The Alpina B10 Bi-Turbo, made its debut at the Geneva auto show in 1989.
It is the fastest Alpina ever built with a top speed of 300 kilometers an hour! Even 11 years after the release of the B10 Bi-Turbo it’s still the second fastest car in BMW’s production history. The only other BMW that can beat it is the B12 5.7 Coupe. Much to the dismay of the makers of the Ferrari 348 Testarossa the B10 twin-turbo has both a higher top speed and faster acceleration. Even though the B10 Bi-Turbo was built for 5 years, only a mere 507 ever rolled off the assembly line, and the vast majority of those have remained in Europe.
BMW created a highly refined inline 6 motor, making it extremely smooth and powerful. They added twin Garrett T25 turbo chargers that work together so well turbo lag has been virtually eliminated. Getrag designed a 5 speed manual transmission to compliment it’s 100 horsepower per litre engine. Naturally with so much available power and speed BMW also paid extra special attention to the braking system and incorporated robust Lucas-Girling four pot fixed caliper brakes, ventilated brake discs and of course ABS.
BMW also created new Mahle pistons, new valves and camshafts, a new intake and exhaust system. and intercooler’s for the turbochargers. The exterior and interior of the car were also newly designed. There are front and rear spoilers, Recaro sport seats, a hand-stitched leather steering wheel, and a whole slew of dials ranging from boost pressure to oil temperature gauges.
$50,000
