Before the Alpina line-up is discontinued in international and the brand becomes a part of BMW officially – as per an agreement in 2022 between the tuner and the German company – Alpina has taken the wraps off its most powerful model, the B8 GT. Likely to be its last model as a standalone tuner, the Alpina B8 GT is based on the BMW 8 Series Gran Coupe and comes with an uprated version of 4.4-litre V8 engine.
- Alpina B8 GT gets 634hp and 850Nm of torque
- Claimed 0-100kph time of 3.3 seconds
- Limited run of 99 units
The Alpina B8 GT is powered by BMW’s 4.4-litre twin-turbo V8 petrol engine that makes 634hp at 5,500-6,500rpm, and 850Nm of peak torque between 3,500-5000rpm. Interestingly, the output figure is 1hp less than the M5 CS, and the B8 GT is just 0.4 seconds slower to sprint from 0-100kph than BMW’s sporty four-door sedan. Alpina also claims a 0-200kph time of 10.5 seconds, and a top speed of 330kph. The tuning brand says that the ZF-sourced 8-speed automatic gearbox has been tweaked to handle the extra torque.
Alpina says that production of the B8 GT is capped at 99 units, and only 20 will get a dual-tone paint scheme that combines a blue or green finish with a contrasting black. All units will sport a subtle carbon fiber body kit, including a more prominent rear diffuser, forged 21-inch alloys wheels, bespoke Pirelli P Zero tyres, special badges, a leather and wood interior, and a metal insert in the cup holder bearing Burkard Bovensiepen's signature. Alpina's founder, Bovensiepen, passed away in October 2023 at the age of 87.
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