An Alpina XD5 would serve as a suitable foil to the new BMW X5 M50d and big brother to the XD3/XD4 ... Alpina XD5 Based On New 2019 BMW X5 Would Be One Heck Of An Autobahn Stormer.

It's taken nearly 60 years, but Alpina is finally going to be an official part of BMW.The brand started out in 1965 producing go-fast parts for BMWs and later tuning models, eventually becoming a ...

Small but highly respected German tuner Alpina has long built its own versions of BMWs. Now the firm is being absorbed into the BMW corporate universe after 57 years of an arm's-length partnership.

The BMW-Alpina takeover will not come into effect until 31 D. ecember 2025, and is awaiting approval from German competition and anti-trust regulators.

Since Alpina built its models based on BMW vehicles, and refrained from tuning anything else, the marque was almost tied with an umbilical cord to BMW.Back in late 2020, the leaders of both ...

Alpina claims that the B7 will hit a whopping 205 mph, up from the old car's 193-mph top speed. That would make it the fastest sedan you can buy, beating out the 204-mph Dodge Charger Hellcat.

BMW and Alpina show us around their new flagship performance sedans, and we check out some more connectivity options and the hybrid 740e. Video shot and edited by Jennifer Hahn.