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Alpina Documentary: Luxury With Maximum Horsepower
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Some very interesting info and revelations there - especially with regards to the leather interior. If you order an ALPINA-specific interior, the leather interior BMW installed is completely scrapped (and recycled).
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11-22-2021, 12:30 PM | #3 |
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That looks like an interesting documentary - I'll watch it tomorrow.
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11-22-2021, 01:48 PM | #5 |
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I watched the whole thing, such a great video !!
I would love to own an Alpina some day - watching the various processes done by all the Alpina technicians is a tribute to serious German craftsmanship. And the back story of how he came from a family which manufactured typewriters, and then because of the founders passion for cars built Alpina into such a world-class and well known company for 'above and beyond' a standard BMW's is a very interesting aspect I didn't know about before watching the video - you should all watch it, it's very cool!
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The amount of money I'd pay to get a legitimately good looking S58-powered vehicle in the states...especially in a touring model.
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11-23-2021, 05:48 AM | #8 |
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Just watched that - really interesting!
Also looks like some other episodes as well on other brands so will take a look at these over the weekend - Taycan S build for sure.
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11-27-2021, 01:07 PM | #13 |
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Meh. If the work they did was so amazing, they'd actually hold better value. It's a stitching and badge exercise. Hard pass.
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I can appreciate Alpina's work but I really don't see the appeal. Why turn a supposed performance car into a grandpa luxury cruiser? Sure there's a market for that, but to me the whole point of a BMW is to be a sporty car.
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