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First look at Alpina’s upcoming B3 Biturbo

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These images reveal Alpina’s new twin-turbo B3 coupe, ahead of its expected unveiling at next week’s Geneva Motor Show. The car is based on the already potent twin-turbo 335i coupe from BMW and is said to develop close to 360hp and 500Nm of torque from its force-fed 3.0L straight-six engine. That’s an extra 60hp and 100Nm over the official ratings for the standard E92 335i.

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With its electronic speed limiter removed, the Alpina B3 should reach up to 285km/h and complete the 0-100km/h sprint in less than 5 seconds, a significant improvement over its sedan-based D3 cousin. Another highly tuned model based on the 5-series sedan is also rumored to be making a showing in Geneva. The car will be an upgraded version of the twin-turbo B5 model, and is expected to deliver even more than the current car’s output of 500hp and 700Nm of torque.

Via: Autoblog.nl

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By Renton Posted: 2/28/2007 10:33am PST

Automobile Magazine dyno'd a factory 335i, and it was pumping out 350 hp and 360 lb/ft of torque. Car and Driver got the 0-60 in 4.8 sec out of the sedan.

I would think Alpina would get around 400 hp out of the 335i, and a more siginificant speed increase.

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By admin Posted: 2/28/2007 7:38pm PST

Yeah, BMW's really understating the times. I bet the new M3 will be rated at 4.8ish seconds but will actually do low-4s.

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