4.8is Alpina

[hythe]

Comical thread!

I've seen a real BMW-Alpina X5! No, really! Well, 2 of them, in the back of the Alpina factory lot at Buchloe in late 2005 - both prototypes, as they sadly never built a production version of either the E53 or E70.

I think we've covered the 4.6 M62 engine being an Alpina design (essentially) and the 4.8 N62 being pure BMW. The E70 Alpina was going to get the H1 engine from the B5/6/7 - 4.4l supercharged N62 with 500+PS, or more likely the newer 530PS version.

I even went as far as discussing buying the first customer car with the head of sales - I was picking up the first customer B5 Touring at the time.

The lovely irony of the car which is the subject of this particular thread is that none of the added items appear to be even genuine Alpina stuff - i.e. no Alpina wheels, fake Alpina badges, etc.

I think I'll stick to just a really nice standard spec 4.8is, thanks, preferably in Le Mans blue...