Not only that, but their chassis and engines are also used by other manufacturers to create their own record breaking machines. Such manufacturers include the Wiesmann and Alpina, to name just two.

BMW specialist Alpina has announced the introduction of the brand new D3 Biturbo. Based on the new BMW 3 Series, the D3 Biturbo comes with 350 HP, 700 Nm of torque and claims to be the world’s fastest ...

Alina has been enthusiastic about vehicles her entire life, and even from an early age found herself itching to get behind the wheel. Through high school and college, she could be found reading ...

BMW-tuner Alpina ripped the turbodiesel out of a 1-series, tuned it and dropped it in a 3-series. The result? Try 0-to-60 MPH in 6.9 seconds and 45 MPG (US). Best known in the US for the Alpina B7, ...

To the average passerby, there's nothing particularly special about this red BMW E90 sedan offered for sale right now in New Jersey. To most, it simply looks like an aging German luxury car in a ...

Leave it to BMW's most pinstripe-stickered tuner to come up with a car just for automotive journalists. That's right: Alpina has built a diesel BMW 3-series sedan and wagon duo and has taken them to ...

I had this feeling when I once suggested driving an Austin Maxi from London to the Sahara Desert for a TV show, then went to pick up the Maxi and looked at it. It squatted there in a driveway in ...

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Following the debut of the gasoline-powered B3 late last year, Alpina Automobiles has now unveiled the diesel-powered D3 S. Available both in Sedan and Touring body styles, the Alpina D3 S should, in ...

345 horsepower. 516 pound-feet of torque. Zero to 62 mph in 4.5 seconds. 54 combined miles per gallon. These are the numbers behind the new Alpina D3 Bi-Turbo, the magical and insanely powerful diesel ...

Earlier this year, Alpina unveiled its B3 Bi-Turbo at the Geneva Motor Show, and now the in-house BMW tuner will debut a diesel-powered version of that same car at the upcoming Frankfurt Motor Show in ...

Even though the most impressive figure associated with this car is the 0 to 60 time, the 516 lb-ft of torque is nothing to laugh at either. The D3 is capable of 173 mph. On roads where drivers can ...