Too bad the engine design is junk. BMW hasn't figured out how to fix a simple oiling issue inside the engine. Seriously would you want to spend $ 160,000 for a vehicle that starts developing engine issues around 30,000 miles? Buy a Japanese luxury vehicle and get your money's worth. Anything German built is a disaster.
When people eyeing for a BMW they aren't as concerned about the maintenance cost as most, they usually aware eventually they would spend another $60,000 for the $160,000 car. It is truth that Japanese vehicle are way more economical, but they are never as fun to drive tho.
Super documentary! As a proud owner of an Alpina D3 nr.460 for close to a month now i can attest these cars are an absolute joy to ride! Puts a smile on your face every time!
This full documentary about how Alpina started her career, is a dream to see and hear. I'm so overjoyed that they did it. And a big thank you to everyone who made it possible.
I grew up in a BMW family. I always thought that BMW's sportiest models such as the M cars were at the pinnacle. I was of the opinion "why would you want to deface and modify an already beautiful BMW?" I think that this documentary has well and truly changed my opinion on this now. What an awesome car!
That’s why we love the German engineering. Definitely love and remember the old team which showed the new young guys what real engineering is. Love and will always remember that day
@@denzidk5628 Define a tuner, several German vehicle enhancers are also registered vehicle manufacturers. For example, Alpina, Brabus, Oettinger, Abt…. etc. AMG was also an enhancer and registered vehicle manufacturer before they were purchased by Daimler and became part if Mercedes Benz. So when does a tuner stop being a tuner and become something else?
@@rolandsuch The company, based in Buchloe in the Ostallgäu district, has been registered as an official automobile manufacturer at the Federal Motor Transport Authority in Flensburg since 1983.
Well done documentary. This finally answers the question, is Alpina just a 'tuning shop' or an actual manufacturer that partners with BMW!! Now the question is get an Alpina BMW or a car from the M sport division of BMW??
Very well done! Surprised I didn't see this sooner. I really don't like bmw at this point in time due to the styling,and I hate SUVs but I do like the alpina!
Noticed NO Alplina made no AC/Radiator and other coolers attached to the motor test stations at all, so making a larger radiator,cooling for auto transmission etc etc, plus A/C is it on or off and where does the A/C air go to? Is it tested at all, ?
Yes, I agree: all other countries need to stop being such speed-fascists and give their people the freedom which we can see from Germany's example works so well and in fact isn't dangerous despite what authoritarian leaders lie to us about it. (Oh, and Isle of Man as well, though there they don't have motorways, there roads outside villages have no speed limit.)
Automakers should make a program that can be used during the Real Driving Emissions and other tests that allows engineers to drive around on a game like Forza, Gran Turismo or any driving game for consoles or PC and transfers that driving data to the vehicle being tested where it replicates those commands in real time. If they just had an open world game design with random traffic patterns and they could just drive around, even Grand Theft Auto would work, it would probably give them the most reliable testing and data they could hope for. Plus it would make these guy’s jobs a lot more fun.
Als Alpina Fahrer vermisse ich den B5 Touring in der Doku. Ein Alpina kauft man doch hauptsächlich um schnell und sicher mit Gepäck von A nach B zu kommen.
@13:05 It's impressive how his wheeling a BMW X7 with one hand like you would steer a suitcase at the airport....thats crazy. Didn't even know such a jack existed. With that type of jack aka electric forklift you don't need a tow truck in the event your vehicle breaks down. It be so comical dragging your broken down car on the shoulder lane in a busy highway.
What new air ducts for the brakes, it goes directly though the front cooler for the transmission or auto, still a water with coolant in it, thus the airflow would be around the 50 degree mark, but then again in Germany the heat in summer is not that hot, like to see the versions they make for the UAE ,which is over 50 degree c most days basically driving you 7 serries BMW in the desert everyday?
You don’t want to smash that front bumper 7:56 . Must cost a fortune to fix and even a hustle to get the parts. Still an awesome looking machine though. 😁👍
Thanks for doc video. I have 2017 B6 and I love it. It makes me proud to own rare piece of a true luxury car, though I have 2014 Mercedes E350 cabrio too. Let me know when you do another video on Alpina.
That's no normal BMW. This 7-Series model flies the Alpina flag. This vehicle manufacturer from southern Germany is one of the most exclusive automotive brands in the world, much of the tremendous power boost is already achieved at the BMW plants and the final assembly ultimately occurs at the factory in the Allgäu. A power symbiosis where the two horsepower blacksmiths both benefit. BMW and Alpina, it's a relationship that's already 55 years old. Established in the 1960s, the family business still builds luxury cars in small series to this day. Bavarian luxury cars with the driving dynamics of super sports cars, distinctive aerodynamics packages, high performance engines, powerful brake systems, 100 modified parts make series production models into exclusive racing machines. Many of Alpina's innovative developments were born on the racetrack and first road tested by motorsport legends.
Only criticism I have is all the added weight and spoilers creates more issues scraping, lower efficiency you'd think they would do the opposite with this type of customization
Currently eyeing a 2022 B7 .... watching this documentary makes me want it even more. Gotta appreciate the attention to detail and extra craftmanship.
Too bad the engine design is junk. BMW hasn't figured out how to fix a simple oiling issue inside the engine. Seriously would you want to spend $ 160,000 for a vehicle that starts developing engine issues around 30,000 miles?
Buy a Japanese luxury vehicle and get your money's worth. Anything German built is a disaster.
When people eyeing for a BMW they aren't as concerned about the maintenance cost as most, they usually aware eventually they would spend another $60,000 for the $160,000 car.
It is truth that Japanese vehicle are way more economical, but they are never as fun to drive tho.
Super documentary! As a proud owner of an Alpina D3 nr.460 for close to a month now i can attest these cars are an absolute joy to ride! Puts a smile on your face every time!
Mine is number 527 Alpina D3 saloon, Titanium silver metallic
Red leather sports seats
Totally stock.
@@ALPINA527 Very nice! Altough i like the look of the saloon better. I'm more for the practicality of my large trunk estate.
As a proud Alpina owner and stickler for attention to detail, I LOVE THE ALPINA TUNNING AND ASSEMBLY FAMILY! 🫠🫠🫠
This full documentary about how Alpina started her career, is a dream to see and hear. I'm so overjoyed that they did it. And a big thank you to everyone who made it possible.
"Her" career?
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It all started by a dream, and now the owners are living right next to the numerous workshops. What a story ! Thank you for sharing
Owner too, becouse cars are a pile of shit!
Hoovies MS... you're right.
@@ym-us2ck buy a lexus, than tell me is worse than a bmw.
@@ym-us2ck of horse you will not. Its too good for you. Drive a pile of shit. Its more apropiate for you.
@@ym-us2ck XD go vaccinate. Better for you :)
My absolute joy to watch this fantastic documentary!
I grew up in a BMW family. I always thought that BMW's sportiest models such as the M cars were at the pinnacle. I was of the opinion "why would you want to deface and modify an already beautiful BMW?" I think that this documentary has well and truly changed my opinion on this now. What an awesome car!
That’s why we love the German engineering. Definitely love and remember the old team which showed the new young guys what real engineering is. Love and will always remember that day
I’ve been looking forward to an Alpina documentary, and it’s finally here. It’s great!
Alpina and Brabus....just a two legendary tuners
Alpina is not a tuner
@@denzidk5628 Define a tuner, several German vehicle enhancers are also registered vehicle manufacturers. For example, Alpina, Brabus, Oettinger, Abt…. etc. AMG was also an enhancer and registered vehicle manufacturer before they were purchased by Daimler and became part if Mercedes Benz. So when does a tuner stop being a tuner and become something else?
@@rolandsuch The company, based in Buchloe in the Ostallgäu district, has been registered as an official automobile manufacturer at the Federal Motor Transport Authority in Flensburg since 1983.
@@denzidk5628 The other companies I mentioned are also registered with the KBA as vehicle manufacturers, some even before Alpina.
lol
I was just looking at Alpinas I can't afford a couple days ago. Very entertaining and well put together doc, thank you.
So glad I picked up my B11 Alpina a few years ago, such a joy to drive when I get the chance.
I thoroughly enjoyed watching this documentary. What a nice way to go back to Alpina's history.
Finally a car documentary 🙂😁😁😁😁 FINALLY! 🤝
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Dude i feel you😄
Iys not a car! It's an absolute pile of carbage.
1 year ago Welt uploaded Brabus
Did you miss the Porsche 911 documentary from Welt?
Many years ago I had a dream to have though one ALPINA. Now I have them 11 :). fantastic story , fantastic document regards for everyone.
great job on this....i just wish the 70s racing section was its own stand alone doc. I could watch a doc on the 70s Alpina teams all day.
Awesome channel, I'm a BMW fan, and this just explained so much of what I never knew about Alpina, BIG THANKS!!!
Wonderful cars. I never heard about ALPINA until today, what a cool story. The work WELD does is superv. Tbanks for sharing this.
What about AMG, RUF, BRABUS, MANTHEY or WIESMANN?
I had the pleasure of attending their 50th anniversary in 2015. Taking me there and still in my possession my B10 3.2 No 64. Thankyou Alpina
The best car documentary ever seen..
Alpina Model BMW are magnificent!
Wow that was Damn good documentary. Hoping to get a Beautiful B7.
Proud to live near Alpina headquarters 🙌🏼
As a Z
Wish i live there. In my country Uruguay cars are very expensive. And there are no Alpinas here 🤦
I who'd of put in a application
Great documentary. Really enjoyed learning about Alpina and their process of building high-end BMWs. Well done.
Well done documentary. This finally answers the question, is Alpina just a 'tuning shop' or an actual manufacturer that partners with BMW!! Now the question is get an Alpina BMW or a car from the M sport division of BMW??
I love my B7. Watching this video gave me a better understanding of the brand from inception to present day.
Great documentary. If only BMW can up reliability.
Ohh i have been waiting for such documentaries so long, this is the second after brabus documentary from welt. Love it 😊
Awesome! Can’t wait to see it!!!!
Nothing beats old fashion taping the "adhered" parts :))
Magic factory from Buchloe.. Respect for Alpina👍
Wow 🤩 We are waiting……
Another banger!!! Cant wait for a Mitsubishi docu
You are joking, right?
Great job
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That's why i subscribed this channel, but i had to wait a lot of time to watch a automotive documentary. Its ok..
Proud to own a B7
Gives me even more pride owning an XB7
It would be crazy to see if BMW and Alpina enter the Formula F1 together 🤯🤩
Thank you really nice car documentary.
BMW
Beast machine,s working
BMW be so clean I think it washes it self
Thanks to the company alpina
Very well done! Surprised I didn't see this sooner. I really don't like bmw at this point in time due to the styling,and I hate SUVs but I do like the alpina!
BMW one of the best.👍.
best bmw's on the road. i LOVE mine.
Hey WeLt, it's been a while for your updates. I have missed you
Great insight into the production, thanks!
Great content from Alter video
The new B7 vs the new S63 ,. Cant wait to see the showdown.
Beautiful machines!
Time for a trip overseas to do some shopping!
Noticed NO Alplina made no AC/Radiator and other coolers attached to the motor test stations at all, so making a larger radiator,cooling for auto transmission etc etc, plus A/C is it on or off and where does the A/C air go to? Is it tested at all, ?
These cars are only good for Germany since you cant drive them anywhere else as they were meant to be driven.
germany and America it seems. Big open roads and motorways to get the best from them.
Legally*
Yes, I agree: all other countries need to stop being such speed-fascists and give their people the freedom which we can see from Germany's example works so well and in fact isn't dangerous despite what authoritarian leaders lie to us about it. (Oh, and Isle of Man as well, though there they don't have motorways, there roads outside villages have no speed limit.)
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Automakers should make a program that can be used during the Real Driving Emissions and other tests that allows engineers to drive around on a game like Forza, Gran Turismo or any driving game for consoles or PC and transfers that driving data to the vehicle being tested where it replicates those commands in real time. If they just had an open world game design with random traffic patterns and they could just drive around, even Grand Theft Auto would work, it would probably give them the most reliable testing and data they could hope for. Plus it would make these guy’s jobs a lot more fun.
Alpina need to go back to racing 🏁
Definitely, they only offer expensive leather nowadays
I was lucky enough to have owned a B10 Bi-Turbo E34, the car had some modifications which took it to 530 bhp with over 1000nm of Torque
Finally a car documentary..... Plz post an english version for Rolls Royce 🇰🇪🇰🇪
Its my Dream Car. If God ready to offer this vehicle to me i will bow my head and it will get it. Thanks BMW
This is awesome
Als Alpina Fahrer vermisse ich den B5 Touring in der Doku. Ein Alpina kauft man doch hauptsächlich um schnell und sicher mit Gepäck von A nach B zu kommen.
Great Documentary!
Alpina is indeed an amaing car. As long as somebody else owns it.
What would you buy, Alpina B7 or a M760i?
Alpina B7 for me easy choice. M760I is nice. Alpina is just something special to me very rare car to see on the road.
這應該是近幾年以來，描述這家獨特車廠最豐富多彩的影片。
Outstanding legacy.....
Bmw is the best🚀 🏁🏁
@13:05 It's impressive how his wheeling a BMW X7 with one hand like you would steer a suitcase at the airport....thats crazy. Didn't even know such a jack existed.
With that type of jack aka electric forklift you don't need a tow truck in the event your vehicle breaks down.
It be so comical dragging your broken down car on the shoulder lane in a busy highway.
What new air ducts for the brakes, it goes directly though the front cooler for the transmission or auto, still a water with coolant in it, thus the airflow would be around the 50 degree mark, but then again in Germany the heat in summer is not that hot, like to see the versions they make for the UAE ,which is over 50 degree c most days basically driving you 7 serries BMW in the desert everyday?
You don’t want to smash that front bumper 7:56 . Must cost a fortune to fix and even a hustle to get the parts. Still an awesome looking machine though. 😁👍
Love my Alpina b7 but my front bumper lip got loose on the right side.. Currently getting it fixed under warranty
I would love if the cooler could be protected by some mesh bc it is exposed to stone impacts and that costs so much money.
One day I will be one of Alpina's customer
Thanks for doc video. I have 2017 B6 and I love it. It makes me proud to own rare piece of a true luxury car, though I have 2014 Mercedes E350 cabrio too. Let me know when you do another video on Alpina.
Superb
damn, i wasn't ready to see 1 guy pull the XB7 with only 1 hand that easy
That's no normal BMW. This 7-Series
model flies the Alpina flag.
This vehicle manufacturer from southern
Germany is one of the most exclusive
automotive brands in the world, much of
the tremendous power boost is already
achieved at the BMW plants and the final
assembly ultimately occurs at the factory
in the Allgäu.
A power symbiosis where the two horsepower
blacksmiths both benefit.
BMW and Alpina, it's a relationship that's already
55 years old.
Established in the 1960s, the family business still
builds luxury cars in small series to this day.
Bavarian luxury cars with the driving dynamics of
super sports cars, distinctive aerodynamics packages,
high performance engines, powerful brake systems,
100 modified parts make series production models
into exclusive racing machines. Many of Alpina's
innovative developments were born on the racetrack
and first road tested by motorsport legends.
the classic bmw reliability, now with more hp and twice the price.
Alpina..🫡🤝🏾🙏🏽🇿🇦
Your pronouncing of German names is perfect!
9:41 the man is listening to "pump it up" remix 🤣🤣
Alpina XB7 really nice
The best in Europe manu
It's Dingolfing, not Munich! I'm proud to be building them there :)
Gibt es das auch schon in Orginal nur auf Deutsch Sprache?
Hab auch schon angeschaut, aber es scheint bis jetzt nur auf Englisch online zu sein
Now it’s also available in German
Very beautiful place.
Look very nice. Now is it reliable? 7 series? ,🤔
👆👆
Still the best in my heart and will always be for me
👆👆
31:31 South Africa represent. 🇿🇦🇩🇪
What’s a Texhaust ?
My friend had a 2007 ....nice when new
Awsome
Looking at m359 I never want an alpine but nice documentary
*alpina
Nice
Has Sreten from @M539restorations seen this??
Just im goona say اللهم أرزقنا ياااا☝️ااارب
Is it better to just get the M760i V12 instead?
I think so and it should compete better against the M car for such a prestigious name like Alpina
Great story and craftmanship. But I'm still a Mercedes-Benz / AMG lover
Only criticism I have is all the added weight and spoilers creates more issues scraping, lower efficiency you'd think they would do the opposite with this type of customization
God I love Alpina, sure wish they had the G30 models available to us people in the US.
BMW PINA 😎😁🤩
Wow you were their in that day nice to meet you sir glad you made it threw
amazing