The Alpina will stop as quickly as it takes off, thanks to four-piston Brembo brakes (in cobalt blue, and slightly larger in the rear).
But if you do, top speed drops to 168 mph. If it rains and snows a lot where you are, you may want to ditch the high-performance custom Pirelli tires that go with the 21-inch wheels and switch to the available all-season rubber (on 20-inch wheels). The Merino leather upholstery is absurdly appealing.ĭriving this car in the rain was reassuring, because it remains surefooted. And unlike some Italian supercars, it’s docile on errands with COMFORT mode selected. If you just want to sound like you’re fast and furious, this is probably not the car for you. Like the best electric cars, it doesn’t hesitate to offer up instant speed and torque-all without (despite an Alpina-tuned stainless-steel sport exhaust) an excess of sound and fury. It’s effortlessly, competently very fast. Taking the test drive is the convincer for the B8 Alpina.
Make sure you need it before you pay for it. Looking at the numbers, you can see that the B8 Alpina has almost double the power and twice the price, too. That’s powered by a turbocharged three-liter six-cylinder engine, making 335 horsepower and 368 pound-feet. This current generation was announced in 2018, and the Gran Coupe is available in a variety of trims, starting with the 840i (US$85,000). The car didn’t sell well, and used examples-because they were so complex-were available at deceptively bargain-basement rates. Practical it wasn’t, as the rear seat was just a suggestion. It was early to have a six-speed manual, and early to have electronic drive-by-wire capability, dynamic stability control, and speed-sensitive steering. It was introduced in 1989 as a V12-powered engineering tour de force coupe. The Alpina has civilization on its side, though this adds a little weight. It’s twin-turbo V8 adds a mere five horsepower over the Alpina version, but it’s also slightly wilder on many levels.
The buyer, in fact, has a high-level choice, because there’s a M8 Competition Gran Coupe that starts at US$131,995. The twin-turbo V8 produces 612 horsepower and 590 pound-feet of torque.
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