First drive: 2014 BMW Alpina B6 xDrive Gran Coupe - Digital Trends
Let’s list some things that feel heavy: a big ol’ sack of flour, a medicine ball, a fat dog, a 20-gallon water jug, the 2014 BMW Alpina B6 Gran Coupe. Yes, just like those other leaden things, and despite its chopped roofline, which provides visual lightness, from behind the wheel the Alpina B6 feels very heavy indeed. Alpina is a semi-independent tuner of BMWs. Alpina, which has been messing about with Bimmers for over 40 years, works side-by-side with the BMW engineers. After a new model is designed, like the 6 Series Gran Coupe for example, the BMW CAD files are turned over to the men at Alpina for their own purposes. The Alpina designers then muck about with the car design and add in their own bits, mostly bigger turbochargers, bigger engine cooling, more sound deadening, and a slightly swankier interior. When they’re all done, Alpina’s designers turn their drawings and specs over to Bimmer and the cars are assembled at BMW factories. What is left is a car that began life as a 650i xDrive Gran Coupe and has been transformed into an Alpina B6. H eavenly heft Having just come off the launch of the 2015 Aston Martin V12 Vantage S Roadster , I thought the Alpina B6 couldn’t... Source: www.digitaltrends.com
