r/Alpina

NOTICE FOR THE ORIGINAL POST - This is for people who saw the original post. I had deleted the post because it went from the actual topic with people saying ‘do what you want‘, to people arguing that my car is up-badged. There was also arguments that ALPINA stopped accepting customer cars ever since the 80’s. Thanks for pointing that out. The seller had told me that the original owner bought the car brand new and allegedly ‘forgot to licence it’ because he was busy doing other stuff. No, the truth is: (this is about the TRUE story of the car) The person couldn’t licence it but was able to purchase modifications from ALPINA such as the Katalysator/Catalytic Converter, transmission, wheels, seat, etc.

Follow up to Present: Because the car isn’t a true licensed ALPINA but technically is at the same time, to help make it a pure ALPINA without a licensing VIN, I’ve been purchasing modifications such as the Bumper Bar, badge for the steering wheel, coolant, performance chips, etc. My car is a grand tourer (GT), but can still output a decent performance. So my car is an E31 850i (ALPINA B12 5.0 Coupé Catalytic Modified) and by the “B12”, you’d know it’s a 5L V12. I have ambitions the car can get 400-500hp at its best. And so I may consider adding twin-turbos to the vehicle. I thought of the Rolls-Royce Phantom, a luxury performance car with a twin-turbo V12. In order for me to make sure the slack is cut if I DO put on the twin-turbos, I will try and put in an ALPINA bi-turbo. It makes sense, doesn’t it? ALPINA performance inside ALPINA performance? It could, if not would absolutely make an ultimate machine.

Take two. So, this raises the question? Is it Blasphemy, or not?