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BMW Alpina B3 Biturbo Coupe: maturity apparatus

Alpina turboprojects began with fives and six BMW sample 1978 Tuningers from the Bavarian city of Bukloe, without waiting for a 30-year anniversary, a year ago presented a new Alpina B3 Biturbo in Geneva, created on the basis of the BMW 335i compartment. The Swabian shell came to us for the test just for the holiday.
Yes, Alpina B3 Biturbo is worth waiting ... Personally, this truth opened to me long before my personal acquaintance with B3; After long reflection on the topic of how tuningers managed to build a BMW M3 antagonist, having a in -line six, not V8. Emka 60 liters. With. more powerful (420 versus 360 in Alpina); Its engine is more than a liter (4.0 versus 3.0.), But acceleration to a hundred of both cars occupies identical 4.8 s!
But the torque is much higher for B3: 500 Nm versus 400 nm at the BMW M3. However, such a comparison is not enough: both M3 and B3 are able to drive the speedometer arrow much further than 100, 200 and even 250 km/h. Therefore, there are other numbers: Alpina drives a kilometer of the path from a place for 23.5 C. At the same time, the BMW M3 does the same for 23.3 s. That is, the two M3 and B3 starting simultaneously at the same time will rush the nostril in the nostril, and only at the last hundred -meter of the BMW nose will break off a half -corps forward.
But when the M3 speedometer indicates 250, its tachometer sharply stoops the arrow in place, and the growing sound of the ongoing acceleration will be replaced by unpleasant, invariably monotonous buzzing. Cutting
Meanwhile, the Alpina B3 will fly by, in which the limiter is removed, and then nothing will prevent the compartment from Bukloe to develop its 285 km/h.
Finally, a personal acquaintance has come. Here it is, the BMW Alpina B3 Biturbo Coupe (sounds like a noble title, right?) Traditional blue (Alpina's branded colors Blue and green) Blau Metallic blue metallic. There is no more sense in straining the imagination and theorizing on the confrontation of rivalry B3 and M3, in -line six and V8, good and evil, only never seen the BMW will not be able to distinguish BMW from Alpina.
B3 is guessed by branded wheels with rubber Michelin 245/40 ZR 18. By the way, each such wheel costs about 120,000 rubles, and the kit is like a new golf-class car. Alpina’s front is easy to distinguish by a massive bumper with mesh air intakes and pronounced cutters, on the side, except wheels, thresholds, and behind the spoiler visor on the edge of the trunk and two pairs (instead of one in 335i) mufflers.
In the interior, as expected, immodest. Leather interior, wooden inserts, IDRive joystick with a large monitor; Above my head is a sign with the Alpina logo and the inscription manufacturer of exclusive cars, as well as the serial number of this B3 067.
By the way, there are a lot of autographs of the author in the interior: a stamp on wooden panels of the torpedo finish, a logo on rugs and, of course, on the steering wheel, Alpina on the instrument panel and on the inner thresholds, so, forget, at the wheel of which car you are, is simply impossible.
Sit so that you could stick to the car and not jump out of the chair in corners, it was possible before the intervention of Alpina. Such noticeable lateral support as here, you will not meet in civilian models. No wonder, because here she really needs it!
Price
Alpina cars are set in euros. Dealers count them into rubles at the Central Bank course on the day of purchase. At a course of 36.00 rubles per euro B3 Biturbo, 2,696,400 rubles will cost. This amount includes ABS with a stability control system when passing CBC turns, DSC stabilization system, DBC braking system, inflatable driver and passenger airbags, climate control, dynamic cruise, heating and anterior seats, radio cd, bixenon headlights, rain sensor, interior decoration, aerodynamic body kit Alpina
The list of additional options is wide and diverse. For example, to paint a car in corporate blue metallic 90,756 rubles, and in green metallic 114 012 rubles. Velor rugs will cost 13,500 euros, and a sports steering wheel with a blue-green stitching 18,144 rubles. For the High End BMW Individual acoustic system, you need to pay 97 920 rubles, and for the Navigation system Professional 115 200 euros.
The car provided for the test costs about 3 420 200 rubles.
It doesn’t matter what the transfer is turned on: at least the first, at least the sixth. It is worth drowning the floor gas pedal by groping a small button with your foot in the floor, as a mighty kick in the back will follow. You feel like a football at the feet of Roberto Carlos, with only one exception: a shell from the Brazilian’s leg accelerates to 120 km/h, but I will accelerate much faster in 10 s.
The first ten such accelerations are indescribable, but some time later you get used to it and begin to perceive the riot of Newton-meters B3 as something granted.
However, the charm of Alpina is also in its versatility; The fact that B3 is perfect as a car for every day, and not only for traffic lights or highways. Although it is difficult to argue with the fact that she is best for her to drive
However, B3 Biturbo is ideal for measured driving. You roll yourself, while you manage to catch the surprised and sometimes enthusiastic views of passers -by. Surprisingly, right? The owners of M3 are definitely not used to this. And all because the engine in B3 is connected to the wheels of an automatic checkpoint, and in BMW mechanics with hard clutch!
Although Alpina has weak sides compared to M3. For example, the absence of any rear differential. This somewhat worsens the craving on slippery surfaces and excludes the most powerful controlled slides, due to which the number of fans of the new M3 is constantly growing. However, this can be considered a good indicator of the maturity of a typical driver b-third
 
Comparative characteristics
MBMW 335i Alpina B3 B3bo BMW M3 Coupe
Start of sales in Russia, g 2007 2008 2008
Engines, l (l. P.) 3.0 (306) 3.0 (360) 4.0 (420)
Torque, NM 400 500 400
Acceleration to 100 km/h, from 5.5 4.8 4.8
Maximum speed, km/h 250 275 250
Fuel consumption, l. (city/ highway) 14.3/ 6.7 14.6/ 7.5 17.9/ 9.2
price, rub. from 1,872,000 from 2 696 400 from 2 655 000
 
 
The car is provided by Eurosib Lakhta by the official dealer Alpina.
Text: Alexander Korobchenko
Photo: Roman Zubko

 
 

 

 

A source: Wheel magazine [October 2008]