BMW Alpina Cars
Alpina started from selling tuning kits for existing cars of different brands (in 1961) and within a little more than a year – exclusively for BMW cars. Today, as a result of constant support and collaboration with the mother company, Alpina has become the most important addition to the BMW production range. Alpina cars are luxurious BMW’s tuned to be still faster, with limiters removed. As a result you receive a comfortable convertible like Alpina B6S going no less than 313 km/h (195 miles p. hour). We love these cars.
First BMW ALPINA’s – BMW 1500 ALPINA
it is commonly accepted that a BMW 1500 from 1962 has been the first Alpina tuned car but there were also cars of other brands tuned;
next year – in 1963, Burkard Bovensiepen, son of Dr. Rudolf Bovensiepen (founder of Alpina office machines firm) developed a tuning kit with dual Weber carburetors, which dramatically improved performances of then very popular in Germany BMW 1500, the kit price was 980 DM; later the kit for BMW 1800 has been also issued;
Alpina Cars firm has been officially established on January 1, 1965 and since Alpina tuning kits were certified by BMW therefore they were not making the BMW factory guarantee invalid
Alpina typewriter from ca. 1957 (photo from Typewriters Illustrated Encyclopedia) Alpina kit for the BMW 1500 in a box <<< tuned BMW 1500 in action <<<<Alpina engine head in BMW 1500 – 1964
BMW 1600 ALPINA
the Alpina tuned BMW 1600
< the kit << the motor after improvement (picture from http://www.bmw-02-club.de )