[Whorning]

hideous car... but at least it SOUNDS good, right..?

[MikeRR]

Actually the car is wrapped and this is an option - so stop judging it by its color. ;-)
It comes Mineral White or Saphire Black from stock.
Also the green inserts are optional.

And I think it looks sick in Mineral White!
Also it is about the same price as a stock M3.

I would take one!

[fusion01]

Enjoyed watching that engine oil temp guage rise by 20 degrees C or so

[ron_jeremy]

Originally Posted by SHOWTIME

I doubt it actually hit 192mph with only 408hp...but still a nice car

BMW and Alpina even more so, are reknown as for beeing very modest about theyr figures, and numbers.
So if they claim something, expect even more!

[ibeclueless]

sounds nice

[MSPORTWORLD]

Interesting...makes me miss my 335 a bit

[Evolution_GT]

408hp... 192mph... that's a really high top speed for a car with that little power

[Singletrack]

Originally Posted by MikeRR

Actually the car is wrapped and this is an option - so stop judging it by its color. ;-)
It comes Mineral White or Saphire Black from stock.
Also the green inserts are optional.

And I think it looks sick in Mineral White!
Also it is about the same price as a stock M3.

I would take one!

Looks much better in white; especially the front bumper.

[335_MI6]

that arka exhaust....wow

[eric@helix]

Originally Posted by fusion01

Enjoyed watching that engine oil temp guage rise by 20 degrees C or so

Yup, that was my observation as well. As for the color, I'd give her a roll but I wouldn't want to marry her.

[MikeRR]

Originally Posted by Evolution_GT

408hp... 192mph... that's a really high top speed for a car with that little power

Alpinas always where very fast at top speed.

[Singletrack]

Originally Posted by eric@helix

Yup, that was my observation as well. As for the color, I'd give her a roll but I wouldn't want to marry her.

130C/270F should be fine on a modern synthetic.

[eric@helix]

True. It wasn't the temp, but the rate of increase with that volume and speed of air. When doing a dyno pull, you see that kind of action but you don't have 300kph air moving across the front of the car.

[Singletrack]

Originally Posted by eric@helix

True. It wasn't the temp, but the rate of increase with that volume and speed of air. When doing a dyno pull, you see that kind of action but you don't have 300kph air moving across the front of the car.

I agree it is a big increase, but the engine is literally being pushed to the limit . If it were my car, and I were doing that all the time, I would want to keep it below 260F personally. Little oil cooler improvement? I also wonder if that is a real oil gauge or some extrapolation off the coolant, etc.

But oil temps rise pretty damn fast, as do EGT, on most turbo cars as I'm sure you know. Plus, you usually do not run such high speeds on the dyno...

[Fugly M3]

So basically what this means is that with any old tune that yields about 400hp and removes the top speed limiter, one of our N54 cars is capable of approx 190mph. good to know!

[335 oClock]

so dumb and ugly.. this can't be from alpina

[The_Bear_Yid]

I'm really undecided on this. Definitely looks a lot better in white. Would like to see a comparative review against an M3 if they're evenly priced. The torque figure is beastly, I'd like to see its 100mph times against an M3 as their 0-60 are similar. That extra torque must come in to play somewhere if it can put it down.

[MoeM3Power]

I like Alpina but B7 is only one of my favorite.. Why need the D3, the ///M3 is way better..

[edirtaynine]

alpina b7 = badass
everything else alpina = not really

[f3d]

Aside from wanting those wheels, how do I get the flashing AE?

[serge]

Originally Posted by SHOWTIME

I doubt it actually hit 192mph with only 408hp...

+1

Need more than 408hp to achieve 190+ mph. BMW speedometers are highly inaccurate. 192 indicated equals 175-177 mph.

BTW, ugliest E92 ever

[jm3as]

this will give you the nervous poops

http://www.wickedhype.com/videos/det...gh-Way-Traffic