There is something strange about this Alpina B8 Gran Coupe. Normally, there is a pretty clear line between the all-powerful M and the more cruiser style B. But this time the roles are reversed. If you rise to a signal in BMW M8 Gran Coupe, the Alpina B8 next to you will do More power. It is wrong.
This is not always the case. If you get a BMW M8 Competition, you will drive a car with 617 horsepower. The average M8 is satisfied with a weak 600. This is certainly uncertain next to the B8’s 612.
Again, this is wrong! Alpinas should offer a simple distinction compared to the high-performance cars that BMW offers. BMW M cars have more power, Alpinas handle less power, but more torque. M cars are about to break the road. The alpines are approaching them. Sport versus comfort. Performance versus style. Prices are not even far away. A BMW M8 Gran Coupe starts at $ 130,000. An Alpina B8 Gran Coupe has five dollars out of $ 140,000.
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That’s not what I got here with this Alpina. It makes too much power! It’s not really to the detriment of the couple. The B8 makes 590 lb-ft, while the M8 makes 553, competition or not. Both Alpina and M8 use the same basic engine, the 4.4-liter twin-turbo V8 BMW, so the similarities make sense.
The way it should work is that the Alpina car should have high torque, but at the expense of power. It should be clear to everyone around you that you care more about a comfortable and safe car than any M car that strives. So it was with the BMW Z8, with the 400 hp engine in the M5 and the Alpina Roadster, with a torquier song of 375 hp a more pedestrian BMW V8.
I have a chance to drive one of those Alpina Roadsters, let it run that V8, coming out and hitting around the BMW Spartanburg test track. It was so satisfying to have such a comfortable car driven so aggressively, and the car had a sense of balance and understanding as he understood it.
B8 should have that. Instead, it makes too much power. However, I can’t be upset. It’s definitely a better car than the M8. I mean, look at that paint. The paint does it itself.
