ALpina, a Car Production Company in Bavaria, Germany, is also an independent car manufacturer, but more often than not, it is also considered a modification plant for BMW models. Just a few days ago, BMW also officially received this car brand under its own name, although the two manufacturers have a history of cooperation for more than 50 years, but the acquisition of ALpina by BMW is also the opening of a new chapter for the two brands. The ALpina brand, which is about to become a member of BMW, is also stepping up the manufacture of its own new products. A few days ago, the ALpina brand also released a new model through its official Facebook - this car is ALpina B4 Gran Coupe. Although there is no detailed explanation, it is clear from the details.
As early as August last year, many foreign media exposed spy photos of this new model. The exposure of the trailer this time indicates that this car is getting closer and closer to us. Although the date of release is not mentioned in the official trailer, the words "Empowered Elegance" next to the trailer also explain the design of this car must be extremely elegant. As can be seen from the trailer, the new car has an extremely delicate taillight design, as well as the lip-shaped tail wing of the trunk, which shows the elegance and refinement of this car. In addition, it is worth mentioning that there is a link in the official trailer, and after clicking into it, you can get more of the latest content and information of ALpina in it.
As early as before, we have seen the ALpina B4 Gran Coupe spy photo, in the spy photo we can see that this car is based on the BMW 4 Series Gran Coupe to create a new car, which will be equipped with a 462 horsepower and peak torque 700 N·m 3.0TT twin-turbo six-cylinder engine, and matched with an 8-speed automatic transmission, this power system is also a continuation of the B3 Gran Coupe power system. It is reported that this new car will become an M4 Gran Coupe that BMW will not produce.
Speaking of ALpina, we have to talk about the history of its brand, as early as 1970, this brand has been in the first appearance of motorsport, to 1983, this brand is also recognized by more car brands with its own strength, after that, the BMW brand is also more and more close cooperation with ALpina, and the biggest difference between the ALpina brand and bmw M is that it reduces more attention to performance and pays more attention to performance and luxury. Its current products are also very rich, and the extended models based on BMW's 5 Series, 6 Series and 7 Series models are also very popular in the global market.
BMW's acquisition of ALpina has made many BMW fans very mobile, after all, ALpina, as the royal modification factory of the BMW brand, was once a brand sought after by BMW fans, and it is also a new member after MINI and Rolls-Royce. This time, BMW's acquisition of ALpina is very likely to be like the relationship between Mercedes-Benz and AMG, and then vigorously develop ALpina models, and in the electrification transformation, ALpina will also have a larger share in BMW's camp.