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Alpina . . .
. . . love these cars
Kindova under-ground thing, even among Propellor Heads --- Alpinas 've always had a much-lower profile that other German 'tuners' (like AMG or Hartge or Ruf), anyway . . . but their cars are pretty distinctive and have a reputation more for refinement if not all-out performance
Their cars 're only sold here in NA as big-ticket sedans or sports cars. A handful of personal-imports 'll show-up at car shows, but most of my exposure to Alpina is from seeing their distinctive road wheels on older BMW 3-series. Did put some of their suspension bits on an old e21 . . . and totally transformed the way it handled
Anyway, seems that Alpinas are getting more-and-more attention, these days --- and I've always like 'em, anyway . . . so? . . .
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Too late, Alpina Brand was sold to BMW a couple of weeks ago. In future they will be focussing on classics under a new Brand name.
But Alpina was THE Benchmark for customer service.
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Alpina C2 . . .
. . . now on BaT . . .
https://bringatrailer.com/listing/1988-alpina-c2-2-7
Swear I've seen this car before/somewhere . . . may've been on Carinni's F40 site?
Anyway -- previous appearance . . .
https://www.early911sregistry.org/fo...=1#post1107990
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Different Story . . .
. . . in Europe
B6, 2.8 liter . . .
https://www.reezocar.com/en/occasion...870D5F9D0.html
. . . WAY
$65k
PS This is a cheap one --- minter's 'll double that
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Another B6, 2.8 . . .
. . . ~6k miles . . .
https://bringatrailer.com/listing/19...eid=94dcbd6db6
SOLD for $175k
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I have had a couple of tuner BMW's. Truly underrated (although the price seems to be far more then when I had them). The Hartge was a spectacular car. The Alpina C2.3 had lost it's original engine as it was turned to a track car at some point and was running a newer 2.5L with Motronic. Sorry about the washed photo of the C2.3 but only one I still have when it had the original Alpina rims on it.
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My daily is a D4 Bi-Turbo , great car 350 bhp diesel . better ride than my 1M
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My e21 was an '81 323i with Alpina-tuned Bilsteins and springs. With the factory Recaros and limited slip, and then the staggered 15" BBS I added, it was one of the most entertaining cars I've ever owned. Great fun.
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B3, 2.7 . . .