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The test workshop is where prototype and pre-series vehicles are built by hand. Low-temperature tests are carried out in Colorado, the Alps as well as our climatic chamber, while hot-country tests take place under the extreme conditions of the Middle East and Death Valley USA. Release for series production is possible only when all testing has been completed successfully.

The sophisticated engineering centre enables our engineers to fulfill highly demanding technical requirements within ever-tighter limits and time frames. Five engine test bays and an exhaust emission dynamometer featuring the latest analysis technology, enable our engineers to live up to all and any requirements. In order to simulate real-life situations an engine is going to face during its lifetime, we have a climate test chamber as well as virtualised race track programmes.

Our upholstery and saddlery workshop creates the finest upholsteries with utmost love for detail. Almost limitless wishes can be fulfilled here.

Liners, seams, stitchings and embossments can be combined into any desired elegant and customised combination. The all-wheel-drive performance sedan will become the second Alpina model to go on sale in the United States, where it will be joining the larger, 7 Series-based B7. Any rational person would bet heavily on the lighter Challenger, but there is on small exception about the nearly 4,pound competitor Now, that seems like a fair challenge, but that weight difference is a tough one to overcome.

So, here we have two Vpowered cars; one is a coupe that is built to go fast and the other is a comfortable saloon that also has a little muscle behind it. Now things are looking a little better matched So, who wins: raw American muscle or the nearly horsepower luxury rig that is at a pound disadvantage?

Watch the above video to find out. You expect something like this from Alpina, especially when you take into account its history of building some of the nastiest programs for BMW vehicles. It has some subtle yet effective aero updates, an awesome performance modification and added work done on the chassis and suspension of the sports coupe. See more after the jump. He took the car up to an impressive top speed of mph, just 2 mph under the top speed announced by Alpina.

This engine sprints the car from 0 to 60 mph in just 4. The only downside to the B3 GT3 program is that Alpina will only build 99 units of it, but there may be some left to snatch up. Well, now it looks like the Geneva Motor Show is going to be the stage for the touring version of the Alpina B5 Bi-Turbo to make its debut.

Not a lot of information was bared on what kind of aerodynamic changes the station wagon is going to come with, but we do know that it will offer the same powertrain as that of the sedan version, which will be a 4. The only difference - albeit a pretty small one - is that the sedan version posts a slightly faster mph time - 4.

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