Missed out on shopping for the BMW M5 CS? Effectively, you’re already too late to purchase the proper substitute because the ALPINA B5 GT is not obtainable both. Unveiled in January when the order books had been additionally opened, the corporate’s most potent highway automotive ever is bought out, regardless of an eye-watering price ticket in Germany of €145,500 for the sedan and €148,500 for the wagon. Solely 250 items are being made, and our colleagues at BimmerToday had the chance to pattern the saloon model.
Spoiler alert: It’s critically fast. ALPINA quotes a 0 to 62 mph (100 km/h) in 3.2 seconds and a 0-124 mph (0-200 km/h) run in 10.2 seconds for this B5 GT Sedan. After seeing this video, it’s completely plausible. The extra sensible Touring is a tad heavier subsequently a smidge slower, finishing the sprints in 3.4 seconds and 10.9 seconds, respectively. Flat out, the sedan can do 330 km/h (205 mph) whereas the property reaches 328 km/h (204 mph).
The sedan would be the rarer of the 2 physique kinds contemplating solely 70 items are deliberate for manufacturing whereas the opposite 180 automobiles will probably be delivered as a wagon. On the coronary heart of the automobiles is a twin-turbo 4.4-liter V8 rated at 625 hp (466 kW) and 850 Nm (627 lb-ft) of torque. It’s practically as potent by way of horsepower because the M5 CS we talked about earlier whereas having an additional 100 Nm (74 lb-ft).
BMW has already teased the next-generation M5 forward of subsequent 12 months’s launch, however that automotive will probably be considerably completely different. It’ll eschew the pure ICE setup of all previous generations in favor of a plug-in hybrid setup. It’ll be bigger and heavier than the F90, however the silver lining is it’ll have over 700 horsepower and a Touring model all however confirmed to be bought in the USA.
It’ll be attention-grabbing to see whether or not ALPINA will do one other B5 contemplating the model is shifting beneath the BMW Group’s company umbrella. We’re listening to the Buchloe-based area of interest marque will probably be pushed upmarket to shut the hole between the high-end BMWs and the entry-level Rolls-Royce (if there may be such a factor), so likelihood is the main focus will probably be on the 7 Sequence and X7.
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