Alpina super saloon makes its debut

V8 breathing through two specially-developed, twin-scroll turbochargers.

To help achieve this impressive combination of performance, comfort and driving dynamics, Alpina’s 70-strong engineering team has received exceptional access to BMW design data and technical facilities as part of a relationship that reaches back to 1964, when BMW endorsed the quality of Alpina products by awarding the full factory guarantee to BMW vehicles fitted with the new Alpina dual carburettor system.

It comes with an eight-speed automatic transmission from supplier ZF and the transmission can be controlled manually using the Alpina Switch-Tronic buttons on the back of the sports steering wheel.

B7 Bi-Turbos destined for the UK are longwheelbase models with air suspension, active rear steering, which turns the rear wheels a maximum of three degrees the opposite way to the front wheels at low speeds and the same way at higher speeds.

For the UK the Bi-Turbo is available only with rear wheel drive. In this specification, the new motor will accelerate to 60mph in just 4.0 seconds.

Alpina GB brand manager Gary Lott said: “Not long ago, only the most focussed £million hypercars could touch 200 mph. Where road conditions allow, owners of the new B7 BiTurbo can cruise long distances at that legendary speed, with friends and family in considerable comfort.”