While you are waiting for the next BMW M5, based on the new 5 Series, to arrive there is a way to satisfy your suprfast 5er needs. This is it, the 2017 BMW Alpina B5 Bi-Turbo, and it is so good – at least on paper – that there doesn’t seem to be a need for an M5 anymore.
The handsome and extremely classy 2017 BMW Alpina B5 Bi-Turbo comes with pretty much as power as the next M5 is expected to have. It packs a 4.4 litre V8 engine with Bi-Turbo charging and an output of 608 horsepower and 800 Nm of torque, sent to the rear or all of the wheels via an 8-Speed Sport-Automatic transmission with ALPINA SWITCH-TRONIC. This system give the B5 a pulverizing 0 to 100 km/h acceleration time of 3.5 seconds and top speed of 325 km/h.
Available as Salon and Touring, the 2017 BMW Alpina B5 Bi-Turbo also excels in terms of design and equipment. Granted, it doesn’t look as naughty as an M5, but with the classic Alpina cues all over the body, and the all-important Alpina 20 inch Classic wheels, it looks more than good enough. The car also gets for the first time active rear-wheel steering (Integral Active Steering) complementing the electronically controlled dampers for excellent handling.
Alpina B5 List of Equipment:
- Active Air Stream Kidney Grille
- Active Guard
- Air conditioning, automatic with four-zone control
- Airbags – front, side and head airbags, passenger airbag deactivation
- Alarm system
- ALPINA Sport Suspension incl. Adaptive Drive und Integral Active Steering
- Ambient interior lighting
- BMW Emergency Call
- Chrome Line Exterior
- Comfort seats, front with electric adjustment and memory function
- Control Display – 10.25″ colour display screen with Touch-function
- Cruise control with brake function
- Door sill finishers ALPINA, illuminated
- Drive Performance Control with ECO PRO-, COMFORT-, SPORT- and ADAPTIVE mode
- Dynamic Stability Control (DSC) incl. Dynamic Brake Control (DBC) and Dynamic Traction Control (DTC)
- Enhanced Bluetooth with wireless charging
- Exhaust system ALPINA, stainless steel, with double-ended tailpipes
- Exterior mirrors – folding, automatically dimming
- First aid kit and warning triangle
- Floor mats ALPINA
- Front spoiler ALPINA
- Headlight wash
- Hi-Fi loudspeaker system
- Instruments ALPINA, Multifunctional Instrument panel
- Interior trim: ALPINA luxury wood Myrtle
- LED foglights, front
- LED Headlights
- Lumbar support for driver and front passenger
- Navigation Package ConnectedDrive
- Paintwork: metallic paintwork in standard BMW colours
- Park Distance Control (PDC), front and rear
- Production plaque
- Rain sensor with automatic headlight activation
- Rear spoiler ALPINA
- Rear valance ALPINA with two double-ended tailpipes
- Seat heating, front
- Sport Automatic Transmission (8-speed) with ALPINA SWITCH-TRONIC
- Steering wheel: SWITCH-TRONIC sport leather steering wheel with Multi-function
- Through-loading
- Tyre Pressure Monitoring
- Upholstery: Nappa leather
- Wheels: ALPINA CLASSIC 20
