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[LeMansX5]

Originally Posted by jsears

This was posted by Killcrap a while ago:



Additionally this information was provided from another BMW board:


To me, since there was no official release of an Alpina E53, this is very much like putting ///M3 badges all over a 318i. Having Alpina "touch" the engine, doesn't make the X5 an Alpina X5.

But it's your car and your choice!

I wonder what's the source of Killcrap's info. There is no "Alpina X5". Only Alpina contribution is that they gave the blue prints of engine design to BMW for mass production.

FA93 in VIN is USA body code for all X5 4.8is.
FA91 & FA92 is body code for Europe bound X5 4.58is