The 2008 Alpina B7 is a automobile that calls for consideration. A power to be reckoned with, it has a status for being costly to restore and preserve, not to mention restore. Maybe that is why this video on the M539 Restorations YouTube channel appears like a homecoming in additional methods than one.
Over a 12 months in the past, Sreten purchased the 2008 Alpina B7 he calls a “big examine engine mild” for $4,000. Based mostly on the E65 BMW 7 Sequence, the 2008 Alpina B7 options extra aggressive bodywork, together with 21-inch wheels, a deeper entrance air dam, aspect skirts, and rear valence. However the true modifications lurk beneath. Along with the beauty modifications, it will get a revised suspension and extra aggressive brakes, all of that are essential to reign within the 500-horsepower supercharged 4.4-liter V8.
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A basket case Alpina B7 rivals the V10-powered E60 BMW M5 for its capacity to bankrupt its house owners. Sreten’s B7 required a whole engine rebuild and different intensive mechanical repairs. If that wasn’t sufficient, he launched into a full inside and exterior refurbishment. Over the course of 18 movies on his YouTube channel, we see his trials and tribulations as he slowly restores the Alpina B7, making it roadworthy as soon as once more.
To have a good time, Sreten takes the Alpina B7 again to the manufacturing facility in Buchloe, Germany. He meets with Andreas Bovensipen, Alpina’s CEO, and excursions the manufacturing facility. Later Bovensipen takes the B7 for a spin on the autobahn as they talk about the automaker’s motorsport heritage and its future. On the finish of the video, he lists the price of all of the repairs he accomplished on the B7. Together with the acquisition worth, the whole provides as much as an eyewatering $43,387.96 (39,589 euros).
For over 60 years, Alpina has made high-performance variations of BMW automobiles, together with the B7, which was discontinued final 12 months. The specialty automaker remained impartial till just lately when BMW acquired it. Alpine plans to proceed manufacturing automobiles and SUVs by means of 2025, together with the B3, D4, and XB7.