BMW ALPINA B7 Bi-Turbo LWB World Debut in Tokyo [Video]

By Zack Newmark
October 22, 2009 6:06 PM
Filed Under: BMW, German, Tuners

Alpina has introduced a new, long-wheelbase version of the BMW Alpina B7 Bi-Turbo at the Tokyo Motor Show. The B7 Bi-Turbo LWB joins the D3 Bi-Turbo at the company's stand in Tokyo.

The B7 Bi-Turbo comes with a 507 horsepower 4.4-liter V8 engine that produces up to 700 Nm of torque. The long wheelbase version will likely not hit the 4.7-second 0-100 km/h mark set by the standard unit. Helping the engine generate more power are two large turbocharges mated to a tuned intercooler. Power is reigned in with a ZF six-speed automatic transmission.

The company also announced that their 3,000th unit ever produced is en route to Tokyo, set for delivery exactly thirty years after their first delivery in Japan. To date, over 300 Alpina-made 7er cars have been sent to Tokyo.

Our apologies for the lack of sound in the video above.

Press Release (Click to expand)

ALPINA celebrates a trio of anniversaries at the 41st Tokyo Motor Show

This will be the 20th Tokyo Motor Show that ALPINA, in partnership with its Japanese importer of over three decades, NICOLE Automobiles, has partaken in with its own exhibition stand.

The first car that was delivered to Japan in 1979, a BMW ALPINA B7 Turbo, is still being driven to this day. Chance has it that the 3000th car bound for Tokyo left the factory gates this year, after precisely 30 years.

Furthermore, the new ALPINA flagship, the BMW ALPINA B7 Bi-Turbo long-wheelbase, will be officially shown to the public for the very first time. This is were it the numbers get even more curious because it turns out ALPINA has altogether delivered 330 7 Series to Japan.

Also shown will be the BMW ALPINA D3 Bi-Turbo, in itself quite remarkable because it is the first clean performance diesel that is available in the Japanese market, a market in which diesel engines could, up to now, only be found in trucks.

Enough reasons hence for ALPINA to again be present at the Tokyo Motor Show,

especially considering that the turn out of other European manufacturers is very thin indeed – with Lotus being the only other one

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Tags: BMW ALPINA B7 Bi-Turbo, BMW ALPINA B7 Bi-Turbo LWB

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Comments

GRAVE

October 22, 2009 6:55 PM

This kit is exactlly the same as the 08 Alpina 750, nothing new in the styling, but the engine is great.

tom43

October 22, 2009 9:05 PM

What are you talking about? This is the all new Alpina B7 based on the F01 with long-wheel base. The short-wheel based F01 was presented in Geneva in Spring 09. The F01 is different from the E65 B7 engine. It´s based on the new V8 bi-turbo of the 750i... BTW: the new rims look great!!!

Edited by user on October 22, 2009 at 9:06 PM