New Alpina B3 BiTurbo

Scania · 15 Jul 2007 at 21:03

I've been surprised as to the number of Alpina D3's I've seen when out & about!

Not a true Alpina though, imo.

Wrong fuel type.

Dr House · 15 Jul 2007 at 21:04

PMKeates said:
There's been a press-release about the 135i.

BMW are saying 306ps, 400Nm, 0-62 in 5.3s, 155mph and 31mpg combined.

As i have said before this car will be an Absolute weapon, a quick remap and five hundred quid later you will have a car that will 60 in sub five seconds.

Morba · 15 Jul 2007 at 21:06

Paras said:
As i have said before this car will be an Absolute weapon, a quick remap and five hundred quid later you will have a car that will 60 in sub five seconds.

indeed you did, we all thought you were mad iirc

its like the 335d, a quick remap and you have 350bhp and 700nm torque!

Dr House · 15 Jul 2007 at 21:29

Morba said:
indeed you did, we all thought you were mad iirc

its like the 335d, a quick remap and you have 350bhp and 700nm torque!

LOL yah a few people said they will never make the car. It will give the S3 a good run for its money, I have test driven 130i a couple of times, its really good fun.

Bennah · 15 Jul 2007 at 21:32

I saw a new 3 series coupe yesterday. It were black and looked stunning from the front. Had to be a sport of some sorts as it looked miles better than the normal 3 series that I dont find good to look at.

The_Dark_Side · 15 Jul 2007 at 23:20

Burned_Alive said:
I really wish they'd put some effort into redesigning the Alpina wheels, those multispokes looked good in their day, but now they just look really dated.

that's a very fair comment IMHO.

Paras said:
LOL yah a few people said they will never make the car.

i remember reading posts from those very members.

[TW]Fox · 15 Jul 2007 at 23:34

Paras said:
LOL yah a few people said they will never make the car.

Technically speaking - they are not. It's available only in the new Coupe isnt it?

Where it weighs the same as my 530i, so it's hardly going to be the pocket rocket you think of when you think 1 Series and Twin Turbo. Still very fast, but... not quite so impressive or tempting.

PMKeates · 15 Jul 2007 at 23:56

[TW]Fox said:
Technically speaking - they are not. It's available only in the new Coupe isnt it?

Where it weighs the same as my 530i, so it's hardly going to be the pocket rocket you think of when you think 1 Series and Twin Turbo. Still very fast, but... not quite so impressive or tempting.

How is the 135i going to weigh 1605kg, when a 130i weighs 1450kg? I'd imagine it weighing something around 1500kg.

Morba · 16 Jul 2007 at 00:00

PMKeates said:
How is the 135i going to weigh 1605kg, when a 130i weighs 1450kg? I'd imagine it weighing something around 1500kg.

it will be in the 1'er coupe, which has not been released yet. you are quoting the weight of the hatch

[TW]Fox · 16 Jul 2007 at 00:04

PMKeates said:
How is the 135i going to weigh 1605kg, when a 130i weighs 1450kg?

Becuase the 130i is a hatchback and the 135i is the new Coupe which has a quoted weight of 1550kg.

PMKeates · 16 Jul 2007 at 00:04

Morba said:
it will be in the 1'er coupe, which has not been released yet. you are quoting the weight of the hatch

Which is going to be virtually identical, if not exactly identical from the figures BMW give.