... what engine is it?

I thought it was diesel... turns out it might be petrol.... hence it sounded nice! :smiley:

Anything B from Alpina will be Petrol (B3, B5, B6 & B7) D will Be Diesel (Think there's only the 3 & 5 Series with Diesel Tuned engines at the Moment D3 & D5) Earlier Models used numbers that didn't correspond with the series that they were attached to (B10 was a 5 Series for Many Years)