8er Alpina

„BMW und ALPINA präsentieren Ihnen hier als Gesamtkunstwerk den leistungsfähigsten, bestverarbeiteten und teuersten serienmäßig käuflichen Gran Turismo deutscher Produktion“ – mit dieser Ankündigung stellte ALPINA Gründer Burkard Bovensiepen im Jahr 1992 der Presse das BMW ALPINA B12 5,7 Coupé vor. Auf Basis des BMW 850 CSi Coupé (E31) entstanden Anfang der 1990er Jahre in Buchloe in exklusiver Kleinserie 57 Automobile des V12 Klassikers. Gemeinsam mit dem BMW ALPINA B12 5,0 – von dem zwischen…

The B12 5,7 Coupé is the fastest car Alpina have ever made.
It is based on the BMW 850CSi which came in fall 1992 and the B12 came about a half year later.
Alpina have admitted that with the 850 CSi, BMW and BMW Motorsport have done a terrific job so their idea with the B12 5,7 was just to enchance a few things on the CSi.



Engine/Gearbox :
The engine is based on the BMW Motorsport prepared 5,6 litre V12.
The engine has grown in size to 5,7 litre.
They have also done some modifications to the…

If you wanted a more fun and even faster 850i you would have to go for this car. The Alpina B12 5,0 Coupé.
It came in 1991 and has the same engine as the B12 5,0 Limousine.
A total of 97 cars were built.






Engine/Gearbox :
The engine is based on BMW´s 5,0 litre V12 unit.
The displacement is unchanged at 5,0 litre, as are the block,crankshaft, connecting rods, inlet and exhaust manifolds and cooling system.
Different Mahle pistons raise the compression,larger inlet valves,more valve lift and…