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  • Twin_Cam

    Nov. 20, 2011 5:44 p.m. Twin_Cam SuperDork

    So I saw one of the Alpina versions of a BMW just randomly tooling around today. Beautiful shape, bright white, loudish exhaust, younger dude driving it. I looked up pictures on Google, because I thought the most common Alpina was the B6 and it was 3-series based, but this one was big enough that from far away and from the front I thought it was an original M5 or an 635csi. Did they make an Alpina model based on the 5-series? If they did, I saw one.

  • stroker

    Nov. 20, 2011 5:48 p.m. stroker HalfDork

    FWIW I vaguely remember a 633 Alpina from 'round 1980 or so...

  • SlickDizzy

    Nov. 20, 2011 5:50 p.m. SlickDizzy SuperDork

    Alpina has built many different models based on many different BMW's, including the 5-series (B5/B7/B9/B10).

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alpina

    ~Desmond 1984 VW Jetta GLI STOLEN 9/11/09 :(

  • pres589

    Nov. 20, 2011 6:09 p.m. pres589 Dork

    In reply to Twin_Cam:

    Alpina has worked over pretty much everything BMW has sold since the early 1970's.

  • Woody

    Nov. 20, 2011 8:20 p.m. Woody SuperDork

    I'm pretty sure that they sold pats individually, too. I remember them on just about everything.

    Yuuup!

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