At the auto show opens tomorrow Goodwood Festival of Speed German company Alpina, engaged in fine-tuning the model number of BMW, will officially present the model B5 Biturbo, but the first pictures of its new products, built on the base 5-Series, the company decided to publish one day before the festival.
In the engine compartment Alpina B5 Biturbo engineers placed the 4.4-liter turbocharged engine V8, which is equipped sedan B7. The power unit, paired with an advanced automatic transmission, eight-ZF, develops 500 hp and almost 700 Nm of torque at 3000 rpm. Sedan "off" before the first "hundreds" of 4.7 seconds, its maximum speed reaches 305 km / hour.
The cost of the car has not yet formally named, but, writes Autocar, price Alpina B5 Biturbo be around £ 70,000. In selling the first copies of the sedan will appear in the autumn.
In the autumn should pass and the world presentation of car BMW M5. According to unconfirmed reports, new product will equip the engine with two turbines of about 600 hp, docked with the seven-transmission with two clutches. Step up to the first "hundred" the sedan takes about 4.4 seconds.